Happy New Year!
I'm back! And from the overwhelming amount of comments that I did not receive during my absence, I can see that I was not as sorely missed as my ego would have me believe. Which is good, because one of my New Year's Resolutions is to be more humble, so thank you to all my readers for helping me along in this endeavor.
(Although, since you didn't know that was one of my Resolutions, I am not sure I really owe you that much gratitude.)
Not that I have New Year's Resolutions per se. I have found that the surest way to not keep a New Year's Resolution is to make one in the first place. For that reason, I prefer to call them New Year's Suggestions.
I haven't quite made my list of Suggestions yet, but if you want to share yours with me, I'd be happy to hear them.
Also, any highlights of everyone else's New Year's. Mine were as follows:
1) Getting sick—again!
2) Unexpectedly getting the chance to see a friend who had been part of the group I traveled with to the Middle East in 2004. I took him and his wife to the Getty Center, where they were hosting an exhibit on religious icons from St. Catherine's Monastery at Mt. Sinai—a monastery that my friend and I had walked right past when we visited the mountain during our travels. So we wandered through the entire exhibit kicking ourselves for not taking the time to actually go into the monastery where we could have seen the icons in their original "habitat." And then we had coffee. Good times.
3) Going with my brother to a party where I didn't know anyone, and everyone looked like they were about 18. Also, I got asked if my brother was my husband. (And he wonders why I never go places with him!!)
4) Contracting a 24-hour travel bug, which prompted me to do the six-hour drive from Los Angeles to the Bay Area starting at noon on Monday, and coming back on Tuesday evening. (I think I can scratch "do something wildly spontaneous and crazy" off of my New Year's Suggestions list.)
5) Surprising a friend at her farewell party on New Year's Day, after I had said I wouldn't be able to make it. (That was before I caught the travel bug.)
6) Wearing a "Michigan" sweatshirt to the party, totally oblivious to the fact that Michigan was playing California's own USC in the Rose Bowl, and that a whole bunch of boys were watching the game when I arrived. I just like the way the sweatshirt fits, ok? Thankfully, no one killed me. That would have been a sucky start to the New Year.
I'm sure there were more highlights, but I'd better get going if I want to be less late for work, which may or may not be one of my New Year's Suggestions. It probably should be, but see, that's exactly what might let it out of the running. It's a fine line between Suggestion and Resolution, you know.
But here's a suggestion I think we can all live with most amicably: Do something fun in 2007. You should be able to handle that.
I mean, only if you want to.
(Although, since you didn't know that was one of my Resolutions, I am not sure I really owe you that much gratitude.)
Not that I have New Year's Resolutions per se. I have found that the surest way to not keep a New Year's Resolution is to make one in the first place. For that reason, I prefer to call them New Year's Suggestions.
I haven't quite made my list of Suggestions yet, but if you want to share yours with me, I'd be happy to hear them.
Also, any highlights of everyone else's New Year's. Mine were as follows:
1) Getting sick—again!
2) Unexpectedly getting the chance to see a friend who had been part of the group I traveled with to the Middle East in 2004. I took him and his wife to the Getty Center, where they were hosting an exhibit on religious icons from St. Catherine's Monastery at Mt. Sinai—a monastery that my friend and I had walked right past when we visited the mountain during our travels. So we wandered through the entire exhibit kicking ourselves for not taking the time to actually go into the monastery where we could have seen the icons in their original "habitat." And then we had coffee. Good times.
3) Going with my brother to a party where I didn't know anyone, and everyone looked like they were about 18. Also, I got asked if my brother was my husband. (And he wonders why I never go places with him!!)
4) Contracting a 24-hour travel bug, which prompted me to do the six-hour drive from Los Angeles to the Bay Area starting at noon on Monday, and coming back on Tuesday evening. (I think I can scratch "do something wildly spontaneous and crazy" off of my New Year's Suggestions list.)
5) Surprising a friend at her farewell party on New Year's Day, after I had said I wouldn't be able to make it. (That was before I caught the travel bug.)
6) Wearing a "Michigan" sweatshirt to the party, totally oblivious to the fact that Michigan was playing California's own USC in the Rose Bowl, and that a whole bunch of boys were watching the game when I arrived. I just like the way the sweatshirt fits, ok? Thankfully, no one killed me. That would have been a sucky start to the New Year.
I'm sure there were more highlights, but I'd better get going if I want to be less late for work, which may or may not be one of my New Year's Suggestions. It probably should be, but see, that's exactly what might let it out of the running. It's a fine line between Suggestion and Resolution, you know.
But here's a suggestion I think we can all live with most amicably: Do something fun in 2007. You should be able to handle that.
I mean, only if you want to.
posted by grackyfrogg @ 8:07 AM
1 Comments:
At 5:18 PM ,
beccaline said...
I love the new years suggestion. ;) Mine should probably be to stop putting off doing things until the last minute. As I have endured a few days of moving hell simply because I'd put it off too long.
Thanks for the visit!! Glad the travel bug hit you; the party wouldn't have been the same without you! ;)
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