This week has been one of comebacks. Saturday will mark my first in person Toastmasters club officer training since December 2019. I’m going back to church (online) but for now just visiting. Gender nonconformity has come back (it never really went anywhere… just put on the back burner because I felt like I wasn’t getting encouragement).
Also returning in this summer of comebacks… weather updates. This hobby started in the fall of 2009 when I was at a cross roads on what to do with my life. I kept it up through the early 2010s and then walked away from it before coming back.
I almost went back to school in 2008 and 2011 for meteorology (with a minor in communication studies). I didn’t really need another college degree, but a get out of jail free card. I hated working at Kings (because I listened to everyone else around me) so I wanted to find a way out. Eventually I applied for a job at WIS International but my passion for the weather lived on.
From graduation until 2018, I was stuck in the past. Homecoming was less about catching up and more about living for the good old days. Driving up to Johnstown was more reminiscing about the days of living at HGA and the memories I made there. I was still doing well, but I missed how great those days were to me.
Since I retired the homecoming tradition after October 2018, I felt like I was in a really good place. I wrapped up everything I needed to achieve my Distinguished Toastmaster award, started my blog in late 2019, and began to really find myself. Of course those who follow my blog knew I had some inspiration there, and I’ve come a long way in the last few years.
Hoping for a great forecast to give you this first full week of summer and for Saturday’s club officer training.
Stylish 🍒 