One Year

HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY (Tomorrow)! I cannot believe it's been one year already. Happy Birthday! So says Frosty the snowman, or as for me, Gritty the Hawaiian Sandman.

I currently get to celebrate the anniversary of the blog in Hawaii so my sense of time is a little wonky and I have no idea if this is Tuesday or Monday for you guys. I could do the math but I am really tired right now.

So much has changed too. When we started the blog, I was looking at colleges, particularly Smith, now I've been rejected by Smith and have been accepted to a bunch of others. Previously, I had been trying to figure out whether or not I might need oral surgery and now I'm scheduled for next week. When we started the blog I had barely started my Extended Essay, now it's turned in to be mailed off. I got to see John and Hank in real life during the first year of the blog during the Tour de Nerdfighting and not just on the computer screen, which is a change I'm really happy about.

And those are just changes external from the blog. Because of the blog, I feel more comfortable writing, not better at, just comfortable with. Writing once every week has pretty much left me no choice but to confront my own writing ability, I'm definitely self-conscious about my grammar and comma usage but it means I'll have to pay attention more to the appropriate times in which to use them. That can't do anything but help me in the future. While I do miss weeks every once in a while, I think I've become more punctual, I get more work done on time and stick better to a schedule.

I also feel better talking to people. I was absolutely terrified when this blog began. I was so afraid that you might, in a way, shun me or kick me out because at the time I was seventeen and therefore the 'baby' of the group, still am the youngest, that can't change. I thought I would be too immature compared to the rest of you. I was even more nervous because I volunteered for Monday, which meant I'd had to post the very first post on a collaborative blog that consisted of four other women I had never before met. Yet now I don't feel that way, I don't feel like you're judging me because of being younger or a little bit more immature, or maybe you are and are just good at hiding it, I'll never know, but I have very little trouble communicating with people I've never met before, at least online. I still have trouble in real life, but emailing new people, sending letters, etc. it's not that terrible an experience anymore. I love this blog and I think I've improved a lot as a person from it.

Even more, I'm really glad I'm getting to know you guys, Katie, Rachel and Sophie. It's really great to read all of your posts and hear about the lives of other Nerdfighters and what you're doing. I especially love how we're all from different places and thus have even more to share.

I hope we have more good blogging years ahead of us.

End Note:

I actually didn't plan to do a blog today. I wanted to be slightly ironic and do a vlog instead of a blog from Waikiki beach, I made the whole video. Turns out I can't upload it to my computer to edit and post it. It was a really pretty beach that you will now not get to see. Oops.

It is 3:08 AM Tuesday in Massachusetts. It is 10:08 PM Monday in Hawaii. I am going to bed. Goodnight!