resolution
I was thinking about resolutions today. I am generally not a resolution-maker, at least not a the prospect of a new year, because I am resolving things all the time. I don't manage to live up to a great many of my resolutions but I figure it's the thought that counts.
But anyway, with the future looking equal parts excitement and challenge, I was thinking of trying to frame some resolutions that could guide my adventures this year. I am thrilled, for example, that THIS is the year in which my husband will come home from deployment. But I know there will be certain challenges in the midst of all the joyjoyjoy at his return... and I am already trying to decide how to handle it. Of course I am delighted that he's coming home, but I've also spent a year living by myself. We have to get readjusted to living together and I hope I manage to do that without throwing too many temper tantrums.
We'll also be moving this year. I can be a total stress-monster about moving, even though I *like* moving. I just don't like inconvenience or discomfort or unpleasant surprises, so I go crazy trying to tie up every loose end and not let anything slip through the cracks and and and... well, you can see how that could be hard on everyone. I'm excited about discovering a new place, and I think we're really going to like Fort Carson... but I am also sad and anxious about leaving my beautiful little house, and my lovingly cultivated gardening projects, and my Texas friends and ponies. I am hoping in the midst of all that to not lose my mind and yell at anyone, and to keep remembering the exciting stuff and minimizing the not-so-great stuff.
Of course with moving comes a new job search... hoping to be more efficient and successful than ever there. Looking forward to new opportunities but reluctant to leave the very comfortable spot I've carved out for myself in my current office. Not sad about no more hotline responsibilities... but definitely sad to leave some of the people who have been my guiding lights through this whole deployment experience. Hoping to make the best of the time that's left and leave with no regrets, no projects left lacking, no strings left trailing.
So, resolutions I can live with....
Try to be the person my dog is convinced that I am.
Try not to look back with anything but good memories.
Try not to attempt to solve any problems with ice cream.
Be as joyful as possible, and try not to make Pike's Peak out of a fire-ant hill. ;-)
But anyway, with the future looking equal parts excitement and challenge, I was thinking of trying to frame some resolutions that could guide my adventures this year. I am thrilled, for example, that THIS is the year in which my husband will come home from deployment. But I know there will be certain challenges in the midst of all the joyjoyjoy at his return... and I am already trying to decide how to handle it. Of course I am delighted that he's coming home, but I've also spent a year living by myself. We have to get readjusted to living together and I hope I manage to do that without throwing too many temper tantrums.
We'll also be moving this year. I can be a total stress-monster about moving, even though I *like* moving. I just don't like inconvenience or discomfort or unpleasant surprises, so I go crazy trying to tie up every loose end and not let anything slip through the cracks and and and... well, you can see how that could be hard on everyone. I'm excited about discovering a new place, and I think we're really going to like Fort Carson... but I am also sad and anxious about leaving my beautiful little house, and my lovingly cultivated gardening projects, and my Texas friends and ponies. I am hoping in the midst of all that to not lose my mind and yell at anyone, and to keep remembering the exciting stuff and minimizing the not-so-great stuff.
Of course with moving comes a new job search... hoping to be more efficient and successful than ever there. Looking forward to new opportunities but reluctant to leave the very comfortable spot I've carved out for myself in my current office. Not sad about no more hotline responsibilities... but definitely sad to leave some of the people who have been my guiding lights through this whole deployment experience. Hoping to make the best of the time that's left and leave with no regrets, no projects left lacking, no strings left trailing.
So, resolutions I can live with....
Try to be the person my dog is convinced that I am.
Try not to look back with anything but good memories.
Try not to attempt to solve any problems with ice cream.
Be as joyful as possible, and try not to make Pike's Peak out of a fire-ant hill. ;-)