Things just got personal. And real. Real, real personal.

 It's not a stretch to say that my life has completely, radically changed since November. With the opening of a door, I went from single to family in about 60 seconds. And while I've written about it privately, I haven't blogged about personal stuff in a long time because I wanted to kind of give it some breathing room. There were some personal and private things I needed to kind of feel out, first, before I turned this into a safe sharing circle about my new life. And also, talking about your boyfriend all the time is Fucking Boring. Seriously you guys, two girls I follow on Twitter just got boyfriends, and it's ALL THEY TALK ABOUT NOW. And if I've learned anything about blogging and social networking, it's this: Unless you are Melissa & Zach Floyd or Art & Emily Allen, you gotta think very, very carefully about what you talk about when it comes to your romantic relationships. Because half the time, nobody gives a shit. And the last thing I wanted to do was suddenly turn this blog into a sparkle-y, glittering puke-bomb about how great my life was now that I wasn't single anymore.

But I miss it. Having this blog be a personal space, I mean. Last night I read this really great post by a friend from up north, and it hit me like a punch in the stomach...just the nostalgia, of what it felt like to share daily adventures and weirdo conversations and just basically have every post be a literary snap shot of what life is like. And while there's a certain joy and sanctity about keeping your personal life private, I've found that I'm kind of in this unusual and unique position. I never read magazine articles or blogs about long-term relationships or what it means to blend families or cohabitate and all that stuff, because that stuff didn't apply to my life before. I was too busy figuring out who I was and how to date people who weren't douches to even care about that kind of stuff. And then, suddenly, there I was, having to navigate my way around all that stuff with little to no clue about how to do it well.

So I'll be talking about that stuff more, on here. At first it will kind of be a blast from the past, since, like I mentioned, I've written about some of that stuff privately but just haven't posted about it on here. But we'll catch up to the present fairly quickly, and then it will be like...like you guys are here, with me. Like you're a part of my life again. Like we never even lost any time at all! Because you guys were always here, you know. In my heart. Right here *taps chest*. In there. Deep in. You guys.

Also, get ready to read a lot about donuts, because that's pretty much 90% of what this whole new life is all about.

Hope you're all excited about that.