22 Years, 0 Months - A Checkpoint

  Today marks my twenty-second trip around the sun. Pretty crazy how scary time feels once you've hit about twenty-one; seems like that's all you ever grow-up wishing for: time to pass quickly so you can hit certain age milestones. I guess I never really thought about what life would be like or how precious I'd view time after twenty-one.
  A lot has happened this year:

• I moved out of my parents' and into my own house back in October with my dog, Popeye,
• Joey and I finally decided, after almost three years of being engaged, to set a wedding date,
• Joey moved homes in September,
• I moved into his house in May,
• I quit my two jobs in my hometown,
• I started a new job about thirty minutes from my house,
• I bought a freaking wedding dress (huge real-life moment for me),
• And my soon-to-be brother and sister-in-law had their baby.

  Among all of that, there have been plenty of laughs, rough days, tears shed, scary moments, anxiety attacks, angry times, and everything that comes along with living life. I am so grateful to have been on this earth for twenty-two years, and I hope that I'm blessed enough to live twenty-two more.

  As I continue, however, to document the next eight years of my life on this blog, I hope that you'll join me and stick around as I maneuver this decade. I'm glad that you're here to follow along with me on this journey.

kati