Thanks...

To all my blogging friends: I really appreciate that I can count on you all to make me feel better about myself in a time of need. I know my last post sounded awfully dramatic without really giving any justification for my thoughts that people think my blog is lame. I've just heard or read of people saying stuff like, "I absolutely hate when people only take pictures of their kids looking at the camera smiling." Or "Ugh, when pictures have that ' flash-y' look, it is so ugly." or "If people have tons of text and no pictures, I don't even want to read the post." or "It's lame when people only put pictures of their kids on their blog." etc., etc., etc... I guess I just read too much! It just bugs me that people are judging me from the way I take pictures or whatever. It's kind of dorky I know. But hey, I'm getting over the self-consciousness I feel - thanks to my nice family and friends.

Just so you know, I PROMISE I don't think any of that stuff about any of you - I don't notice that stuff. I think everyone's blogs are awesome; I swear.

But really, my sister Jill and I were talking about this little funk I am in lately. And it hit me that I either have some sort of SAD (seasonal affective disorder,) or I'm just really homesick and missing my family right now. I think the whole SAD thing is because this has been such a hard and crappy winter, and it's finally April and you'd think it would start to be sunny and warm or something - so my expectations for Spring have been high. Yet, in April, we've had like, 3 warm, sun-shiny days thus far. I think that's been making me slightly depressed. And then the whole, missing-family-thing is kind of self-explanatory. I just miss 'em - what can I say?

But anyway, thanks again for the words of encouragement, kindness and commiseration. You guys are the best! And for those of you who refrained from commenting so you could avoid saying something like, "Yeah, you ARE retarded." I appreciate that too! :)

And PS - If my Freshman Year roommate Heather could hear you say that you think I have some writing talent, I'm sure she would laugh. I used to let her read some of my English papers for proofreading purposes, and she always made fun of me and laughed at the way I write. (Consequently, I think my instructor agreed with her because I only made a B+ in that class, no matter how hard I tried.) I think it's because I write the way I talk?... At least that's what I tell myself! :) ha ha.