Happy New Year!!
Ok, 2006 it's almost over. And as usual, it's time to reflect on what this year brought me. Or, better, what did I do with this year.
I look back the past 12 months and I'm utterly happy with every aspect of my life... specially the professional side.
In march I was pretty much pushed out of my secure teaching assistant nest and on to the wild sharks pool academic world. I didn't feel prepared, I was scared and I felt I didn't have anybody to turn for advice (my ex boss, my dear mentor, was finishing her doctoral thesis at home and I was replacing her).
But I didn't want to fail all those people who put their trust in me. And specially I didn't want to fail MYSELF. I knew that, down deep, I was VERY capable of doing this. And I want to prove it to my world.
I did my best.
And I was rewarded with the amazement of my colleages, the respect (and in some cases love) of my students and a enormous feeling of having found my place in life, an inner peace that only comes when you're sure of the choices you've made.
I've grown up in this year. I feel more secure of myself, more determined and I know I have the strengh to do thing I never though I was able to (like that scary lecture on october).
On other aspects of my life, I'm happy because this year I made some great new friends. Most of them are internet friends and I've found that with some of them I share a deep connection, almost like I've known them for several years and not only a few months.
Others are Real Life friends and I'm also glad for that. I'm very, VERY picky when it comes to friend people and that's why it's always so special when I make a friend.
And of course there's married life. After a rough first year (God, it was SO difficult) Rodri and I are enjoying a great time. We've both learned (the hard way)to give a lot of stuff but in exchange we got love and peace and joy and we got back that wonderful friendship, that complicity, that inner connection that was always the base of our relationship.
And last but not least, my beloved fandoms. LazyTown, of course, was the most important this year, and I really thank to God the moment I decided to create an LJ just so I could join lazytown. But my other fandoms have been a great source of joy too, as usual my escape to the infinite worlds of imagination, where I find myself so comfortable.
In short, I am a really happy person. ^_^
OK, enough rant. Rodri and I are going to my parent's house for New Year's dinner, it's getting late and I'm a complete mess!! I'm going to put my pretty face on...
But before I want to wish a really great New Year celebration to all my friends around the world. A celebration full of laughs, fireworks, champagne toast, midnight hugs and yummy food too! ^_^
See you next year.
2007, I'm waiting you with open arms!!!!
I look back the past 12 months and I'm utterly happy with every aspect of my life... specially the professional side.
In march I was pretty much pushed out of my secure teaching assistant nest and on to the wild sharks pool academic world. I didn't feel prepared, I was scared and I felt I didn't have anybody to turn for advice (my ex boss, my dear mentor, was finishing her doctoral thesis at home and I was replacing her).
But I didn't want to fail all those people who put their trust in me. And specially I didn't want to fail MYSELF. I knew that, down deep, I was VERY capable of doing this. And I want to prove it to my world.
I did my best.
And I was rewarded with the amazement of my colleages, the respect (and in some cases love) of my students and a enormous feeling of having found my place in life, an inner peace that only comes when you're sure of the choices you've made.
I've grown up in this year. I feel more secure of myself, more determined and I know I have the strengh to do thing I never though I was able to (like that scary lecture on october).
On other aspects of my life, I'm happy because this year I made some great new friends. Most of them are internet friends and I've found that with some of them I share a deep connection, almost like I've known them for several years and not only a few months.
Others are Real Life friends and I'm also glad for that. I'm very, VERY picky when it comes to friend people and that's why it's always so special when I make a friend.
And of course there's married life. After a rough first year (God, it was SO difficult) Rodri and I are enjoying a great time. We've both learned (the hard way)to give a lot of stuff but in exchange we got love and peace and joy and we got back that wonderful friendship, that complicity, that inner connection that was always the base of our relationship.
And last but not least, my beloved fandoms. LazyTown, of course, was the most important this year, and I really thank to God the moment I decided to create an LJ just so I could join lazytown. But my other fandoms have been a great source of joy too, as usual my escape to the infinite worlds of imagination, where I find myself so comfortable.
In short, I am a really happy person. ^_^
OK, enough rant. Rodri and I are going to my parent's house for New Year's dinner, it's getting late and I'm a complete mess!! I'm going to put my pretty face on...
But before I want to wish a really great New Year celebration to all my friends around the world. A celebration full of laughs, fireworks, champagne toast, midnight hugs and yummy food too! ^_^
See you next year.
2007, I'm waiting you with open arms!!!!