New Beginnings & Squirrels

Yes, it is overly cliche to start new in January. To make new resolutions, try new things, do new things. New, new, new. But yet, here I am embarking on a new adventure by moving to Edmonton, AB and beginning a new blog!

The name of this blog has come from a year of feeling completely lost and disillusioned. I was attempting to carve out a career for myself, find a church and make a whole new circle of friends. But instead of starting a new life after university, I instead felt like a forgotten nomad. I entered into people's lives, only to leave once again because of fear or discontentment. I travelled from church to church and applied for job after job, coming up empty on both accounts. It was a year of being the random girl who you met once or twice but then never heard from again. I was disillusioned with the church and feeling insecure because I couldn't land a job. Thus, this past year has been a year of growth, of laziness, and fear. That's the idea behind the name. I will probably talk more about it in the future in other ways.

I'm not really sure what this blog will look like. But to get an idea of what will most likely occur, I will start off with a story. Now this is an extreme story of fear and self-defense so buckle up.

I went to get the mail at my parent's apartment but when I went down, the mail man was just putting the mail in the slot so I decided to walk around the building outside to waste some time. I started my jaunt looking around at my surroundings. It was a lovely day with the sun shining and I felt good. I turned a corner and continued walking down the sidewalk and my eyes soon fell to the ground where I was about to walk. I immediately saw the most frightful sight a city dweller can see. Looking at me with its beady eyes, was a squirrel. It was on its hind legs staring at me. I muttered under my breath, "holy crap", and made a wide circle around it, saying in my head, "please don't attack me, please don't attack me...". City squirrels are the most frightful creatures because I just don't know what they are thinking! They stare at you for so long and they hardly ever run when you approach them. Like Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds", I'm pretty sure, it will be "The Squirrels" attacking us. I wonder if you could outrun a horde of squirrels? Food for thought.

P.S Welcome to the Forgotten Nomad!