Ain't It The Life

I have thought about writing a blog for a long time.  I have thought about writing about my path to graduate school and using it as a resource for people applying in the future.  I also thought I would document training for my marathon to look over the fond memories of running and the milestones reached.  I could use it to write about the everyday happenings of my life and use it as a journal.  But what really motivated me to start this blog is because it is a good place to pour all types of thoughts I have while going through life.  In fact, I already have so many ideas of things to write about, with no coherent meaning, that probably the hardest part of starting this blog was thinking about the title.

I thought I would pick something out that would have multiple meanings since that would reflect a lot more about myself.  I don't normally say "ain't" on a regular basis, but somehow, I really feel like I have made a good life for myself.  Even though graduate school can stress me out, I really hope that my happiness and energy is contagious to others.  I am almost done with my 1st of 5 (or 6) of graduate school and I really couldn't envision myself anywhere else.  Well... maybe somewhere warmer.

The second meaning to my blog title - it is one of my favorite songs by the Foo Fighters, my #1 band of all time.  This song takes me to the ocean with warm sand and palm trees, and I'm just sitting washing the waves crash as the sun sets in the horizon.  Now to me that is the life, but for now I will just reside in Seattle and blog about my random (hopefully intriguing) thoughts and goals.  Hopefully you will like what you see.