(NOTE: this is a continuing series of posts that have me reflecting on the past year. In case you have missed them, look here, here, here, & here. Go on, catch up .. I’ll wait here. *taps pencil*)
MAY
Ahhhhh… sweet May. It is beautiful here in May. I love May and it loves me.
So, it seems perfectly logical that May 2009 was when I started my little ol’ blog. Oh, the memories. I have been asked before why I started a blog. I’m not really sure that I can answer that any better than, “I don’t know…seemed like something to do.” In truth, I have loved doing it. It is a great outlet, a great social connector, and a challenge for me.
As I look back at that first month, I am still shocked that I posted 7 times. Whaaaaattttt??? Sometimes I feel like I can’t even get out one post per week, so I try to remind myself of that little statistic. Of course, following that flurry of blogging (HAR!) I then got so obsessed about all the little widgets, plug-ins, design templates, blah blah blah, that finding the time and focus to actually POST something was … errrr … challenging.
Anyhoo, during that first month I blogged about all things close to my heart: crazy politics, the perils of being green, rants about panties, a self-righteous beauty pageant queen, ignorant people, & smoking. In fact, my last post of my inaugural month was about why I blog. Now, almost a year later, the reasons haven’t really changed. Actually, the one thing I would add is that I have come to really appreciate and want to hear what YOU have to say or think. Not for the ego stroke (though I have nothing against stroking), but I love the sense of community that comes with the discussions on blogs.
On a different note, I closed my May 2009 attending a wedding .. where I fretted for months before because I THOUGHT that an ex was going to be at the wedding. An ex that I maybe possibly sorta kind of a little bit talked to since I’ve been married. But, thankfully, he wasn’t. *whew*
(btw, I cut off all communication with him after I sweated out that weekend. *pats self on back* *then kicks self in ass for even talking to him*)
Does that mean I can chalk up May 2009 and starting AND ending well??
I might have also ranted about this here:
Tags: 2009, blogging, reflections
