It's tha First of tha Month...

So today is the 1st day of the month and what better day to start writing?  I always like things to be nice, neat, and even - I start diets on Mondays or at the beginning of the month, I like the volume on the television to be on an even number, I like to get out of bed on a 0 or 5 (7:15, 7:20, 7:25), so it makes perfect sense in my crazy mind to start my blog today!  In fact, it's even better because today is a Monday AND the 1st!  Now that I have officially made myself sound like a total and complete freak, let's get to the good stuff. 

For the most part, this blog will probably be about me and my utterly normal, boring, uneventful life.  I doubt very many will read it, but I know it will be a good way for me to express myself...therapeutic to some degree.  Over the past few months, my life has completely changed.  I am getting ready to go back to school to pursue a nursing degree, my marriage has crumbled, and I have a renewed relationship with God which has been wonderful to say the least.  If you would have asked me earlier this year where I thought I would be, this would have been no where on the radar.  Nonetheless, I am happy, optimistic, and looking forward to what's in store for me in the future. 

Despite the bad, life is good.  I've never been one to muddle - I keep my head up and press on.  My happiness has never been wrapped up in a person, in money, or in possessions.  One of my favorite books in the Bible is Ecclesiastes.  It talks about precisely that - so many things that we as society deem to be important are meaningless.  Each day I try to be less materialistic, less superficial, less worried about what others may say or think about me.  It's not always easy, but it's a process and a journey that I'm glad to be a part of.  So, since it's a new month and all, here's to new beginnings, new experiences, new lessons, new friendships, new persepctive...a new me (still the same to some degree, but more refined)!