Saturday, August 27, 2011

It's been a while!

I love that my last post on here was to announce my mission call! I've been home from my mission for over a year now. How fast time flies! It's 1:43 in the morning as I'm writing this. I always get sudden urges to write in the middle of night. . . hey, that rhymes! (Apparently I also get a little quirky).

Ok, down to business. For my blog post on this lovely Saturday morning, I am going to write about being well-rounded. Recently we had a family reunion in Utah. I went on a hike with Dad and spent some time talking to just him, which is a rare treat, let me assure you. As we climbed our way down off the mountain we conquered, I started telling him about my dating life. He gave me some very wise advice, as usual. He said I needed to be more well-rounded (of course, he was referring to flirting with several guys and not limiting myself to just one!). I realized as we talked that he was right, and not just about flirting, but about needing to be well-rounded in all aspects of my life.

Since I've been home from my mission I've had a hard time learning how to balance social life, work, and my much-needed alone time. The whole social aspect of my life wasn't there before the mission since I had a select group of people I would spend time with. But now that I am comfortable talking to almost anyone, I spend a lot more time with groups. Probably more time than I should. So this week, to help myself balance things out, I've started giving a proper edit to Aspen Bassett's books, The Senses Series. I'm pretty excited about it since she is one talented author! It is a big project, but I am more than happy to do it because it will not only help her, but help me grow as an editor.

Ok, sleepiness suddenly just hit! Updates later about exciting new ways that I am going to try and make myself more well-rounded (and not just in flirting!). Hopefully future blog posts will also be more exciting and not written when I'm tired, slightly loopy after a long day of work, and trying to ignore the dull pain that constantly plagues my stomach (freaking DR!).