Turns out it's been seventeen years
And I seriously wouldn't have remembered it (or even thought about it) if LJ didn't decide to send me a virtual gift to celebrate this journal's seventeenth anniversary today. It was sorta funny, the email I received read: "you've received a new virtual gift on your livejournal!" and my first thought was, "Wait, they're still doing those?" Then I checked and guess what? There's this big number 17 there on my virtual gifts page.
So thank you, LJ, for the lovely thought. Only, it's such a random number, don't you think? Seventeen. I don't recall ever receiving a v-gift for my tenth year, for example, which would have made sense. And again, why not wait for year twenty before sending a celebratory gift? Seventeen. Oh, well...
Considering this LJ was pretty much abandoned for the past 3 years, more or less, it's good to be remembered instead of purged. LOL
How is everyone? Assuming there's still people around here, of course. My life was completely and utterly taken over by my niece whom I'm helping raise, so if I tell you I don't have time to dawdle, I'm not lying. She's gonna be one year old in just 9 days (time is an incredible thing...) and we're organizing a little party for her, so even busier times ahead. Well, I say "little" party but in the end we should be 40 people! The little girl is popular, what can I say ;) As well she should be since she brightens up everybody's day even if they meet her for 5 minutes. Yes, I'm a proud and smitten auntie, why do you ask? Will stop talking about my niece now because I could go on forever.
Anyway, seventeen years ago today I created my account on LJ. It was a different world, it was a different life, and it was definitely a different me, but it's good to know those memories are still saved here and can be revisited.
So thank you, LJ, for the lovely thought. Only, it's such a random number, don't you think? Seventeen. I don't recall ever receiving a v-gift for my tenth year, for example, which would have made sense. And again, why not wait for year twenty before sending a celebratory gift? Seventeen. Oh, well...
Considering this LJ was pretty much abandoned for the past 3 years, more or less, it's good to be remembered instead of purged. LOL
How is everyone? Assuming there's still people around here, of course. My life was completely and utterly taken over by my niece whom I'm helping raise, so if I tell you I don't have time to dawdle, I'm not lying. She's gonna be one year old in just 9 days (time is an incredible thing...) and we're organizing a little party for her, so even busier times ahead. Well, I say "little" party but in the end we should be 40 people! The little girl is popular, what can I say ;) As well she should be since she brightens up everybody's day even if they meet her for 5 minutes. Yes, I'm a proud and smitten auntie, why do you ask? Will stop talking about my niece now because I could go on forever.
Anyway, seventeen years ago today I created my account on LJ. It was a different world, it was a different life, and it was definitely a different me, but it's good to know those memories are still saved here and can be revisited.