Hello all!

So I've always thought about creating a blog. I expect that most people who read this will be people I already know. However, just in case you don't know me and have just stumbled across my ramblings, I'll give you a little background on me:

My name is Kelly Jeanne McBride. Jeanne is my middle name and I don't usually use it all that often, but I do like the ring to it. I just turned 28, and live in Los Altos with my cat JR and my two roommates Cat and Brian along with their cat Ashley. I have lived here for a few months, and was lucky enough to find such a cool room for rent where I could bring JR. My ex and I recently broke up a few months ago. I guess it's not that recent, but considering we were together for almost 4 years I think it's still recent in the realm of everything. It's the most recent crisis I can think of anyway. He is awesome by the way and we are still friends : )

I have lived in the south Bay Area my whole life. Left high school early to finish up at Community College. Started San Jose State University about four long years ago, and will finish my last semester in the fall! I will be getting a BA in psychology, and think I have finally decided to get my master's in Clinical Psych and then go for an MFT license (Marriage and Family Therapy). To put myself through school, I bartend at a restaurant in Palo Alto across the street from the Stanford Hospital. Looking forward to using my BA to find a non food-related job very soon! Offices and 401-K's sound so good to me!!!

Let's see, what do I hope to do with this blog? The number one reason I wanted to start this is because I just quit smoking yesterday and thought this would be a fun way to vent all my frustrations out! I also feel like this is a big year for me. Nothing huge, just kind of laying out the groundwork for the rest of my life. Being in a relationship that was comfortable but not exactly what I was looking for made me wake up and realize how much I need to change and grab control of things. I think I will always look back on 2009 as the year when things turned around and really got started. So regardless of whether or not people actually read this thing, I will be able to look back at it and be able to see where things went wrong, or hopefully right!

I haven't thought of a cute signing out catch phrase yet, but this is where I will put it when I do!

KJ