Let's start the beginning. My name is Kristin, and I'm 25 years old. Just two years ago, I was living in Washington, DC, finishing graduate school, and working my ass off. I envisioned myself staying in DC for the rest of my life, getting some amazing job right away, and maybe worrying about a serious relationship later. I'd had them for most of my life, and I wanted a break.
As "they" say, things don't often work out the way you expect or plan. Within a few months, I was connecting deeply with an old friend of mine that lived in New York City. As time moved on and we got closer, things evolved into a long distance relationship. I'd done those before and wasn't sure I could manage that for much longer. More importantly, he had a daughter and moving wasn't an option for him.
This past September, I made a major decision for us and moved to NYC. I started a new job (that I love), and settled into living with him. Oh, and one more, TINY thing - I took on the new responsibility of being a pseudo step mother.
It's been a few months now, and with every challenge I successfully meet, ten more rise up in their place. Being a step anything is HARD, and none of my friends can quite empathize. That's where this blog comes in; this is a place where I'll share my hardships, my successes and triumphs, my flat-on-my-face failures. It's also, hopefully, going to become a place where others can share their own experiences, or take some comfort in knowing that 1., they're not alone, or 2., that someone (me) sucks worse at this than they do.
With that in mind, I hope you enjoy reading, commenting, and sharing the confessions of a not-so-wicked stepmother.
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