Hiatus.

10.9.2010 at 12.37 pm (Uncategorized)

So.  Here I am.  Writing a blog.  Again.

After an approximately 10 month-long hiatus.

I know, its sad.  And all my lovies have either missed me, forgotten me, or some mixture of the two.

I thought about blogging a lot during my “va-cay.”  I had lots of good blog topics that I didn’t come home and actually blog about.  And now all said blog-ics (Did you like that?  Blog+Topics=Blog-ics.  No?  Okay.) have been completely forgotten.

But a few weeks ago my mom brought me the first CD mix I ever made for my car.  And I thought: God, that would be an awesome blog-ic.  I know exactly why all those songs were important to me then.  And then I could talk about my current car’s mix tape.

And this blog-ic has been on my mind since then.  So it just seemed like I should get back on here.  Get back to blogging.  Especially after this F-Book comment the other day:  So. Blog lately? I don’t forget.  Miss u.

Y’ALL.

People like me!  Or at least Tom does.  Or did.  Or some mixture of the two.

Anyway.  I sat down last night to write my musically-inspired blog.  But then it just felt fake.  To return to blogging with some tedious musical analysis of who I was (in what, 2001?) and who I am now.  To not make mention of at least a couple things that have happened in the last ten months; not that I can really remember anything past last month or so.

So this is my mini-update.  Really only a couple of important things have happened since you saw me last.  Which might be depressing, if I really sit down and think about it.  And no, I didn’t have a child or anything since you last saw me here.

Notable Occurrence #1: I’m in grad school!  Since I got my (useless) Bachelor’s degree in 2008, I have been thinking about going to grad school.  And I finally am!  I’m doing something I never thought I would do and, more importantly, I actually enjoy it. I’m getting a Master’s in Legal Studies.  Does that even make you think of me?  My only interest, up until this summer, in anything legal was limited to Judge Judy (who, yes, I do so love.)

Actually, this whole thing was kind of accidental.  As many of you know, I am, shall we say… stuck in retail.  Yes, still.  My dad suggested (due to my uber-useless undergrad concentrations) going to get a paralegal certification.  A quick way to get myself out of retail, make some more money, then figure out what I really want to do, and also get out of retail (did I mention that already?)

So, I sat on his suggestion for a while.  Because that’s what I do.  And then I thought:  Yea, maybe I will do this.  Its something I know nothing about really, but maybe it will be interesting.  So I started my reasearch.  And found that Texas State has a certification program, but you take Master’s level classes.  And I was pretty excited.  So I applied and got in.  Shortly after that, I realized by taking only 12 more hours, I could just get my Master’s and not a teeny little certification.  So I applied for that. And here I am, graduate student at your service.

Notable Occurrence #2: You may have noticed, I still work retail.  But no longer am I a slave to the man.  No!  I am a nobody again.  I stepped down from my position.  Its true.  Sometimes I wonder if that was a great idea.  But really.  I think it was the best decision.  I was so unhappy.  When things were really bad, I would spend nights crying about how much I hated it and didn’t ever want to walk into the building again.  And that’s no way live.  Sorry.  No job can be worth my constant unhappiness.

The other clincher was the crazy shift work.  Read:  One Tuesday I worked a normal 9-6 shift, came back at 9p that same night and worked till about 1a.  And that was the night before my midterm.  Oh and I worked the next morning too.  So, really, I didn’t even have time to study for my test.  And I just thought:  Its not worth it.  I hate it.  I am in school to get out of here and I won’t sacrifice the school for the job I don’t even want to be in.

Smart?  Not smart?  You decide.  But, I’ve already made my decision.

And in other news:  Since I started this program, I already had an interview for a position at a law firm.  Which is my first interview in, oh…a year and a half.  I don’t think I got the job (I know, I was so looking forward to giving the Navy my notice), but its a start!  They were supposed to “let me know something early this week” and its Thursday.  Not really early in the week anymore, nonetheless I am still stalking my phone every 5 minutes.

So.  Did you miss me?  I just want to hear it.  Or see it, preferably in boldface, italicized, ALL CAPS ON type:  I MISSED YOU, ASHLEY.  YOU ARE BLOGGERRIFIC.

I am going to blog again.  I won’t promise that I will be here blogging to you everyday because, let’s face it, I don’t know if I can keep that promise.  But maybe, twice a week, as a blogging goal?  Do you think I can do it?  If I don’t will you track me down and handcuff me to my desk (preferably with an iced white mocha) until I type up a blog?  Please do.

P.S. I know this was kind of a crappy post.  But I didn’t think I could just sweep back through the proverbial door, without an update of some kind.  Maybe the musically-inspired blog will be my next topic?