Another year comes to a close. I, for one, will be happy to see this one go. The past two years have been major suckfests for me. My resolution for 2008 is to reclaim the happier person I was eight years ago, b.d. I resolve to snap out of this depression and be a happier person with a better outlook and attitude. I'm going to get up every morning and remind myself that I have another chance to be the person I want to be, instead of the pita that I've allowed myself to become. I've become a total bore to myself, so what must I be to all of you? It's time to get my life back.
I'm going to get a sketchbook and start sketching again, every day, with no production quota in mind other than perhaps two hands and two feet. I'm going to recapture my French and see about brushing up my German. And dammit, I am going to lose fifteen more pounds. And so is Queenee.
I'll probably be asleep by 10pm, but for those who are online instead of in front of a television, check out the streaming video from Times Square. There are a couple in Key West, too!
Happy New Year, everyone! May you all prosper and find joy in the coming year!
I ceremoniously rang out a washrag last night to ring out the bad things of the year - right down the drain!
ReplyDeleteWe all stayed home. I watched fireworks on the top deck & shared a toast.
The highlights I loved from last year were many though, and we toasted them in no particular order:
Being able to go North and visit family.
Going to Alaska.
Sharing Queenee's 75 bday.
Working with PopPop.
Giving Wabbit a hug.
Some great fishing.
No hurricane season.
Health, although no wealth.
The Boston Red Sox season.
The New England Patriots season.
Food on our table.
Friends at the door.
Turning 50.
Rain and Sunshine.
Cutting my hair.
Cudjoe Key.
Our joy Miss Polly.
on and on..
I got up late this morning, but got right on my New Year resolutions. Showered, did laundry, weighed-in (Queenee too), cleaned up my room a bit, did some sketching...
ReplyDeleteIn spite of the bad, I too had things to be thankful for. I have a roof over my head. I'm able to walk and generally get things done. I have good friends, even if I don't get to see them all as often as I'd like. I'm free and clear of the selfish prick I allowed to co-opt far too much from me, and I think about him less and less with each passing day. The cats are healthy. Queenee and PopPop are healthy. In fact, except for my bout of pneumonia, we've all been pretty healthy. Queenee and I plan to be healthier by the end of the year.
This was a good year for seeing family, though we missed seeing Mr. Bill. Not a bad travel year either, with the CudjoeKrew getting to Alaska and me and Queenee getting to San Francisco, even though both were working holidays.
Queenee and I have our passports in hand, so who knows where we'll go this year?!!?! Perhaps nowhere, but we're prepared for any surprises!