a bit too independent girl

I don't think I'll fully latch on to status updates, and twitter. I can hardly keep a blog up to date at that. But, it seems I've given up on my dear, dear friend sleep - a staple of my college years. So, back I come to my old friend Blog. Sometimes, I get an idea of something to post here, but then I realize people might read it, or, more so, because I so rarely post anything, that when I do it should be something significant. Ahh, you great many followers of my blog, read no further, nothing significant here. If you're a regular, you'd know that I try to keep posts from being news or factual updates and stick to random, ambiguous thoughts. But, if that's what you're looking for, again this might disappoint. Tonight, I'm going to try my hand at classic boring blogging, a summary of updates and shout outs to my loved ones. Now if only I had some pictures of a cute baby I could really start a cottage industry. Don't hold out for those just yet.

Lately, my time has been consumed by a focus on 2009, yet it somehow amazes me that the new year is just around the corner. My time will now be more consumed by work. But I think there's been a pretty good balance of late. I have been especially thankful this Thanksgiving for the great friends I (finally) have in Salt Lake. My friends, family and associates from work and home have been an amazing group of people this year and have helped me to weather a surprising amount of change.

From the view here in my room, it feels like little has changed - same room (for over a year!), same computer, same decor, same untamed giant pile of clothes, same emily. However, I have, in chronological order starting with the most recent first, made many changes in 2008: New Cell Phone (yay Googlephone!), Big Hair Cut, Return to Singledom, New Job (in new city... still drivable, though), Departure from Singledom, International Trip, Fundraising Campaign at Work, New Year! With only one month left, there are still a few changes I'd like to see develop, but for now, I'm pretty happy just to be weathering the current ones. So far, they all seem like great changes, the question remains where they'll lead next.