Why blogging? It's always been a curiosity and an interest of mine, though I was never able to write anything captivating enough to form an audience or a following and subsequently lost interest. Presently I have a lot going on in my life and I'm trying to succeed in a few key areas and the hope is that writing them out and venting my frustrations and success will aid in my ability to sort through the good, the bad, and the indifferent. You know, like when your 2 year old throws a temper tantrum before the sun's come up.
What areas of my life am I working so hard in? Money, school, working, parenting, losing weight, and being a better friend.
Money: I have been in consumer debt to one extent or another for upwards of 5 years. Basically all of my adult life. I don't like it. I want to get out of debt. I want to save money and actually do things besides pay bills. I began this endeavor in November of 2009 and to date have paid off somewhere in the neighborhood of $20,000. Now I only have about $10,000 to go.
I'm currently in school full time finishing my prerequisites for the ultrasound program at a different community college than the one I currently attend. This will be my last full time semester thankfully until the ultrasound program begins in fall of 2012.
I work nights full time as a vampire, AKA phlebotomist, at one of the local hospitals. It's not my dream job and certainly not what I planned on doing when I was say, 5. I can just see it now, a teacher asking her classroom what they all want to be when they grow up and little Susie pipes up, "I want to draw blood!" It's not a bad gig either and certainly makes for some interesting times. Most importantly, it pays the bills.
As previously mentioned, I have a 2 year old. He is amazingly brilliant, exceptionally well-behaved, and so much fun. Most of the time. But then again, he is 2. He's my one and only and his father is not in the picture. I like life a lot better that way anyway.
Losing weight is like trying to get out of hell. I have been overweight for as long as I can remember. In 6th grade I wore a size 14/16, how embarrassing is that? With everything else I'm doing in my life, weight loss and exercise is the easiest to put on the back burner with the promise of tomorrow. We all know that tomorrow never comes.
Friendships are weird things sometimes. One minute you're as close as you can be to someone and the next you realize that you'll probably never talk to that person ever again. And sometimes that's okay. As it stands now I'm just trying to focus on being a better friend to the ones that are in my life now.
I think that about sums up the what and the why. You have a little insight into the who as well, but who wants to give up all the good details right from the start?
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