For any of you who may be wondering, despite my lack of blogging lately, yes I am alive. Although hopefully all of you who read this would already know that. For those who didn't know that, I'm shocked by your lack of concern. Jk. Reasons for the lack of blogging being that I:
1) have no substantial news to share that the people who read this wouldn't already know about
2) despite my lack of news, I've also been surprisingly busy.
3) I haven't been in the mood to blog
I do have some news, I haven't just been laying on the couch all month long. I got to go to my friends Kasey and Nathan's wedding in San Antonio which was beautiful, and see Ellie while I was there. I took her swimming and she loved it. Then I went on vacation with my parents in their camper to the beach during the coldest week in Texas history, which was fun. I've also been helping with the Little House renovation and re-finishing a few furniture pieces to try & sell on craigslist. I'm planning to drive down to Dallas in a few weeks to run a 5K with some friends, and then go on to Bentonville for some more good Ellie time.
I have honestly enjoyed being home this past month, I've gotten a chance to hang out with Trevor and Becky more, and in all reality I like hanging out with my mom. It's always difficult to draw the line when living with your parents though. After living away from them for 7 + years, I got used to being on my own terms and routines.....all I'm saying is....sometimes there are flashbacks of high school. (on both our parts). For the most part though, it's been enjoyable and I'm so SO thankful that I have such supportive and encouraging parents.
In other news, I've deactivated my facebook account. I have no intention of trying to make it out to be a big deal, I just felt like I spent way too much time on the thing, time which could be devoted to other things such as actually calling my friends on the phone rather than checking their facebook for status updates. I'm NOT anti-facebook, just felt like I needed a break from it in order to be more intentional with my friendships. Honestly, I did it last night and already feel relieved and more productive (hence the long belated blog update). I may re-activate in a few weeks once I get used to not checking it constantly. I figure if there is anything worth seeing, my mom will let me know as she constantly reads the statuses on her "news page" out loud.
Oh, and Happy Valentine's Day! This is the day that always made me cringe at work because of the extreme importance some people placed on having a date, regardless of quality. I guess it's my stubbornness, but I do hate anything that remotely seems forced or fake, and I know I may be offending people now, BUT if someone does something romantic for you on Valentine's day, doesn't that kinda take away from the whole idea of romance in that everyone and their dog is expected to be romantic today? Now I'm on a slippery slope here and at risk of being accused of bitterness, so let me just say that, like facebook, I'm NOT anti-Valentine's Day, just anti-overblown, exaggerated, overemphasized importance of the thing. I suppose it's a good excuse to do something special for the one you love though. I guess the point I'm trying to make is that I feel the same way about it as I do about pledging, fun for those who are lucky enough to be involved but consequently exclusive of those who aren't.
1 comment:
Let me just say these things:
1. Todd and I are also a part of this whole "Ellie" thing. I know we aren't fun or exciting but we do exist for crying outloud!
2. Valentines day is dumb, even for those who are celebrating it. I can't even think of things to say to Todd on v day because I already say I live you a hundred times a day on a regular day.
3. Don't be too jealous, but Ellie did get her first valentine from a boy. Wallace Reynolds sent her cookies and a sheep in the mail. The boy knows the key to ellies heart!
4. I'm glad you are getting to spend time at home, it's always good to be there. Mama and I would probably have killed each other at this point, so props for being easier to get along with than me.
5. I want to see the furniture that your working on and also pics of the little house. Or maybe I'll just wait until I'm there next week!
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