3 am Study Break

i'm shocked at myself at how UN-frequently i've been blogging! i used to blog as if i was talking to my therapist who didn't mind me popping in his office every other day constantly like clockwork to drawl on and on about things that were so important to me that i had the urgent need to speak about it then and there! *Power-blogging, as i called it. I posted anything and everything, anytime, every time. I have nothing to hide. I like to share! That's how i was raised: Sharing is Caring! *cue cheesy smile and teeth sparkle* .

but now that habit of mine recently went out the window. Blog posts became few and far between. From posting on my Xanga every day when i was in Rutgers-- bragging about my academic achievements, to adding a blog weekly on my MySpace about the "TROUBLE" with BOYS, to going back to Xanga (i had 3 different Xanga accounts) sharing my experiences as a dancer in various dance crews and ended that with the establishment of my Nursing career as Wonder Woman RN, only to RE-start blogging again as soon as i had a handle on my time management and signed on to BlogSpot !!. but posts haven't been as frequent.. Is it because i'm getting older? Age must have nothing to do with it. People of all ages blog! It could just be that i've encountered changes too big or too important to continue this habit at my old pace. For that, i apologize. I wonder if anyone even reads these things at all anymore. I'm sure i'm not the only one who "got too busy all of a sudden". Well, i'm a person of my own truth, and part of my own truth is that i like to share. So here i am again still, selfless and humbled. I'm not going to lie and say i haven't changed at all. I know i did, and i can only hope and almost believe that i've changed for the better.

My last post was just about 5 months ago, in August. Reading from that, u can tell i was a bit distraught over another boy and venting about my hopelessly hopeful lovelife. What else is new in Shirl's World? lol. Since then, i got over that one (thank Goodness!), and celebrated my fabulous 28th birthday in July, went on an all-girls' vacation with 5 of the most amazing girls to South Beach, FL in August; in November i went to one of my favorite cities, San Fransico, CA to visit family and bid farewell to my late aunt; then from there i went to Playa del Carmen in Mexico to meet with more family for a weekend getaway. Then there was the exciting rush of Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year. And in between, i'm happily discovering a loving relationship with a great guy, all the while managing my full-time career on which i'm currently working diligently to transform to new heights. I'm always on the move with it!

I guess now that i actually took the time to put all that out there for my own eyes to see, it's easy to figure how i got so distracted from my blogging routine. Well, to those out there in "blogworld" who are as faithful a reader as i am a writer, I'll always be here! Just not as physically able to post so readily as i used to, but the thought will always be there in my head whenever a lightbulb turns on due to a life-changing thought or event: "I should write about this!". Because really, i dont have that great of a memory-- i not only like to share things that i think are noteworthy, i just need to so i don't forget about them!

Now, back to transforming...