What is Blogging?

Maybe it's just because this is all new to me, but I have so many questions about this whole "blogging" thing. Ever since I set this up I've wanted to write another blog post, but I've had no idea how often or how not often I should be writing them! And I have no idea how to follow other blogs, so if someone could help me out with that I'd appreciate it. I saw something on Pinterest about blogging, and blogging was literally this lady's job. I don't understand how that works at all. 

I changed my URL again so it's a bit shorter because typing "letterswordsandprettybirds" was a pain in the butt, so now it's simply "letterswordsbirds" and I think I can live with that. I just had such a hard time coming up with a cute title that wasn't "lydiawearsjeans." That one was easy to think of because my middle name is Jean and I wear jeans a lot. 

"Letters, Words, and Pretty Birds" came from my obsession with hand lettering, the fact that this is a blog and I will be writing a lot, and my love of all things pretty and in nature. Not to mention it rhymes. My mom said I should write a post about how I've been bird watching my whole life, but when I think of "bird watching" I think of old people in floppy hats sitting on lawn chairs with binoculars. My parents are big bird fans, so I guess it kind of rubbed off on me. I mean, not many other 5th graders would get excited to see a bluebird sitting on a fence. I guess you could say I'm somewhat of a bird watcher, but not the kind with binoculars. Floppy hats, sure, but I don't need binoculars. 

I'm going to try not to blog every day, but if it just so happens that I have something to write about a few days in a row, then I won't wait to post them. I'll try to make sure I post at least once a week during my busy times just so I don't end up dropping this as I do with so many other things. I guess those are my blogging rules for myself! I'm not going to write boring filler posts; if I absolutely HAVE to write something I'll probably tell an old story or go on a deep rant about something. Okay that is all~ 

First Post!

Here I am, stepping into the world of blogging. I just spent a couple hours trying to make everything look nice here, and it's still not exactly where I want it to be. Oh well, it'll get there! In the mean time we'll all have to put up with the pre-made background and silly header and title. I'll try to come up with something a little more clever than "Lydia Wears Jeans," which I've been using forever.
I hope to use this blog frequently as I embark on my next journey into the unknown. In this case, the "unknown" is college. Luckily for me I will be living at home for all 4 years! I've been celebrating the fact that, with this set up, I'll never have to live in a dorm or have a room mate- both things I had been dreading since I started looking into colleges. Being an introvert with an anxiety disorder and a fear of crowds, I NEED my alone time, and the thought of sharing a room with someone scared the crap out of me. "What if they don't sleep with the fan on high? What if they have to watch TV to go to sleep?? What if they are complete night owls and spend all night talking to their dog on skype???" But now I don't have to worry about that. And I don't have to worry about public showers and funky water pressure and all the other horror stories I've heard from college friends (or made up in my mind).
What I do have to worry about, however, is how much school work I'm going to get. And math. I always have to worry about math. I spend every day of my life in fear that I will have to do math. I must have some math phobia.
Anyway, I still have over a month until my first day, and until then I will continue being a goober and drawing and painting and obsessing over things on Pinterest.