So far away....

So, I am moving.

To a big city that is not the small town that I have lived in practically my entire life.

I am scared shit-less.

I have chosen to move immediately after I finish classes. This was probably one of my more ridiculous ideas. I do get to paint my apartment though. Paint is good.

Icky "what if's" creep into my head and I can't stop worrying that I'll end up scared and alone in a big city all by my lonesome. You know, ALONE. Am I conveying my codependency to you? AM I??? ALONE. ALL ALONE.

I have to keep reminding myself that the proverbial move to the big city after college is practically a mandatory experience for young career women.

Mary Tyler Moore did it.

Reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated.

I am alive. It's been a long time. I fully recognize that in the world of blogs, "absent" equals "bad" and I really could have written, really should have written, really wish that I had written, but until today I simply didn't have the strength.

I'm Back. Again. And hopefully not for the last time.

Thanksgiving was yesterday. I would be lying my pants off if I claimed that I did not have more to be thankful for than any human being rightly deserves. I thought I would mark my entrance back into the blogosphere with a list of the things that I am the most thankful for. In no particular order,

Reasons The Blond Recluse Has to Be Thankful:
1. She graduates from college in December.
2.Her entire family is healthy and happy.
3. A very good looking, smart, funny, loving boy is watching football in her living room.
4. The boy in the living room loves her.
5. Her dog.
6. Her blog.
7. Her new camera.
8. Wine.
9. She quit smoking.

Short but sweet. There are literally thousands more reasons for me to be thankful, but I must trot off to the wine emporium to purchase tonight's beverage of choice. It's good to be back.