2011

Long time no talk strangers! In fact, dare I say it's been 3 weeks since I last posted? WHAT the heck?! It's not like there's been any shortage of thoughts going on in my head, but I must admit I've had a hard time making sense of them all. That being said, today I'm just emptying the clutter out of my head.

Christmas was busy- doesn't quite feel like it used to, and by no means was it relaxing. I worked until 5pm on Christmas Eve, then drove the hour and ten minutes to my parents house, where gramps poured me an extremely strong gin and tonic that produced an excruciatingly painful headache on Christmas... Ya.. I don't quite remember ever associating Christmas day with a hangover, nor do I ever want to again. But family time is good and I really am blessed with a wonderful and fun family. And yet this annoying voice in my head keeps telling me to enjoy it while I can, because who knows how many more years we'll all have together like this... which is a good thought, but also sad at the same time.

After boxing day I was back to a busy work week again and truly knew I was finished by the 4th day in. But that's a whole other story. Oi.

Anyway, New Years Eve was lovely, spent with great friends, and thankfully no painful headache today! (Seems I got my Christmas Day and New Years day mixed up this year). This is funny though because generally I dislike New Years due to numerous terrible new years' in the past and finally I can say I had a good one.

And now we are on to a new year. 2011.
We watched a sports highlight of the top ten sports moments from 2010, and of course much of it was from the Olympics. Oh the Olympics. I must say I am extremely grateful to have lived through that and to have lived in Vancouver at the time. Lots of fuzzy feelings there.

To be honest, I'm glad to say goodbye to the rest of 2010 after the Olympics. Not my favourite year. It seemed to be filled with lots of clutter and painful lessons. Don't get me wrong, there were good moments too, but I'm all for upward and onward. And 2011, that's you!

Well friends, that about wraps up my three week hiatus. It doesn't sound like much, but you can fill in the gaps with craziness at work, lobsters crawling around my house, and too much alcohol. I'm happy to begin a new year, and I'm excited to write more often. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU for reading. I'm continuously surprised and thankful that you want to share the journey.

Much love, and until next time (which will be soon!)

A :)