reflection
well, as 2007 comes to an end, i thought i'd say a few things about what the year's meant to me, and what i hope for 2008. Also, it's bedtime and i don't feel like going to bed, so i need something as an excuse for staying up a little later than i should. what the hell, i've got a short shift at work tomorrow, right?
Last year about this time i was in New Orleans for the bowl game, which was one of the most amazingly fun times i've ever had, all other outings with the MOB included. Cafe du Monde and the French Quarter made my list of favorite places of all times, and the breakfast with Will and Tera and Laura in Jackson square... it's a visual memory that stuck. Thank you guys for being there to take care of my drunken ass and to enjoy it with me.
January, uneventful really, except for the worst cold snap EVER (seriously, it got to minus nine at one point) and my sleep study. i suppose the sleep study was the start of all my narcolepsy nonsense, but i don't think of it starting until february, when i started my meds. Most of you who read this knew the most animated version of me... i was so happy and so alive at school... but the difference it's made to me is unbelievable. i feel so much more MYSELF now, awake and alert and interesting. That was the most important part of 2007 to me. The "year to remember" part.
Also decided what to do with myself this year, with the whole nursing bit. Not sure why i hadn't thought about it before, but hey, better late than never. i know what i want to do, and now i can do it. i spent a good part of the year frustrated and stuck in a rut, and i think i'm on my way out of it now.
Work is a big part of my life, because of the time it takes, but also because i've made some very good friends there. i have some social life now, and though granted it isn't much, it is a huge improvement over a year ago.
Now, onto the predictions, promises and resolutions for 2008...
1. EXCITEMENT! DARING! BRAVERY! ADVENTURE! EXCLAMATION! i have lived, up to this point, a fun but uneventful life. i want to do some things i don't have the guts to do! i want to live it up, be a little wild (though of course not ACTUALLY wild, because that would go against the good-girl control freak that i am). you're only young once, and for the first time i have the energy to work, think, AND have a good time. So there!
2. I AM MY SUNSHINE, MY ONLY SUNSHINE! i make me happy... i choose my mood, and i choose to be upbeat and happy this year! a bad mood should not affect everyone i see.
3. FOCUS AND DETERMINATION! i WILL do better in school this time around, with no narcolepsy to fight and a goal that i actually like!
4. FORWARD MARCH! onward and upward with my life, no more waiting around for shit to happen to me! i've got to MAKE it happen, darnit!
And now, the overarching theme of the year:
WHY NOT?
if i can't think of a reason why not, i'm going to DO IT!
i can't wait.
Last year about this time i was in New Orleans for the bowl game, which was one of the most amazingly fun times i've ever had, all other outings with the MOB included. Cafe du Monde and the French Quarter made my list of favorite places of all times, and the breakfast with Will and Tera and Laura in Jackson square... it's a visual memory that stuck. Thank you guys for being there to take care of my drunken ass and to enjoy it with me.
January, uneventful really, except for the worst cold snap EVER (seriously, it got to minus nine at one point) and my sleep study. i suppose the sleep study was the start of all my narcolepsy nonsense, but i don't think of it starting until february, when i started my meds. Most of you who read this knew the most animated version of me... i was so happy and so alive at school... but the difference it's made to me is unbelievable. i feel so much more MYSELF now, awake and alert and interesting. That was the most important part of 2007 to me. The "year to remember" part.
Also decided what to do with myself this year, with the whole nursing bit. Not sure why i hadn't thought about it before, but hey, better late than never. i know what i want to do, and now i can do it. i spent a good part of the year frustrated and stuck in a rut, and i think i'm on my way out of it now.
Work is a big part of my life, because of the time it takes, but also because i've made some very good friends there. i have some social life now, and though granted it isn't much, it is a huge improvement over a year ago.
Now, onto the predictions, promises and resolutions for 2008...
1. EXCITEMENT! DARING! BRAVERY! ADVENTURE! EXCLAMATION! i have lived, up to this point, a fun but uneventful life. i want to do some things i don't have the guts to do! i want to live it up, be a little wild (though of course not ACTUALLY wild, because that would go against the good-girl control freak that i am). you're only young once, and for the first time i have the energy to work, think, AND have a good time. So there!
2. I AM MY SUNSHINE, MY ONLY SUNSHINE! i make me happy... i choose my mood, and i choose to be upbeat and happy this year! a bad mood should not affect everyone i see.
3. FOCUS AND DETERMINATION! i WILL do better in school this time around, with no narcolepsy to fight and a goal that i actually like!
4. FORWARD MARCH! onward and upward with my life, no more waiting around for shit to happen to me! i've got to MAKE it happen, darnit!
And now, the overarching theme of the year:
WHY NOT?
if i can't think of a reason why not, i'm going to DO IT!
i can't wait.