Blogoversary

I made my first post a year ago today on this blog, and I had ideas about things to say: what kind of impact keeping this online journal has had on my life, things I’ve learned, things I’ve done, etc. etc. And I don’t have them to say today, because I am not quite feeling it today, you know? My eyes are puffy, and I miss my cat, and that’s life at the moment.

While I’m on the subject, I want to thank all of you who left comments today and yesterday. Jeff and I both really appreciate all of you taking the time to stop by and leave a message. It’s been a crappy day, and you guys have really been a bright spot. Really, I can’t say how much I appreciated your messages.

You know, ironically, the events of the past day and my subsequent bloggy malaise are the very type of thing that’s made keeping this blog such an unusual and rewarding experience. You can’t plan life. It does what it wants to do, and I find myself on many days sort of trying to surf along, or sometimes sort of dog-paddling along, figuring it all out as I go. And when you keep a journal about life, sometimes the blog ends up doing what it feels like too by necessity.

So I’m beginning a new year not with plans and pithy editorializing, but with just me and my life. Just hanging out here on the internet, talking about what’s going on, and the things I do, and hopefully making a few connections with folks out there along the way.

And in many ways I think this halfway coherent post, this few sentences were the result of the latest curveball life has had to offer me, has ended up being the most appropriate blogoversary post I could have made. I’m not running the New York Times here after all … I’m running a journal here about an unplanned journey.