Guess You Just Had To Be There

Why am I here?  Not why am I here in New York, silly?  But why am I here writing on the world wide web?  One, I am slightly a theatrical person. (I prefer the word theatrical over dramatic.  Though my family has called me dramatic, and now my husband way to easily follows suit.  I am simply expressive about life, and feel that everything I express is simply the way it needs to be expressed. Anything less would not give justice to my feelings.)  Blogging somewhat provides a stage for your average everyday writer,  whether I have an audience or not. Two, I feel that this is a way to provide some discipline to a very undisciplined writer.  I thought that majoring in creative writing would FORCE me to write and to put things out in a timely matter.  Instead of going to grad school, I got married and realized that grad school really had to take a back seat to many things going on in my life at the time.  I figured I needed to not be forced into the discipline of writing, but just do it, because I loved to.  That has worked out to some degree, but I have fluctuated between writing prolifically and not even picking up a pen to such great extremes that I was starting to go crazy. Three, I love life, and have so many amazing things happen around me, I just can’t think of a better way to share these things, then to blog about them.  Four, I often tell people “I am going to blog about that,”  when they proceed to do something crazy or tell me an off-the-wall kind of story.  I need to have more power behind this previously empty threat! Five, I just recently moved to New York City, and am experiencing so many new and fun things, I need an outlet and a way to remember when, for example, seeing a rat running around was a new experience for me. (More on this later.)  So here, I am blogging about my life, not sure if any one is listening, but a girl has got to start somewhere.

I can’t believe that January has come and gone! In someways this month has gone by incredibly slow, but I still can’t believe that it is over. January is a difficult month. It goes by slowly for many reasons. It is the first month after December, a fast-paced month filled with fun. If you traveled to spend time with family, it is the first month away from your family.  All of a sudden the beautiful lights of the Christmas season are packed away.  Store window displays sparkle a little less, and people begin to “awake” from the holiday spirit, bogged down by New Year’s Resolutions and credit card bills.  In December, when it is cold, it is just part of the beauty of the holidays.  The cold weather is a blessed reason to stay home with people that you love, sipping hot chocolate (at least that is what I would be sipping on), and staying warm together.  In January, it is just COLD!  The same people that brought you warmth, are now just annoying.  The cold weather seems that much colder without the promise of holiday cheer to bring a different perspective to it. And yet, with all these reasons to look down on this crazy month, I am going to miss it. I can’t believe that 1/12th of the year is already gone. Goodbye January.