My not-so-secret secret

Okay, I have a confession to make.

I started a blog about a month ago. It was on wordpress.com. I posted on it twice, and then forgot about it because I hated the layout. I couldn't find a template that I liked that would work on the free Wordpress sites. Also, the name of that blog was Cats, Coffee, and Kindergarten (as opposed to Coffee, Cats, and Kindergarten), and I kept calling it the wrong thing. I really wasn't attached or committed to it at all, so I left it alone.

Then, last night, I sat down to work on it again and it hit me:

HEL-LO! 

You don't have to use Wordpress!

So, I came on over to Blogger, set up my URL, purchased a blog template from Etsy, and got to work*!

*went to bed while the template designer installed it for me

So, here I am. I'm excited to get a content calendar ready so that I'll have plenty for all of you to read when my blog goes live on July 11 (which, by the way, is a date that I literally just decided on as I was typing it). If you've read this far, I guess it means that I did a pretty good job, eh?

Anyway. 

As I briefly mentioned in my first post, I began a blog for several reasons. First and foremost, I love to write. I mean, I really love it. In fact, I've looked into freelancing once I am done with my Master's degree. I have loved reading and writing for... forever, I think, and I can't believe that I could actually get paid to do those things. How cool is that?!

I also really, really love connecting with people. It's hard for me to do that in person, because I'm severely introverted. Interacting with people I don't know is incredibly difficult for me. But, I am able to do that easily online! I can talk to people, think out responses, use emojis to convey emotions... it is much more comfortable for me.

I'm really working on getting out of my comfort zone, and this blog is a big step for me.

The Beginning

Wow. The first blog post. No pressure, right?

This blog has been a long time coming. I’ve started several blogs, but they haven’t gotten anywhere because I haven’t been willing to put in the time and effort to get them off the ground. But, the desire to share my life with others is nothing new. I enjoy sharing silly stories about my kindergarteners on Facebook, I love typing out the perfect text message, and I consider it an art to be able to put a whole thought into 140 characters on Twitter. Simply put, I love writing!

(NOT APA FORMATTED WRITING, BUT I’M SURE I’LL GET TO THAT LATER. MULTIPLE TIMES.)

Anyway, I figure that this first post should be a introductory one. So, here goes!

My name is Rebecca. Some people call me Becca, but I’ve never been too good with writing an uppercase letter B so I refer to myself, both vocally and in writing, as Rebecca. It’s a thing, okay?

I’m a twenty-something who lives in central Ohio with her husband and two cats. Believe me, you’ll be hearing lots about all of them! Especially the cats. I teach kindergarten and absolutely love my career! I’m also currently in grad school, but I’ll be done in mid-August with a Master’s degree in Elementary Reading and Literacy. WHOO! I don’t have any free time in which to have hobbies during the school year, but currently I’m loving watching Netflix for hours a day and painting random pieces of furniture while Thomas is at work. He loves it… sometimes. Oh, well.

Okay… now it’s time for me to go Google how to end a blog post. Ciao!