Well, here I am. After days, weeks, months and maybe even years of deciding whether or not to start a blog, I'm doing it! It doesn't really have a specific purpose right now. But that's the fun of it, right? I can just write what I feel and what I think (on the surface, I don't think that this will be one of those deep-thought, ponder-about-life kind of blogs..) Maybe I'll end up with the beginnings of a novel. Maybe it will seem more like a diary. Or maybe it'll become a comedy-hour kind of blog. It could quite possibly become all three. I don't really know. One thing I know for sure: it will be something. Like they say, journey is the destination. Think of this as a journey. My blogging journey? That I'm sharing with you? If there are any of you? Hope so.
I think when you start a blog, you're supposed to start with some kind of information about yourself.
Hello. My name is Hailey and I've been clean for 3 months now.
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Just kidding.
I'm actually a college student trying not to accumulate too many debts (yeah right) and working lots of jobs (3, at the moment) to keep myself busy. Some would call me a sorority girl. Some would call me a band geek. Some people for a while just called me "tuba girl." Others would refer to me as a Yankee (I think that just applies to y'all, my southerner friends..) And I believe I would rather not label myself. I think I'm a lot of things. Not saying that all of the above aren't true statements regarding my persona, just saying that I think I'm a lot more than that. I hate labels. Does that make me a hipster?
So I'm sitting outside on my aunt and uncle's boat dock on Wilson Lake, here in Muscle Shoals, writing this blog, being EATEN ALIVE by mosquitoes, and also being kind of scared by the fish that keep jumping up and catching said mosquitoes. I'm really grateful for their assistance in the pest control department, but man do they freak me out! I'm worried that they're just going to jump right up onto the dock with me! Heeerre fishy, fishy! But really.... Since editing my profile I've acquired 4 new bug bites! Exciting! No pain, no gain, right? I just really hope people read this. Otherwise my mosquito bites were all for naught. Regardless, I've quite enjoyed my time outside, writing and pretending to be a fabulous writer working on her newest novel. I secretly hope that's what the neighbors think of me if they happen to spy me out of their large lake-view windows. I've got to wrap it up though, because although the fish are helpful with the mosquito problem (kind of), they really aren't doing much for the fact that some people across this slew of the lake have a donkey as a guard dog, and right now just seems like the perfect time for him to practice his singing. It's giving me quite the headache. With that being said, I really need to invest in some bug-spray and get inside where I can't hear donkeydog.
Thanks for reading, I hope to post more soon. maybe every week? I'll think about it. Ya'll come back now, ya hear??
-Hailey
