Sunday, September 7, 2008

The awkward first post...

Well, here I go- my first blog. I feel like it's fairly common to feel a little strange or unsure of how to begin this whole blogging thing. So, I'll just jump right in... or try to.

I've started this blog because in some ways I feel like it will help me to have some sort of journal. I started journaling this summer and loved it, but once I miss a day or so, it's so hard for me to get back into it. Plus, I can type much faster than I write, and I get on the computer at least ten times a day so hopefully I'll blog fairly often. And I hope I'm correct in saying that you can have your blogs printed annually... I think that's right, is it Sarah? It's funny that I'm asking Sarah a question I guess. I'm just assuming that she'll read my blog. Probably not as often as I read hers, or Kate's, or any Rhodes family member for that matter. That sounds stalkerish, I know. I'm not weird, I just enjoy them and in many ways identify with them, as I told Laura Beth this morning :) Maybe that's another reason I started this blog. I love finding ways of identifying with people, and reading people's published thoughts is a great way to do that. Duh, I know, but I feel like it's easier to write than speak sometimes, and I also think sometimes we put things on our blogs that wouldn't be the first thing we would talk about with someone we don't know well but who in fact does read our blog. I don't know, something like that.

Well, I suppose I should close out for the night. I have class at seven a.m., and should be working on school work and not blogging anyway. I'll plan on having a more exciting post soon.