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It's 2011! Which still sounds like a sci-fi movie from the '70s. Our New Year's Eve party was a pretty small affair - it was cold as heck and the roads were terrible so most of our promised attendees bailed out at the last minute. Some friends did show up! And I managed to entertain them by drinking too much whiskey on an empty stomach and lighting sparklers in the fireplace. Indoor fireworks! Not actually a great idea.
We found out Saturday afternoon that my grandma passed away peacefully around eight o'clock on New Year's Eve, so that was a nice little kicker for the end of a not-so-awesome last couple months of 2010. It wasn't really unexpected, but it's always sad when it actually happens. I spent most of my day yesterday with my parents cleaning out her room at the care facility she was at, and my mom seems to be doing okay. She and my dad were able to be with my grandma the couple hours before she went and I think she had already done some of her grieving when Grammie really started to go down hill earlier in the year.
So I've had some heartache and a good bit of frustration these last couple months, and I'm glad for the new year and the opportunity to shake things off and look at a fresh start. I would like to let go of the stuff that's been bringing me down and I need to grow up a little, I think. I'm pretty set on leaving the safety net of my job and my family and my hometown this spring (when driving out of here isn't a snowy deathtrap waiting to happen) - I need a big change, and things aren't going to happen for me unless I go looking for them. So! I'm going to do something about it.
I do get to get on a plane to North Carolina in two weeks to go see my sister and help her and her husband make the move to Denver. I am excited she'll be closer and that we'll hopefully get to see her more often and it makes Colorado a viable option for spring plans.
So bring it on, 2011! I think I'm ready.
We found out Saturday afternoon that my grandma passed away peacefully around eight o'clock on New Year's Eve, so that was a nice little kicker for the end of a not-so-awesome last couple months of 2010. It wasn't really unexpected, but it's always sad when it actually happens. I spent most of my day yesterday with my parents cleaning out her room at the care facility she was at, and my mom seems to be doing okay. She and my dad were able to be with my grandma the couple hours before she went and I think she had already done some of her grieving when Grammie really started to go down hill earlier in the year.
So I've had some heartache and a good bit of frustration these last couple months, and I'm glad for the new year and the opportunity to shake things off and look at a fresh start. I would like to let go of the stuff that's been bringing me down and I need to grow up a little, I think. I'm pretty set on leaving the safety net of my job and my family and my hometown this spring (when driving out of here isn't a snowy deathtrap waiting to happen) - I need a big change, and things aren't going to happen for me unless I go looking for them. So! I'm going to do something about it.
I do get to get on a plane to North Carolina in two weeks to go see my sister and help her and her husband make the move to Denver. I am excited she'll be closer and that we'll hopefully get to see her more often and it makes Colorado a viable option for spring plans.
So bring it on, 2011! I think I'm ready.