First Post

Yep, I decided to get a blog!! Back when I was in high school, I had a Xanga account. But just like MySpace and so many other websites, I think I could count on one hand the number of people that use a Xanga account anymore (and when I say count...I mean I'm pretty sure the number would be zero).

So why in the world am I starting a blog? Well...that's a good question. For one...I refuse to be out-done by my two younger cousins. Both have started blogs in the last week or so. One has a blog about this summer at an internship in Illinois. The other has a blog going on about a bucket list of 100 things she wants to do before heading off to college. So what do I want to do with a blog? Get some of these life thoughts down someplace.

It keeps becoming so obvious to me of just how crazy life in general is. I mean...skipping even to just in the last like 5 years. I went to college, joined a sorority in college, became an aunt, made tons of new friends, had a blast, earned a Bachelor's degree, fell through a nasty bout of depression, re-found my faith, got baptized, went to Thailand, got my first teaching job, lost my first teaching job...and that's just the highlights (and there are still many more parts missing)! But along the way I keep learning so many new life lessons.

For some reason I just feel like maybe I should start writing these down. And then next summer I'll try to cook through a complete cookbook like on the movie "Julie and Julia". Haha...or maybe not. Look forward to my first post coming up soon!