After nearly a year's hiatus, I'm ready to dive back into it. I want to make my blog a priority once again.

My wheels in January tore up the I-44 pavement as my commute increased from 7 to 220 miles. 28 hours spent in a car, 11 nights in a foreign bed, and split attention between the present and reliving my past.

These last couple of months have been ridiculously busy! I wanted to spend a moment to recap what I have been up to and explain why I haven't been blogging recently.

Having lived in Springfield for nearly a year, and have about a dozen places bookmarked on my Ozarks Bucket List, I decided to start tackling them. Maybe this post will help you plan your next adventure?

Here’s a chapter of my backstory, and if you’ve read my bio on my Facebook page, you may already know this story. I used to be terrified of the weather.