So, I got to thinking the other day (not that I don't normally think...but...) that I MISS WRITING. I don't mean writing papers, writing statements, writing proposals for work and school, but writing. I miss the days of taking a few minutes of time for myself to just write whatever I'm thinking, whatever I'm feeling, whatever flows onto the screen. I used to blog all the time in college...it was my way of letting things out, releasing tension, venting at times, and communicating my thoughts, not to anyone in particular, but just for myself. This morning I woke up a few minutes before my alarm went off so I checked my emails, checked facebook, and thought again about my old blogging days. It took me a few minutes to even remember my login name and password, but looking over some of the old things I wrote about made me laugh. Oh things we think about when we're teenagers. Every post I read over had to do with one of 3 things....1...."boys suck!" (this one came up A LOT!)....2....stress and frustration about college....3....."My parents are soooo controlling and nosey....I wish they would just back off and stop worrying about me soooo much...it's so annoying and I hate having such strict parents!" lol! It's funny to think only a few years ago these are the topics that struck me as so important that I had to write about them. True, it is sometimes important to write about boys, to write about school, to vent about what pissed you off on a certain day, but back them this stuff that I wrote about was overkill.
So, from now on, my blogs will no longer be about 1...."boys suck" because well frankly though many do suck, my particular man (notice I didn't say boy!) is AMAZING! 2...no more stress and frustration about college and courses (I'm done with school and that part of my life....for now anyway)....and 3...no more venting about my overly strict parents...because well, now that I look back I realize they really weren't that strict, they did worry about me, but for good reason, and I love my parents, wouldn't trade them for the world!
Sign and date: Alicia M. Huwyler 10-8-2010!
Here we go...back to the life that is reality!
Chaos has momentarily decided to become dormant.
Life is slowing down.....
Returning back to normal...well sort of...normal life isn't all that exciting...
Work is back to a comfortable pace...classes are already 4 weeks into session...and the flow of tuition and scholarships going in and out of my office has become manageable....
Business at the shoe store is booming (the economy still sucks, but things are brighter in world of selling shoes). Sadly though, this life will be coming to an end after the holidays. After 6 years of selling hundreds of shoes if not thousands, this girl is hanging up her laces and taking a much needed break from retail. Anyone who has ever worked retail understands when I say it is an exhausting job! Yes, it kept me in pretty good shape having to run up and down stairs with boxes of boots and shoes in hand for several hours, and I now have a great sense of customer service, which everyone should take the time to learn, but it truly is a tiring job. Now that I've been working full-time at the college for almost 2 years, and then working almost every Saturday and a few Sundays here and there I don't get much time to do what I want to do. By the time Sunday comes I have no energy to do anything...all I want to do is nothing, which lately has been a waste of some pretty amazing summer and fall days with my husband, friends and family. So, after Christmas is all over I will have weekends off to do as I please! I CAN'T WAIT!
Enough of work, that's boring...How about what's really great in my life right now. I'M SO VERY HAPPILY MARRIED! It's hard to believe that it's already been 8 weeks since our wedding day. I don't know know where the time has gone this past year, but boy did it go! If you would have told me 2 years ago that I would be married to the most amazing guy I probably would have laughed at you and thought you were insane! Crazy how things change in a short amount of time :) Jason Alexander Huwyler is the most amazing guy I have ever met (other than my totally awesome dad of course). How I managed to meet a southern gentleman from Texas in Northern Michigan beats me, but I thank God for him everyday! If I could clone him I would be a rich girl because I can't tell you how many ladies have asked where I found him and where can they get one too :) Life sure is good. People ask me every day since the wedding how married life is....honestly it doesn't feel any different...still just as happy and crazy in love as we were before we got married, I just tell them I have a new last name (which is kind of weird being called "Mrs Huwyler", I still don't answer to it half the time...just goes right over my head :) haha! Then of course there is the baby question...ask me again next year I say!
Yes, I'll say it again....life is good! And I'm glad to see things die down for a little while so I can take some time to relax, take a deep breath and smile :) Reality ain't so bad, as least mine isn't!
