Blog Virgin

Hi all,

So here I am, where to start? I'll admit, I never pegged myself as someone who would be starting a blog. A friend of mine had indirectly convinced me to do this. I say 'indirectly' as he is an old friend who I reconnected with on Facebook and I haven't actually caught up with him in person in about 12 years. However, that's neither here nor there (I have a tendency to tangent, apologies) - he maintains this fantastic blog with a fair degree of humour, wit and self-deprecation whilst managing to use it as an outlet for his frustrations, his thoughts, his hopes, his dreams, his jokes etc. I think to myself it must be very therapeutic - which is why I thought I'd give it a shot.

Whilst I would love to hold a candle to his works of art - I doubt I could. My frame of mind at the moment seems very maudlin. See, I've been through a horrendous relationship breakup recently after 3 years of drama and ups and downs. Looking at it relatively, it could have been a lot worse - we weren't married, living together or had any kids - however the impact on me was pretty large - leading me to question seemingly close friendships, my career path and my lot in life. I think I've subconsciously been using this relationship the last 3 years,  as an excuse to not actually look at my own life. I don't want to go into a great deal of detail at the moment - because it's late here and I know when I'm tired and I'm writing emails to friends, I have a tendency to ramble.

Anyway - it's good to start things off and it's good to be here. I am hoping that my posts won't be all heavy, deep and self-analytical - because I'm aware that sort of thing can get boring fast - (even for me talking about it again and again). I want to be able to be my old self again - who wasn't so damn serious and high maintenance. Hopefully this'll help. Ideally it would be nice to make some friends on here as well - don't worry, I'm not the sort of person that'll ask for your home address / phone number within the first 5 minutes of interaction (unless you have a hot profile picture... kidding!) - just would be nice to feel part of a community again - even a 'virtual' one.

Right - it's time for bed (it was actually time a few hours ago, but mind is in overdrive). Lots of points raised here that I will explore in more detail - I hope that a few of you will stick around to hear me out and put me in my place / comment / give me advice / rant back.

Thanks for dropping in,

D