My First Blog

Hmmm, what to write, what to write, what to write. Oh, what do I write in my first blog. I wanted an outlet for my frustrations instead of piling them on my friends in emails. Now that I have my blog set-up, wouldn't you know it - no frustrations. Well, not major frustrations anyway!

I'm sitting here at work watching the clock and watching the parking lot as everyone leaves for the holiday weekend. I'm so tired of the same mundane routine, the predictability of every day, I could scream. I'm ready for a complete change in life, something that I can be passionate about and put all of my energy in. Being an emptynester should allow me the time & means to find that passion/dream. It's the "finding" that's so difficult for me. If I were to be honest with myself, stepping out of my comfort zone of predictability is scary. As one of my friends stated on her website "Oh horrors, what if I take a risk in pursuing this dream and it is a failure?"

I guess I do have a dream, not that this dream will impact or change the world, but it is the part of the change I'm looking for in my life. I want to live out west and raise goats for backpacking. Yep, you read it right - I want to raise goats. I grew up on a farm and spent the majority of my time growing up outside working with my dad. We had cattle, pigs, sheep and a couple horses, but no goats. My friends here at work tell me I'm crazy and I don't know what I'm getting into with goats. Well, I agree that I tend to be a little on the 'nuts' side and I absolutely don't know what I'm getting into, but darn I want to do it anyway. So, I guess I'll start with a little dream and hopefully somewhere along the path I'll find a bigger dream.