The In-Between
Welcome to Life in the In-Between, my new blog. Not sure who I’m welcoming yet, but I hope that someone other than me, someday, will read this and that it will make them laugh. With me, not at me. At the very least, I’m attempting to move from the very personal world of blogging on livejournal to making more public, humorous, and thought-provoking posts on here.
Who am I and what is the In-Between, you may ask? Awesome question.
My name is Ashley and I am a 22-year-old Marriage and Family Therapy Master’s student. I live in Central Florida with my boyfriend of 3.5 years, Rob, and our three furry children: Kinsey, Scout, and Scrabble. I work part-time as a personal assistant running my own local business. Actually, it’s a corporation. Kind of cool, right? Never mind the fact that I know zero about the actual paperwork of running a business, but so far it’s working out okay. I’m trying to find something more full-time in a Human Resources department somewhere, but that’s all part of the journey.
Now to explain the name and purpose of this blog. I’m a fan of quite a few blogs. As a future therapist, other people’s lives (and marriages, and kids, and recipes) interest me. I’m not trying to be nosy or anything (although having a blog entitles the readers to be nosy, in a sense), but I’m always interested in how other people live their lives. Through this exploration of blogs, I’ve realized that I haven’t come across a ton of people who are in the same place that I am. I’m sure they exist. I’m sure they’re blogging. I just haven’t seen them yet.
I’ve come to the realization that there’s a lot of in-between in my life. I’m in between being a student and a working adult. Rob and I are in between dating and marriage. I’m still somewhat dependent on others, yet becoming more independent all the time. I even live in the middle of Florida, for goodness sake. This part of life seems to be its own phase, and while I move on to the next part of my journey, I want to chronicle this part. There’s a lot of “figuring out” going on at this point in my life, and what better way to work through it than this?
Me and Rob
