new year.

well, it's a new year.

2011.

i'm not all that into the whole new year thing, but it is an opportunity for a fresh start.

even though i feel like september feels more like a clean slate.

this year i want to write more.

i used to write all the time.

in my journal, short stories, "novels", and at school.

it was such a release.

but as i've gotten older and more social, i've been much more lazy about it.

there's always been something else to do.

but let's be real, watching gilmore girls reruns can wait 30 minutes.

so i've decided to try my hand at blogging.

i'm not sure i'll be good at it, so bear with me.

2010 was a tough year at the beginning, but it turned into something really amazing.

i started it off with my first real break-up, and it was brutal.

my friends were away at college and my grandma had just died.

i didn't feel like myself.

but i began to see some big changes come about.

my dear cousin emily and her husband james moved back home from 29 palms, ca.

i spent the summer working and having a great time with my friends all home from school.

on september 13, ayden clarence butson was born.

(emily and james' first son.)

and i am absolutely 100% in love with him.

the night he was born, i moved to corvallis to go to OSU and live with my best friends.

since then, it's been a blur of school, family, work, and friends.

it's been a big change, but i love it.

i did okay my fall term, but i'm hoping to do even better winter term.

which, incidentally, starts on my birthday.

which is on a monday this year.

typical luck.

my roommate is making me dinner and we're having friends over, so hopefully it'll still be a good one.

new year. new classes. new opportunities.

time to make the best of it.