Welcome, 2018.
Well hello everyone, well maybe just myself and my mom (hi mom). It's been a minute since I've been on here... well if you're keeping track it's been 1 year, so hello again! If there is anything that I have learned about writing it's that when you feel like writing you just have to sit down and do it so here I am, and I apologize for being so late. During university I used to write in a journal every day. Yes that's right, every-single-day. I started writing in a journal because it was an easy way to express my feelings; writing them down had made my thoughts more concrete and real. The thought of writing down what I was thinking used to scare me a lot because I knew how often I changed my mind about things and writing them down just made it almost too real. But slowly, writing something down each day became a sort of therapy for me which helped me gain a lot of mental clarity. When I stopped worrying about whether or not I would regret writing that thought down, or if my journal were to get in someone else's hands what they would think of me, I was really able to learn a lot about myself and my inner thoughts that I was too afraid to share publicly. But here I am writing a public blog post on my professional website for no good reason other than I can. That wasn't the purpose of this entry, sorry for the tangent. Instead of boring you with what I've been up to in the last year I think I'm just going to dive right in. This morning I went to work at around 10am to get ready for our Midday newscast to find out that I would be covering the evening shows tonight so I was sent home with a few hours to spare. I was scrolling through instagram and when I went to my profile I had forgotten that my website was linked in the description, and now I find myself here. I hadn't written anything on my blog post in a while so this is my best attempt and that's where we are at now. Usually, I would try to write with a purpose but today I'm just writing for the sake of writing. If you somehow got to this area of my website and missed that whole 'where I'm at in life' from either my social media or about page here's a brief look at where I am at now.
A look at me on the green screen wall at KTEN Studios. This is what I get to do every day, I'm sorry what? A year ago the dream of being an on-air meteorologist felt like a brief thought of the distant future. That's kind of how it always felt. When you're 3 years old and decide you want to be a meteorologist it just kind of always feels like it's a lifetime away. But a year ago there I was still feeling the same way. Even though I had studied the grueling math and physics, and had done everything I needed to be where I am at today it just never felt attainable for some strange reason. It just felt like a thought. So now as I stand here with a 'real life job' in Texoma (Texas/Oklahoma) directly in tornado alley, I often have to pinch myself. It still feels like it's not real most days.
"Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity." That's why these blog posts are important to me. It's so important for me to cherish every step of the way when it's so easy to get caught up in the 'what's next' stage. I've been so busy learning about how to be good at my job, being comfortable on television, learning how to forecast and think in fahrenheit not celcius in a region I've never lived before, getting to know my coworkers (who are now some of my best friends), and just living life in another country away from home- that I haven't taken the time to properly reflect and share my life. So this is that. I hope to share with you again very soon.
Our KTEN weekend crew, how lucky I am that they welcomed me into the weekend newscasts. Funny how certain people come into your life with such intention when you didn't even know who they were a year ago.
