What's In a Name...

Sorry folks... I'm not talking about the baby's name. That will remain a secret. ;)

I thought people might be a little confused by the name of my blog, so I wanted to explain myself. Ever since I was young, I believe I have been a very easy, simple person to understand. When I was a baby and I got cranky, I hear that my parents just had to feed me and put me to bed and all was good. When I was in high school, my friends knew who I was - I didn't play games or pretend to be someone else to fit in. I was the logical one of the group who put my thoughts ahead of my emotions and made decisions easily. In college, being a computer science and math major, I loved that all problems could be broken down into a set of logical steps to find a solution. Many problems are only as complex as you make them. After college, while I spent day after day working a job that bored me out of my mind, I began to think about what defines me, what excites me, how would I describe myself to someone in the least amount of words. After listing out all the random things in my head that I felt reflected my personality, I realized many things I listed contained juxtapositions (ie: I'm a dumb nerd, I love a clean house but never spend time cleaning, I'm quiet but have a hard time not giving my input when I have an opinion). After reviewing my long list, the final thing I wrote was that I'm simply complex. What you see is what you get with me. However, under the surface there is so much more. Only a few people throughout my life have been given the opportunity to see the true complexity behind the simplicity. Perhaps this blog will allow the rest of you to get some small glimpses into my simply complex life.