One Year Later!

Today I celebrate my blog's one year anniversary! It seems so odd to think that just one year ago I began my quest to chronicle my life in random online posts. Just yesterday, I happened to read my first blog, and it is amazing to see how different my life is now as opposed to one year ago. (For your convenience you can read it here)

Wow...Last year at this time, I was sweltering in the heat of my house that was temporarily without air conditioning. I'm glad that that is different, because I'm not sure that it would even be temporarily bearable in this heat wave. I was also mulling becoming a football manager...even though I did, it didn't last. I'm okay with that. I was about to begin my senior year of high school, and now I'm about to begin my first year of college. I think I'm just as excited about beginning college as I was about beginning my senior year! Last year, I was days away from having my wisdom teeth removed. Yeah, I'm glad that I got that out of the way!

With all of the differences from a year ago, there are two similarities. The first is that I was watching Cody & Kyle during this week last year, as I am now/have been for the entire summer. The second is that I am staying at Gina's house tonight, as I did on this day last year, though for entirely different reasons! (This time I am staying out of choice, not necessity!) Ironic, huh?

What a year it has been for my blog. On one hand it has been the chronicle of the life of a young woman living on an Oklahoma farm, but on the other hand, it has also been my creative outlet, my sounding board for life decisions, my place to vent (I choose not to do so on Facebook, like most people), my point of relaxation. It reminds me of where I have been, what I have done, and how far I have come in my life. I have had really exciting posts full of great news, random thoughts I have had, boring details about school, and a few somber, reflective posts.

My experiences have ranged the gamut from collecting plants in Botany, books I have read, YAB meetings, family celebrations, "Senior" moments, a crazy college professor, a few upsetting deaths, a break-up, and a new boyfriend, graduation, and so many other things! I can hardly imagine what my life will be like in one year, or even ten years, for that matter. I'm sure that there will be a few similarities, but the differences will become more and more vast as the years pass on.

Finally, I want to take this opportunity to thank everyone who has taken a moment or more to read my ramblings at any point during this past year. Thank you for your comments, and thank you for your encouragement to keep blogging! As I have said before, I have a small, but loyal, following, and that's perfectly fine with me. My blog is more of something for myself, than for anyone else, but it makes me happy to know that there are people out there who care to read about something that a random eighteen-year-old writes, about her own life, no less. To those who don't blog, it may seem selfish and irrelevant, but, to me, it is a release. It helps me to let go of things that are on my mind, good or bad.

Hopefully, my blog will improve in the next year, as I will have access to high-speed Internet, thus allowing me to put more pictures etc. on here. We shall see. One thing is for certain: I am hooked on blogging, and don't plan on stopping any time soon!