Reminds me when....

[anglophile2007]

Thanks Robert Burns, Guy Lombardo, NYC, Dick Clark, Champagne, and the past year. 2008 has passed, and 2009 is breaking. I can't say that I feel much different or that I was excited when the time passed.  A lot has happened over this year, and like I told Graham, I kind of expect to wake up and find that all that's happened, just didn't.  Graduation, Grad school, a fantastic summer in England with my friends (Mainly Ash, who I like to think I'm stronger friends with now because of all we've been through), and realizing and building a relationship with Graham that included a token that is sweetly woven around my finger. I can't imagine it not happening. But I miss my father, I do, and I know if I had a choice I'd want him back, but I realized in Graham that I could be happy again, when I thought it was impossible. And at the New Year, I remember Dad. Auld Lang Syne with Guy Lombardo, is one of the ways I'll always remember him, and I will continue to do so as 2009 passes. He missed 2008, just shy of my graduating and me finding someone that I think he would have really liked and approved of. But I realize that he would want me to keep going and finish, and that he'd want me to do what was practical as well as made me happy. Which I think is something Graham and I are being... practical. And will remain to be. I don't seem quite up to the challenge of a long year finish post, but this seemed fitting. Seems to be summed up in the form of an overall sentiment of satisfaction and in the case of my relationship with Graham, "practical" happiness. lol. Finding something I thought I had lost.
In the spirit of New Years I present you with a resolution. My primary goal for the new year is to keep my grad school work under control and in the fall get a job. I have other things I'd like to get done, but I'd prefer to not really discuss them in the fear that they might not get completed. But my studies... well those can't be avoided. Happy New Year everyone. And good luck to all of you.