so uhm... happy new year?
I know... really bad at this whole posting regularly to my lj kinda thing. And no, I will not make it a New Year's resolution to change that, because there are other things I'd rather try to do.. like... stop planning for events that aren't happening in the forseeable future. I'm speaking, of course, of my really bad (girly) habit of planning my wedding. But really, I was thinking about it earlier today, and I've been to at least 1 wedding every year since I graduated from college. What else am I supposed to do while waiting for the ceremony and reception to start other than evaluate whether or not I would like similar decorations/music/clothing/DJ/food, etc at my own blessed event? And then reality sets in, and I realize, hey, I might not even get married, why am I wasting brain power? So I've decided to stop doing that. Planning the wedding, that is, until there's an engagement ring on the finger.
The other thing that I keep planning, that I probably shouldn't do, is what I'm doing the summer of 2011. Ideally, I would be walking.. er.. getting hooded in May of 2011 (and in a strange twist, boss said just 30 minutes ago that I'm graduating in 2010 =O). And then I can have a summer vacation, scamper off to Madrid for World Youth Day in August (for which I need to learn Spanish), and then start a postdoc when I get back. Imaginary wedding is also supposed to occur that summer, but.. well... it's not going to be there anymore. Anyway, what I really need to stop doing, is planning my life after I graduate from grad school. Because, being in the thick of grad school right now, uhm.. well... it's probably not wise to be looking for greener pastures on the other side of graduation. I mean, I'll have to plan ahead for a postdoc and all that stuff, but in terms of daydreaming about moving to England, and wishing I were done already, really need to quit doing that. It ends up making me unhappy when I realize that those greener pastures are still 2 years away. So really, the New Year's resolution is about living in the present. And not planning too far in advance, because I get attached to those plans, and they usually end up going up in smoke.
Anyway, hey, it's 2009. If I were Chinese, I'd tell you what zodiac sign that is, but I'm not, so I don't know. The holidays were pretty low-key for me. Just hanging out in good ole E'town with the family. Played Rock Band for a couple of days or at least a couple of afternoons, went to a wedding (hooray Mikey Bubbles!), got a stomach virus (boo!), and then had our annual Garcia New Year's Eve shindig. But I'm really happy that I got to see at least a few friends over the holidays. =) I'd have to say that Michael's wedding was probably one of the funnest I've been to recently. But then, that might be because I had to dance with all of the groomsmens since none of them brought dates and there weren't any other females our age and not all of them were chasing after cougars. Well that and the fact that I got to hang out with my college buddies =D Yay college! Since I'm getting kind of rambly, I think it means I'm finished.
Maybe I'll update again in less than a month... or 2... or 3... we'll see... =)
The other thing that I keep planning, that I probably shouldn't do, is what I'm doing the summer of 2011. Ideally, I would be walking.. er.. getting hooded in May of 2011 (and in a strange twist, boss said just 30 minutes ago that I'm graduating in 2010 =O). And then I can have a summer vacation, scamper off to Madrid for World Youth Day in August (for which I need to learn Spanish), and then start a postdoc when I get back. Imaginary wedding is also supposed to occur that summer, but.. well... it's not going to be there anymore. Anyway, what I really need to stop doing, is planning my life after I graduate from grad school. Because, being in the thick of grad school right now, uhm.. well... it's probably not wise to be looking for greener pastures on the other side of graduation. I mean, I'll have to plan ahead for a postdoc and all that stuff, but in terms of daydreaming about moving to England, and wishing I were done already, really need to quit doing that. It ends up making me unhappy when I realize that those greener pastures are still 2 years away. So really, the New Year's resolution is about living in the present. And not planning too far in advance, because I get attached to those plans, and they usually end up going up in smoke.
Anyway, hey, it's 2009. If I were Chinese, I'd tell you what zodiac sign that is, but I'm not, so I don't know. The holidays were pretty low-key for me. Just hanging out in good ole E'town with the family. Played Rock Band for a couple of days or at least a couple of afternoons, went to a wedding (hooray Mikey Bubbles!), got a stomach virus (boo!), and then had our annual Garcia New Year's Eve shindig. But I'm really happy that I got to see at least a few friends over the holidays. =) I'd have to say that Michael's wedding was probably one of the funnest I've been to recently. But then, that might be because I had to dance with all of the groomsmens since none of them brought dates and there weren't any other females our age and not all of them were chasing after cougars. Well that and the fact that I got to hang out with my college buddies =D Yay college! Since I'm getting kind of rambly, I think it means I'm finished.
Maybe I'll update again in less than a month... or 2... or 3... we'll see... =)