This is my brain on grad school

I spent all of last year adjusting to life as a grad student and the entirety of the summer detoxing, if you will.

Replace the word "drugs" with the word "academia."

Now that I am back in grad school, I am addicted yet again and I love it so much. But is it the best thing for me? That, I still don't know. I just don't know.

What I do know is that I haven't blogged in over a year, but my blog has still had lots of traffic from people looking for info on Lisa Frank binders. Clearly my priorities are out of whack. I will go back to writing about the important things in life like bright pink kittens and neon unicorns. Also Amish people.

Drafted

Upon realizing I had not posted my blog for yesterday, I also realized I have not posted a few other blogs. Posting them now seems silly as the anniversary of moving into our house has passed and the post about whether or not I should grieve about the death of my husband's not-so-close brother is no longer relevant. (The answer: I should, but I didn't). I realized I have various states of blogging. I have blogs in my mind that only need typing, I have ideas that are evolving, but not yet complete or ready to be explored verbally, and apparently I have other that, though finished, are unfit for the internet to see. I don't decide this. Perhaps my computer does.

Ideas and words are such weird things. I pretend to have control over them, but I don't. Clearly.

It is, however, also clear that I need to learn to control them in order to maintain my sanity.

Egumacashun

I have a college degree. Really. And now I am a graduate student.

This marks a big change in my life and in my blog.

As a woman, mother, student, feminist, friend, sister, daughter, and wife (among many other things), I find that, most times, my ramblings are far from articulate and usually thrust upon unwilling listeners and readers.

This blog--and these are merely my good-willed intentions, mind you--will serve to chronicle the life of a person exploring life while trying to maintain some semblance of sanity. It's going to be a difficult road, Blog, please help me to stay sane, to actually express things in writing, and never, ever judge me because I eat ice cream for dinner.

Interrobang?!

I only blogged once in 2009?!

I am way too addicted to the internet for this to be possible!

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