The Blogging Begins

Hello! I am new to this blogging thing, but I have been persuaded to attempt it for the next four months. Notice that I said "attempt"--I have never been very successful in this type of endeavor, but since my goal is to complete a four month trial run, I may do okay.

I'm doing this for two reasons. First, I assume (hope?) that I have friends and family who want to hear how I'm doing on a regular basis. I'll warn you up front that you may be disappointed if you check everyday (I can only think of 3 people who might do that and you probably all know who you are and could have anticipated that I wouldn't update daily), but I'll try to guarantee a weekly update (sorry for the "try," but you'll find that I often qualify my statements to give me some cushion room).

Second, it will be good for me to actually record what I do on a daily basis so that it doesn't feel like I am passing through life without purpose or direction. In other words, maybe I'll try to do more things with my life that would be interesting for other people to hear about. I may also take more pictures, which is something I always want to do but never actually do.

So, here I begin. If you have any suggestions for me along the way, I'd love to hear them. Enjoy!