I have been off work for the past 10 days. A combination of a flex day, weekends, vacation days and office closure. On the first day I was on vacation, it seemed as though it would be forever till I had to go back to work. Today is my last day off and it seems as though it went by so fast. Tomorrow I will wake up wishing I could sleep in till at least 9am but knowing I have to get up and go back to the old grind. I can't complain though since I only have a three day work week and then I will be off for four days, not to mention that though I may complain, I know how lucky I am to have a job in these hard times.
I spent my vacation with the kids, last minute shopping, baking and praying those awful storms would just go away. I was wondering if I would see the sun again before I had to return to work. Thankfully I did. Christmas came and went and now 2011 is on it's way. People will be running around this week getting ready for parties and celebrations to ring in the new year and thinking about all the resolutions they should make.
My reolutions are very few and includes the one everyone does each year, you know, the promise to drop some pounds. Yes, I make that resolution every year, but I never fully follow through. This year though I need to stick to it. So my plan is to lose fifty pounds this year. First of all I am very short when I am not wearing heels. Extra poundage and short does not go good together as I do not particularly like looking like a round ball. Oh, of course I don't think I look like a ball most of the time. I get dressed for work and think I look cute. Have you ever noticed that your mirrors at home are deceiving? It's like they want you to believe you are this gorgeous goddess then you get to work and look in the mirrors under the flourescent lights and you realize you are yuck. Maybe it' just me.
So anyways, that is my main resolution along with some others that I will keep to myself and will pray for to happen. Knowing me, they won't but I can still believe. Oh, another resolution that I will share is that I will have all my Christmas shopping completed by September. My goal is to purchase a few gift cards a month and just be done with it all. It seems easy enough...wish me luck.
As the new year approaches each year I wonder what will happen. I wonder what point in my life I will be in next year. I wonder if my kids will have better grades and considering one will be a senior in high school I truly hope so. I wonder what will be happening in the lives of my family and friends. Time seems to go by so fast lately. Next year at this time I will look back at all my blogs and remember what I was going through when I wrote them and hopefully I will be able to say it was worth it and not have any regrets.
Next year I will be 39. I look at pictures of when my parents were 39 and think back to when I was little and think they were old then. Now, 39 doesn't look that bad and I will say it is the new 29. I don't feel old and maybe it's because of my kids. I have a 16 year old and a 14 year old and they keep me feeling young. Although I reminisce with songs we partied to back in the day, I know all the new songs the kids are listening to. My daughter has reminded me what it was like growing up in the Madonna/Flashdance era. Lace, off the shoulder, neon and bows are making a comeback. It makes me sad I didn't save some of my things for her as she would have rocked it like I thought I did. Not to mention they have no problem telling me that my purse or shoes or whatever looks like something an old lady would wear...really? I like the old lady look though!
I wonder what my forties will bring, probably grandkids and different kinds of drama...who's to say.
So anyways as we begin the last week of 2010 I would like to wish all of you a wonderful new year. No matter what happens in 2011 make the best of it and make memories you won't regret. I'm sure going to try.
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