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Random thoughts for the New Year
Jan. 2nd, 2007 06:39 amQuick overview on the New Year weekend. I started the New Year weekend with a list of about 14 items to do over the weekend. I was pretty sure I'd get at least 7 or 8 of them done. I got 3. Monique and I spent far too much of the weekend doing a Harry Potter marathon. We watched all four movies. I enjoyed them. it was restful and relaxing. It just put a crimp in my time usage plans. We ended up sleeping through the New Year transition. Monique was so tired New Year's Eve, she fell asleep part way through a movie, so we just went to bed around10:30. Yeah, not very exciting, I know.
Thoughts on 2006:
One thing that was not on my 'to do' list that I did anyway was going back and reviewing 2006. What an awful year. I would have to say it was the worst year of my life. Family concerns, job stresses and Monique's health issues all joined together to make it so. I was also thinking back on the year this morning and realized that I've had some pretty good friends drift away from me this year. That was a sad realization.
On the other hand, reviewing the year in my journal made me realize I had some pretty cool things happen too. I had several friends who had drifted away from my life come back in and I made a couple new ones. I thought my LARPing days were coming to a close and was prepared to let it fade away, but I was invigorated with a new character that was a smashing success and brought me huge amounts of fun.
How has 2006 affected me? I feel a lot older and a bit harder. I don't know how else to describe it. I don't think I'm happy with the way I changed this year and I will work on shaving some of the edges I think I've grown. I think the year is best summed up by Barry Manilow:
I made it through the rain, I kept my world protected.
I made it throught the rain, I kept my point of view.
I made it through the rain, and found myself respected
by the others who got rained on too and made it through.
2007:
Usually I avoid that whole resolution thing. I long ago made a resolution not to make any more resolutions. This year, I'm breaking that. 2006 hit us hard in many ways and one of the worst was financially. We spent a lot of the year with only a fraction of Monique's income and had to shell out a fair amount of money for medical bills. I'm glad we had insurance. In 2006, we won the insurance lottery. This isn't a good thing btw. Insurance paid out more than we will put into it over the course of our lifetimes. It would have totally broken us without it. However, I have resolved to crack down and get my finances back in order. I checked my credit rating this weekend and 600 isn't a happy number for me. I also ran my whole budget for the year, which was number 1 on my 'to do' list, and that wasn't an especially happy scenario either. It will be painful, but 2007 will be the year I get my finances straightened out.
Other than that, 2007 just *has* to be better than 2006. I'm going to hold onto that belief (as I sit here at work on the first work day of the year at 6:15 am)
Thoughts on 2006:
One thing that was not on my 'to do' list that I did anyway was going back and reviewing 2006. What an awful year. I would have to say it was the worst year of my life. Family concerns, job stresses and Monique's health issues all joined together to make it so. I was also thinking back on the year this morning and realized that I've had some pretty good friends drift away from me this year. That was a sad realization.
On the other hand, reviewing the year in my journal made me realize I had some pretty cool things happen too. I had several friends who had drifted away from my life come back in and I made a couple new ones. I thought my LARPing days were coming to a close and was prepared to let it fade away, but I was invigorated with a new character that was a smashing success and brought me huge amounts of fun.
How has 2006 affected me? I feel a lot older and a bit harder. I don't know how else to describe it. I don't think I'm happy with the way I changed this year and I will work on shaving some of the edges I think I've grown. I think the year is best summed up by Barry Manilow:
I made it through the rain, I kept my world protected.
I made it throught the rain, I kept my point of view.
I made it through the rain, and found myself respected
by the others who got rained on too and made it through.
2007:
Usually I avoid that whole resolution thing. I long ago made a resolution not to make any more resolutions. This year, I'm breaking that. 2006 hit us hard in many ways and one of the worst was financially. We spent a lot of the year with only a fraction of Monique's income and had to shell out a fair amount of money for medical bills. I'm glad we had insurance. In 2006, we won the insurance lottery. This isn't a good thing btw. Insurance paid out more than we will put into it over the course of our lifetimes. It would have totally broken us without it. However, I have resolved to crack down and get my finances back in order. I checked my credit rating this weekend and 600 isn't a happy number for me. I also ran my whole budget for the year, which was number 1 on my 'to do' list, and that wasn't an especially happy scenario either. It will be painful, but 2007 will be the year I get my finances straightened out.
Other than that, 2007 just *has* to be better than 2006. I'm going to hold onto that belief (as I sit here at work on the first work day of the year at 6:15 am)
