End of the Year Stuff
My birthday is coming soon and I'll be leaving the magical Hobbit year of 33 (for those who are not geeks, 33 is when a Hobbit becomes a true adult) and moving into my MID thirties. I am a very big birthday person and am looking forward to my surprise party on Saturday. Numerical age means nothing to me at all. I was just talking with my friend katsakitty and we decided that we really don't feel any different then we did when we were 16. A little wiser, maybe, but not older. My bones don't creak, I'm not sore when I wake up, I don't have trouble getting around and since I quit smoking, I don't get winded. I feel pretty good physically. I certainly don't feel old enough to have a kid getting her driver's license in September of 07. Aaack!
These last few months have been insane to say the least and every year my birthday weekend marks a return to normal. No more rehearsals, massive piles of sewing, shopping (yes, even I get sick of shopping by the end of December), and rushing around. Sadly, there won't be anymore big parties until about June. The bulk at the parties are from September til January.
So the year was good:
8. I made Phi Theta Kappa. That is excellent. I know I've mentioned it a million times before but I still can't get over it.
7. I dumped 'friend' baggage this year. After almost 20 years of manipulation, the psycho-hose beast is a thing of the past. Whoooo Hooo. It's been several months and I'm happier for it.
6. We got the shelving units up in the living room. It makes me very happy whenever I see them.
5. I started my Livejournal this year. This has been a wonderful outlet for me. I finally found my writing niche and that's a good thing. I like to tell true stories. It frusterated me terribly that I always had such trouble writing fiction however, once I realized my strength lay in telling people real stories I was became very happy with my output.
4. greenmanrn was made a member of Vingolf. That was very \mm/.
3. I got to meet and got to know some very wonderful people. I'm richer in my life for having autumnleaf77, jinglebellz61, and flying_draugr as friends. I know we technically met last year, but it was only this year that we really got to know one another.
2. For the first time in my life I went to Eagles Training Camp. I end the year with a live Eagles game at the Linc.
1. I celebrated my 10th wedding anniversary. It's been a wonderful, strange, happy, sad, stressful, content, freaky, wild, bizarre trip and I hope it doesn't end.
And it was bad:
1. I didn't read half as much as I wanted to. I've had a little trouble with concentration due to stress, classes, and general crap. I think I'll try and focus more this coming year. I've received some wonderful books for Yule and I'm sure there'll be some goodies for my birthday. I'll make short work of them.
2. I didn't watch as many movies as I wanted to. Just didn't have the time or the willpower. I'll try to catch up with some of them at home. Looking forward to seeing The Illusionist, The Prestige, The Fountain, Miami Vice, Invincible, and a whole stack waiting for me from the holidays.
3. I didn't get to as many blots as I would have liked. I'll remedy that this year.
4. I forgot a few of the kids' birthdays. I don't like missing ANYONE's birthday, but when its a kid, I feel just horrible. I have a new datebook so I won't be making that mistake again.
5. I didn't lose as much weight as I wanted to and I didn't get to the gym. I think it would be dumb to say "I'll get fit this year" because that's what everyone says. I think what I'll say is "I'll make a better effort to get my lazy ass to the Y at least once a week."
So that's pretty much it. The world is a sadder place because The Crocodile Hunter is gone, five beautiful Amish girls were killed by a sad, sick man, and Dana Reeve went to join her Superman. The world is a better place because one man survived the Sago mine disaster, the bird flu pandemic didn't hit, al-Zarqawi was killed, Barbaro survived a devastating broken leg, and The New Orlean Saints returned to the Superdome and helped show the world that New Orleans' spirit might have taken a beating but it was still in tact and as strong as ever.
These last few months have been insane to say the least and every year my birthday weekend marks a return to normal. No more rehearsals, massive piles of sewing, shopping (yes, even I get sick of shopping by the end of December), and rushing around. Sadly, there won't be anymore big parties until about June. The bulk at the parties are from September til January.
So the year was good:
8. I made Phi Theta Kappa. That is excellent. I know I've mentioned it a million times before but I still can't get over it.
7. I dumped 'friend' baggage this year. After almost 20 years of manipulation, the psycho-hose beast is a thing of the past. Whoooo Hooo. It's been several months and I'm happier for it.
6. We got the shelving units up in the living room. It makes me very happy whenever I see them.
5. I started my Livejournal this year. This has been a wonderful outlet for me. I finally found my writing niche and that's a good thing. I like to tell true stories. It frusterated me terribly that I always had such trouble writing fiction however, once I realized my strength lay in telling people real stories I was became very happy with my output.
4. greenmanrn was made a member of Vingolf. That was very \mm/.
3. I got to meet and got to know some very wonderful people. I'm richer in my life for having autumnleaf77, jinglebellz61, and flying_draugr as friends. I know we technically met last year, but it was only this year that we really got to know one another.
2. For the first time in my life I went to Eagles Training Camp. I end the year with a live Eagles game at the Linc.
1. I celebrated my 10th wedding anniversary. It's been a wonderful, strange, happy, sad, stressful, content, freaky, wild, bizarre trip and I hope it doesn't end.
And it was bad:
1. I didn't read half as much as I wanted to. I've had a little trouble with concentration due to stress, classes, and general crap. I think I'll try and focus more this coming year. I've received some wonderful books for Yule and I'm sure there'll be some goodies for my birthday. I'll make short work of them.
2. I didn't watch as many movies as I wanted to. Just didn't have the time or the willpower. I'll try to catch up with some of them at home. Looking forward to seeing The Illusionist, The Prestige, The Fountain, Miami Vice, Invincible, and a whole stack waiting for me from the holidays.
3. I didn't get to as many blots as I would have liked. I'll remedy that this year.
4. I forgot a few of the kids' birthdays. I don't like missing ANYONE's birthday, but when its a kid, I feel just horrible. I have a new datebook so I won't be making that mistake again.
5. I didn't lose as much weight as I wanted to and I didn't get to the gym. I think it would be dumb to say "I'll get fit this year" because that's what everyone says. I think what I'll say is "I'll make a better effort to get my lazy ass to the Y at least once a week."
So that's pretty much it. The world is a sadder place because The Crocodile Hunter is gone, five beautiful Amish girls were killed by a sad, sick man, and Dana Reeve went to join her Superman. The world is a better place because one man survived the Sago mine disaster, the bird flu pandemic didn't hit, al-Zarqawi was killed, Barbaro survived a devastating broken leg, and The New Orlean Saints returned to the Superdome and helped show the world that New Orleans' spirit might have taken a beating but it was still in tact and as strong as ever.