Thursday, March 27, 2008


I'm taking a page out of Michelle's blog and deciding to get back to my roots in writing. Obviously, a significant number of events have occurred since I last wrote in here: relationship ending, graduating college, moving into a house with a revolving door of roommates, starting my first professional job, so on and so forth.

It's hard to believe it's almost been a year since I've graduated. I don't regret staying up here at all because this last year, though chaotic, taught me a lot about myself. I naturally thought staying here would not allow me to grow as an individual, but it inevitably happened. Ups and downs with friends, family, and matters of the heart. I've learned to appreciate the subtleties of where I am. I still long for an area that's booming with people and places to go, but now that my time here is drawing to a close, I feel a new level of acceptance for it. I'm almost afraid to say time here is ending, seeing how it's not definite yet, but realistically speaking (which is so unlike me), it is time.

I'm not sure how the home situation will pan out. I was indirectly shot down from my dad on moving back home for a couple of months until I find a place. I know I'm welcome, but there is an unspoken disapproval that he and I will just have to deal with. I am, oddly enough, excited to be back with my family, sans him. It's terrible to read once it's down on ....uh, screen (I really wanted to say paper), but it's a self-realization and acknowledgment he does not make me emotionally well. It gets easier to let things go now that I'm older and I definitely want to be there for my sister and mom when dealing with some of his stubborness. We will see how things pan out.

I'm excited for what is to come.