Day One

I often envy college students about this time of year - a semester is wrapping up, and there is an "end" in sight. Sure, it comes with harried finals weeks and cramming, but each time they walk out of a final, there is that rush of "finito!". For good or bad, they're done with that class. And then, when they walk out of their last final, the finito is compounded with freedom, often accompanied by a 3-week break, holidays at home, late nights and sleeping in. But more than those things, I envy the promise of a new beginning that will come with a new semester. New subjects, new teachers, and a chance to start fresh. If you were a slacker last semester, you can make a complete turn-around and become an ace student, akin to a scholastic rebirth. You can move into a new apartment complex, a new student ward, and have new roommates, new friends. Complete clean slate of life.

Adult life does not offer many options for fresh starts, a la a new semester, but events of two months ago came pretty close. A move, a new home, a new ward, a new baby (I guess that qualifies as one new roommate), a new school year for my kids ... however, our fresh start package didn't include the 3-week break, holidays and sleeping in. But the late nights did come with the baby.

So, here's my Day One blogging, following in the cyber footsteps of my two sisters, a sister-in-law, and some good friends. Here's a toast to fresh starts, the possiblity of positive change, and as my kids would say, "to paying guests!".