Happy New Year Everyone!
I'm writing this post a bit early here in Western Canada - it's just before 10pm - but I know that much of the globe has already celebrated the turning of the new year (they're in the future!). I wish everyone a happy new year. I hope that you've enjoyed 2012 and will have even more fun in 2013!
Retrospective 2012:
This time last year I was chilling with friends in Rouen, France. I had an amazing time in France, and I would go back in a heartbeat. I miss my friends there, the lifestyle, the atmosphere, the French, the French pastries... Though I do enjoy speaking my native language in daily conversation. I do not regret my time in France. Though I may have come back fiscally poorer, I came back all the richer in friends, French speaking ability, confidence, and in many other ways.
I had a lovely summer at Fort Edmonton again. It gave me the opportunity to brag endlessly about my newly acquired ability to drive cars from the 1920s, which I swear will come in useful someday. (Maybe I'll be the next pretty timetravelling assistant in Doctor Who? ;) ) I made connections, learned a lot, taught a lot, and had fun.
Grad school in Ottawa has been stressful, I will not lie. But so far I have few regrets. I feel fit and confident, and while it's been a steep learning curve, it is learning curve. I learn many new things each day, even if I have trouble putting it into words (or writing) at times. I've met new friends and made new connections.
New Year's Resolutions:
Write more. I feel like my fiction writing has fallen by the wayside, as I've had so much scholarly reading and writing to do. I want to write a little each day, even if it's just a paragraph. Practice makes perfect, after all. A lot of what I write may be terrible. But it's best to get that out of my system now and learn to write the good stuff. I'll keep you posted.
Of course, there's also the usual try to lose 10lbs, try to stop being as stressed out, and so on. I'll do my best.
Happy New Year, all!
Retrospective 2012:
This time last year I was chilling with friends in Rouen, France. I had an amazing time in France, and I would go back in a heartbeat. I miss my friends there, the lifestyle, the atmosphere, the French, the French pastries... Though I do enjoy speaking my native language in daily conversation. I do not regret my time in France. Though I may have come back fiscally poorer, I came back all the richer in friends, French speaking ability, confidence, and in many other ways.
I had a lovely summer at Fort Edmonton again. It gave me the opportunity to brag endlessly about my newly acquired ability to drive cars from the 1920s, which I swear will come in useful someday. (Maybe I'll be the next pretty timetravelling assistant in Doctor Who? ;) ) I made connections, learned a lot, taught a lot, and had fun.
Grad school in Ottawa has been stressful, I will not lie. But so far I have few regrets. I feel fit and confident, and while it's been a steep learning curve, it is learning curve. I learn many new things each day, even if I have trouble putting it into words (or writing) at times. I've met new friends and made new connections.
New Year's Resolutions:
Write more. I feel like my fiction writing has fallen by the wayside, as I've had so much scholarly reading and writing to do. I want to write a little each day, even if it's just a paragraph. Practice makes perfect, after all. A lot of what I write may be terrible. But it's best to get that out of my system now and learn to write the good stuff. I'll keep you posted.
Of course, there's also the usual try to lose 10lbs, try to stop being as stressed out, and so on. I'll do my best.
Happy New Year, all!