Why Change It Up?

So as stated in my previous post, I will soon be moving from Logan, Utah to the big city!!! Well... Salt Lake. But why would I do that? I've only just begun real adulthood. I've only finished one year of college. Everything I know about being on my own is here in good old Logan. So really, Sydney, why move?

Now this is a tough one to answer. Perhaps I feel that opening myself up to the public (all 0 of my followers), is going to make me feel too exposed or something along those lines. Oh well.

In order to explain myself fully, I have to go back about a year.

I was so very eager to move out out of my parents' house and begin my independence. So I moved out two days after I graduated. Summer 2014 was a depressing one. I was in a new town, living with strangers, and I had absolutely nothing to do to bide my time until the Fall semester, my first semester of college, began. I spent the summer watching youtube videos and eating avocados.

At the end of the summer I moved to a new place, I got new roommates, and the fun began. My roommate quickly became my best friend, and before we knew it, we had gathered a group of people from our apartment building and we had formed a very close-knit friend group. And this friend group did everything together.

We dyed our hair pink and purple together.

We built forts in the basement together.

We went hiking together.

We even celebrated a "family Christmas" together.

And about two months into the first semester I got myself into a relationship with an amazing guy! I felt so lucky and I really liked him. When we decided to make it official, we also decided that we would break up before he left on his mission. We didn't want a messy breakup, so we figured planning ahead would be the best way to avoid that. But we had time before he left and we made the best of that time together. Being with him made the whole college experience way better. He and I went home with each other and met each others' families. We went grocery shopping together. Our church callings were together and so we did all that stuff together too. We were taking a few of the same classes so we studied together. We were inseparable. I started calling him "Sunshine" because he made me happy when skies were grey. 

Here we are at Christmas time, being an adorable couple!

Our relationship as a real couple lasted about three and a half months. We broke up right before Valentine's Day. It wasn't necessarily a terrible thing because nothing about the relationship changed other than the fact that we took the "boyfriend/girlfriend" title away. We planned to break up, so it was only shocking for me because I didn't think he would break up with me so soon. We had that talk only a couple of days after he received his mission call to Scotland and Ireland. Eventually we grew apart in some aspects and the fact that we were no longer a couple became apparent. However, the fact that we were very best friends did become apparent. We had a history together and because of that, we were still inseparable.

Over the course of the last few weeks of second semester a few things started to sink in: (1) Sunshine was leaving me, and I wouldn't see him for TWO WHOLE YEARS! (2) I was broke and might not be able to pay for another semester of college right away. (3) Several of my other friends, ones who I was still very close with, would also not be returning to Utah State in the Fall. And (4) I had another long, boring, depressing summer ahead of me. Oh! And did I mention (5) My feelings for Sunshine had grown exponentially, to the point that I could no longer call them platonic, but he didn't feel the same, so I kept it to myself. And all of those things combined really had me down...

About halfway through the summer I was talking to one of my besties, Maddi, and she suggested that in order to get out of the depressive rut that I was in, I move to Salt Lake with her. I could take a break from school or do online classes. I could get away from all the memories in Logan that I wouldn't be able to recreate. I could be with her, one of  my best friends who wouldn't be returning to Logan... But I mean, how ridiculous! I couldn't just move! My life, my jobs are in Logan! But it started to really sink in. I made my decision. I'm moving to Salt Lake City, baby!

I feel as if to properly understand this story, I have to explain my friends and my love for them. I love them so much! Sometime I'll have to write a post dedicated to my friends, and I'll write about each of my besties!

Until next time, laugh with life!

Can I Do It This Time? Feat. My Introduction

Once upon time I decided I was going to be one of those extraordinarily talented bloggers who become famous, and make money, and have tons of followers and success. But that didn't work out quite like I had planned. Actually, I think I posted four times and ended up forgetting about it. So the real question is: Can I do it this time? I'm gonna venture out and say yes, of course I can!

But how exactly does one blog successfully? I'm certain that I could find many many articles on how to do it, but I'm just gonna do my own thing. And my own thing requires that I begin with an introduction!

My name is Sydney Muller. I am from a blended family meaning when my dear mother remarried, I not only got a new dad, but a brother and sister as well! My new dad joined the Air Force when I was was young, so my childhood and adolescence consisted of many schools in many states. We ended up in Arizona which is where I graduated high school. Not three days after graduating I moved to Logan, Utah where I planned to attend Utah State University. A few months ago I finished my first year at USU. I've spent the past few months working here in Logan. I will be moving to Salt Lake City in just a few short weeks though! It's time for a change of scenery, I suppose. Actually, that's another story for another time ;)

My beautiful family! I'm the slightly tanner one who looks a bit out of place ;)

Utah State University

One of my hopes for this blog is that my readers will get to know me over time. Super specific introductions are sort of lame, am I right?

Until next time, Laugh With Life!