Revamp

A revamp. It was time.

The setting trend for my blog posts shows my singleness. Seriously. In 2010, my blog posts started to fade (Justin and I started dating early 2010) and since then, I've been posting maybe every other month? It's terrible. But not all can be blamed on my boyfriend. No no... a full time job at a magazine and a second part time job serving keeps me pretty occupied.

But...

It's time to blog again. And no, it's not based on engagements, weddings, babies, buying a house, etc. The truth of the matter is, I love writing. I love expressing my opinions and views even when there isn't that much to say. I started blogging to remember my life. Currently, I'm not blogging, I'm not journaling, there are no "Dear Diary" entries to be found on my laptop (although if there were, they'd be gone since my laptop went to heaven... RIP Peyton)

I do plan on having things mentioned above to be happening in my near future which is actually why I also want to blog. I want to blog before my life changes to the max. My time will be fighting with the million of little projects that come with the aforementioned and before I know it, I'll be blogging less OR, and maybe even worse, blogging solely on engagements and weddings and moving, etc. Not that there's  anything wrong with that. But it's nice to have a variety of topics besides this one huge massive elephant in your life for the time being.

so here I am! Ready to be back in action! With a new layout, new background, new image. same name. I'm not ready to re-title anything.

What's new with me you ask? Lots! But I'll keep it to a minimum since well... my last post was JANUARY. Wow. Basically, I'm still at the magazine which has given me great experience for future jobs. Justin hastily decided to go to seminary in Boston (about 30 days ago) and I have been experiencing the LDR in real life. Long Distance Relationship for those who are not up to date with your internet lingo. It's rough. People who do it like it's their living are nuts. Or have learned to cope. My coping mechanisms... don't exist. Well I have some. Like FaceTiming, texting, phone calls, bible studies. I mean it's like he's here but not.

The beauty of him leaving is that he's figuring himself out. He's beginning to grow and mature in God and in life and it's wonderful to see. He's happy, he has a purpose, which means our relationship can move forward. And we ALL know how I feel about that. #excited #elated... oh man I don't know if hashtags should be in my blog because it's too weird, or if they should because this is 2013! They can stay... for now.

With all this moving forward hype, I think it also means *fingers crossed* that I will be ending up in Boston come next September (or June...)! Which is scary and fun and worrisome. It's scary because I've NEVER lived out of state. Ever. The move would also be full of worry because I've grown kind of fond of my life here. I love my family, I adore my friends, and my heart melts for my nieces and nephews. I remember telling Justin long ago that I would follow him anywhere, but that has changed as we've gotten older. More connections have been made and I can't simply pick up and leave. LUCKILY he says we will not stay there. It's only for the length of seminary, which is 2 1/2 to 3 years depending on when he takes his classes. And he's already there now so my time there will be short and sweet. And it'll be fun for obvious reasons. I'd be married, with a new job, and just a whole year or so to spend with Justin being his wife. What an amazing gift that would be!

Sorry, I know. I can get stuck there for a long period of time. We'll move on to babies and then that will be it for today. So, Evelyn is now TWO. And what a wonderful toddler she is becoming. She speaks... maybe not full sentences but she's getting there. She runs. She plays. She laughs. She loves. I can't handle how much I love her. She is precious and sweet and sassy and loves me and I love her right back. I was talking to Holly about how I'm so happy to have this time just being her auntie and not having other distractions (husband or kids) even though she won't remember it. And she made a good point... i'm helping shape who she will become later in life. And that's a lot. So I'm pretty happy with that. :)

As for Henry... he's new! Two weeks old and just little and sweet and... a baby. I felt like this with V too. It's hard for me to connect to babies because they are babies. That's it. They sleep, they cry, they eat. Repeat over and over for like 2 months. So when he starts smiling and having tummy time and other baby-esque things, i'm sure I will love him just as much as V. But for now, I'm all V-crazy.

Alright. So cheers to the revamp, cheers to a blog post, cheers to the new things in life, and I can't wait to share them all once again with you!

Always,
A