May all your troubles last as long as your New Year's resolutions.~Joey Adams
Well here we are, day 9 of 2008. 2007 Really just flew right by me! I had to go back and look at my old blogs just to remember what all happened. It was one of those years where there was always something…if it wasn’t a work event, then someone needed a cake decorated, or a video made, or I was sick or my kiddo was sick or my cat was sick, or I had a class or I needed to fill in at work for someone who had quit, or someone at work had a stroke. And so on. It just kind of got away from me. I didn’t get, really anything done that I wanted to accomplish in 2007, yet I don’t have that feeling of failure that I normally do. Maybe I’m finally starting to grow up. What’s that line, life it what happens when you are making other plans. And my plans have this whole tendency to not work out like I…well plan them too. So now I’m just trying to do what needs to be done and go from there. I’m trying not to get overwhelmed with what I want to do vs. what I can’t do.
The long struggle of trying to sell my trailer is coming to...well not a close yet, but certainly a reprieve. I am at the point now where I feel pretty comfortable showing it to people who are interested. There has even been progress made in the bathroom floor department. I think this weekend could really see the end of the things that need to be done inside the house, leaving the rest to just selling the damn thing.
School inches ever closer to being finished. I have a new class that starts tomorrow. I have currently a total of 4 classes I need to finish and I will be DONE. However, 2 of these are the classes I’ve been dreading since the beginning of my return to school. But I’m trying to stay positive. I have a pretty good idea of what I’m going to do my senior project on, which is good and I have a lot of the material for it all ready, so that’s something. Just take it one class at a time. Yep. Good plan. NO WAIT, not “plan” so much as…you know.
2007 was crazy work wise. We had a software upgrade that ultimately was a failure. We had 2 employees quit at around the same time, and since I knew how to do aspects of both of their jobs, I was Administrative Assistant, Accounting Tech and Housing Tech all at the same time for a while. It was super fun. Also I helping in the hiring process of the new employees, so I guess you could add HR to that pile-o-hats. We had four events this year instead of the normal 2 that I’m used to. We had the Summer Picnic and the Holiday party which is what we have every year, now we’ve added a fund raiser which is apparently going to be a yearly thing, much to my chagrin, and we also acquired a new property, so we also had a picnic for them, to welcome them to our organization. THEN we had 2 people have medical leave for an extended period of time. One of those was the woman that helps me with the Summer Picnic, oh guess when she was out…THE SUMMER. So yeah, that sucked.
I had a hard time focusing on school this year, especially towards the end of the year. I didn’t get as many classes finished as I had hoped. Again with the work stuff, I just couldn’t focus. But I’m SO CLOSE. Wish me luck!!
Other than that…I lost my sweet kitty Claudia in 2007. I still miss her, and there are days when I still expect to see her when I come home. Got a new kitty that is the devil, or at least a minion. Dark Willow. Got a puppy that I found along side the road, Buffy. And yet Buffy is still unable to tame Dark Willow. So now I think I need to get a parrot, name it Xander, and teach it the yellow crayon speech and lock Xander and Willow in a room together. That should sort everything…right? And congrats to those of you who understood that. If you didn’t, well I’m a big nerd and let’s just leave it there.
My little girl has grown so much. My big seven year-old, who’s going to be 8 in just a few months…where does the time go? Everyday she turns more and more into her own individual with her own ideas and opinions and theories. I love watching her mind work. She’s an only child, which I think has helped create this amazing imagination because she has to entertain herself so much. I listen to her playing in her room with her Barbies or Littlest Pet Shop things or, yes her Doctor Who toys, sometimes all at once…and I’m amazed at the ideas she comes up with. She’s such a blessing, I’m so lucky to have her. I can’t wait to see what the new year will bring for her!
Well I think that’s enough rambling from me now. I hope you all have a very Happy New Year, and that 2008 is your best year yet!
Peace.