ok, let's try this again...

i know it's only been a few minutes since my last post but i need to just decide i'm not going to be in a funk. no one has even read the post but i feel like i shouldn't delete it because it's the truth and my life and how can i document it if i'm erasing the ugly? and speaking of documenting - i've been journaling (the old fashion way) these last few days and have been enjoying it quite a bit. it's nice not to have an audience occasionally. it's nice to be free and creative + without the structured format of a blog. but then again it's nice to be talking to someone instead of the cheesy conversations i seem to have with lined paper in a notebook. yes, i'm a dear diary sort of gal, more or less.

the best thing about AFF for me was the people. i haven't met a single soul since we moved here but that really isn't an excuse because i can't remember the last time i made local friends anyway. artfiberfest was a way for me to connect to the outside world and more importantly a world in which i co-exist quite beautifully. I was so tickled by people that introduced themselves knowing who i was through my blog or flickr account + what i looked like (thanks to the daily photos of myself here in may..lol). right away when heather and i were walking down the hall i hear a friendly, "hi joleen!" and i'm trying to figure out who it is without looking like a complete moron because surely i should know this person. and i do! i just didn't know what pam garrison looked like... she's as beautiful + friendly as i thought, although i have to admit for some reason i thought she'd be blonde. lol. it's so funny the preconcieved notions you have sometimes isn't it? i met several other lovely women this way and i just really want to thank you. it was really special to me to meet people that take the time to know me through here. you are my most special of friends.

more tomorrow. xo goodnight!