i've discovered over the course of the whole...1.5 days of having a blog, that the whole struggle of having a blog is that each blogger is really at least 1/2 a copycat of another blogger, but each one wants to be distinctly different from all the other bloggers.  for example, i'd been pondering the idea of a blog for quite a while, and once i set it up, of course i was following bethany's lead but since i WAS following her lead, she got to the prettier profile background setting.  but i lover her anyway, so i went with the pink-ish background.
i hate pink.  (mostly). but i love bethany more.  and ice cream :)

oh yes, i <3 ice cream.  it had been a worrysome-long time since i've had ice cream until last night.  a long-term friend and i finally used a Maggie Moos gift card i've had for 14 months now.  i think my pancreas "might" recover eventually... but that was my sugar quota for like, the summer.  most expensive ice cream ever, but so worth it!!  we all put our heads together at the register and then asked the guy to throw on some mixed nuts so that we used up the whole gift card but only went 5 cents over.   then we sat outside and got sugar highs and talked for an hour and 40 minutes.  and learned tons.  it's ridiculous that the two of us could live in such close proximity for so long and yet... not really talk.  it's been wearing on both of us, each being extremely stressed out, completely unaware that the other was, too.  apparently we both retreat, causing a huge lack of communication and yet more stress, leading to a downward spiral.   the post-grad life is not all roses and sunshine, but nothing makes it gloomier than trying to do it alone.  we had several weeks of catching up to do, and there are some definite changes we need to make.  it may not be that 'fun,' but given what i could have lost i think change is a 'win.'  which is more important :)  that's what life is, really.  every day since the beginning of time, people have been trying to change things (usually for the better, but that's not across the board)- either undoing some wrong or doing something to make it bigger/stronger/faster/cuter/live-longer-but-look-younger-er/'different'.  even trying to keep something the exact same way is a daily process of stopping the change.  i'm glad things change; i'm glad i've changed.  and i'm glad we now have a starting point to change more.  i'm glad i HAD 5 cents of change.  thank goodness for Maggie Moos!! 

however- some other parts of post-grad life are rockin' awesome.  i woke up at 9:30, which hasn't happened in months (at least). then i pondered some Thessalonians...ate Honey Bunches (that part of my life is very unlikely to change anytime soon).  and then played with my legos.  2 of them are now stuck together wrong with little hope of me ever separating them in this lifetime.  oh well.  our living room would look to an outsider as though we had at least 2 kids.  nope-just me :)  and my two hard-working  parental roommates.  who i hope to never go so long without ice cream with ever again.