This is not Katie. I repeat, this is NOT Katie. This is a blog takeover. Katie has decided to take a little time off until Christmas and reluctantly graciously allowed me to fill in until then. Now, end impromptu introduction and cue premeditated blog post.

Hello fellow bloggers, freaders, and tweethearts.

I'm Erin, a once retired blogger trying to navigate my way back into the blogosphere. After an identity debacle, I was forced to shut down my blog which I created in 2008. I reopened another blog under my real name but found this incredibly tiring because I couldn't post the stories that I wanted, and that readers would find really interesting and worth reading. So I gave up.

After talking to Miss Katie (because I still read and kept in contact with my favorite bloggers), she offered up her blog as a platform to launch the creation of my new anonymous blog that is set to begin publication on January 1st. (Shhh, some of you may know my real identity. Let's keep it hush-hush.) I'm grateful that she believes in me that much to allow me to whore solicit myself on her blog in hopes that you guys will trek on over to my blog and check it out, maybe add it to your readers, and follow me on Twitter.

The Depressing Stuff: 2009 has been the darkest year of my existence. I've spent most of the year denying the fact that I've been in a depression. It hasn't been until the recent breakup of my boyfriend of 2 years that I realize it's time to better myself. I'm tired of feeling sorry for myself. I'm tired of being stuck in this dead end job. I'm tired of not being happy with the way my life is progressing. It's time to quit sitting around in limbo and be more proactive. And I want to share my stories with you guys.

The Uplifting Stuff: Writing helps me cope, and without my blog, I feel like I am missing a part of myself. I promise to be real. I promise to share stories with you guys in hopes that you'll be able to relate, offer up advice, or maybe just realize I'm completely crazy but entertaining at the least. I promise to make my blog uplifting and not dwell on the negatives in my life. 2010 is about rebirth and renewal. 2010 is about starting over from scratch and being hell-bent to make this year the greatest one yet. 2010 is about reinventing myself and finding out what truly makes ME happy. It can only go uphill from here.

I'll be posting a few more times here on Katie's blog (so long as she doesn't retract my sign-in info and tell me to kick rocks) to update you guys on the progress and publication of my blog and talk a little more so you can decide if you like me or not. (That last part was a joke... I hope.) If you'd like to get a headstart and add it to your readers (or just take a peek) head over to My Way This Time. Also, follow me on Twitter (I promise to follow back): @MyWayThisTime.

I look forward to meeting (blog-ophorically speaking of course) and chatting with you at my new home.

Erin @ My Way This Time