Hello, stranger...

So I haven't updated in a while. Life, and laziness, gets in the way too much nowadays.

I guess the most pertinent piece of news I have to share is that I am now, officially, an aunt to a beautiful little angel boy. He's just over two weeks old now, and I swear that I could spend all my time just holding him and looking at him in awe and wonder. I still can't believe that the newest member of our family is here, but I am really happy that he is. And what I am most glad about is that he's brought a lot of happiness into the lives of my sister and my brother-in-law. My nephew is a long-awaited child, a miracle if I'm honest. So yes, I am now going to assume the role of the doting, "cool" aunt. It's funny how I've always kind of shied away from holding infants, especially newborns, but now I can't get enough of having a turn at cuddling this little boy. Maybe I do have some innate maternal instincts after all?

As for the the rest of my pretty uneventful life, I suppose you could say it's the same as always. I'm still employed in the same job, and will have been here for exactly a year come the end of August. And that will be the perfect time for me to seek work elsewhere because, not to toot my own horn, but I am much too educated and intelligent for the role I currently work in. I hit the ceiling for growth and development about two months into the job, and I really need to find my next challenge very soon before I start getting complacent.

In terms of relationships, that's still on the backburner. I feel like I'm not really ready to be with someone. Sometimes, in moments of particular weakness or loneliness, I feel like I want to be in a relationship. But I know it would only be for the momentary comfort, and not because I'm willing to be committed or dedicated to one person. I have been seeing someone, but it's been purely for physical satisfaction. I think I've developed feelings for him, but I don't know if they will last past the point of having constant physical closeness. We are now trying to move away from physical intimacy to friendship, and I'm not sure how that is going to work out. I'm going to attempt not to overthink things and just see where they go from here.

And that, my friends, is all I can say for myself at this point.