In Appreciation of Girlfriends

So I'm not comparing myself to Carrie Bradshaw in anything other than the fact that she had amazing girlfriends and so do I. By amazing I mean fun, loyal, honest, hilarious and unconditionally loving. What I envy Miss Bradshaw is that her closest friends are in the same city as she is, while my besties are scattered around the country. I've acquired a few amazing girls to hang with in D.C. and that has been great, but there is no one like my college roommates. Maybe it's because we lived together; maybe it's because by virtue of them being in college with me they saw me at both my very worst and best; maybe it's that we just hit the jackpot with each other. Whatever the cause, my college roommates are the girls I call when anything big happens in my life; they are the people I worry about the most outside of my husband and family; they are the girls I asked to stand with me as I married my husband; and they are the people with whom I still have the best conversations.

Like the ladies of Sex and the City (who we spent hours watching in our college living room together), the six of us couldn't be more different but we somehow just fit. The 6 of us together represent pretty much every personality trait, physical attribute and opinion under the sun and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Why am I reflecting on this you may ask? Well it's because I started watching Season 6 of Sex and the City and every time I see those four fabulous ladies, I ache for my girlfriends. Even though it's a television show, I think Carrie, Samantha, Miranda and Charlotte are role models for us women as a group of friends because no matter what goes on in their lives, their friendships are constants and they always make time for each other. That's been the case for us 6 so far, and I think we will continue our tradition of girl weekends, email updates and long phone catch-up sessions. No matter what happens, we will always be the 6 of us in a little part of our hearts and to quote SATC's heroine, "well, that's just fabulous."

Welcome to Love in the Time of iPhones

First, let me apologize for the title. I was going for something somewhat clever, a play on my love of books, current pop culture and the dominant part of my life, being in love and married, from which many of my adventures stem. This was the best I could do and since I plan on pursuing this blog thing for real this time, I think it will probably stick, as frequent name changes lead to confusion. So, I'm sorry, but you'll just have to get used to me dropping the occasional corny pun or pop culture reference that I find oh-so-witty.

Now that that's out of the way, let me tell you my plan for this blog. I've made 2 previous attempts at blogging and they petered out. I think this was the case because I pigeon-holed myself too much, or I lost interest, or I just didn't have enough confidence in myself to put my writing/opinions/observations out there. Well not to be arrogant, but I just don't care anymore. I love the idea of putting my thoughts into words and sharing them with people who might appreciate or at the very least have an opinion about them.

So here's what you can expect from this blog. I will be posting about food/cooking that I'm trying, books, television or movies, funny anecdotes from my everyday life, music and I'm sure occasional self-indulgent rants on things that frustrate me, because after all, isn't that one of the perks of blogging? Basically, this will be a peek into my head, hopefully with better editing.

So I hope you enjoy my musings, I hope that it is entertaining and I hope I keep it up because otherwise, I'm NEVER going to write that novel on my bucket list.