Monday, Jan. 02, 2006
And so it begins....again
I made it through New Year�s Eve in one piece. I ended up hanging out in the Grove with the Obnoxious Twins, 2 of their friends (who were even more obnoxious), and Al. I had a really good time and as a bonus, I only dropped 25 bucks.
I didn�t have that much to drink; just enough to feel good and ignore the obnoxiousness around me. But when I woke the next morning, at 7:30, after getting to bed just after 3:30, I felt like ass. My body felt like it had been thrown around and beat up. Like I said, I didn�t have much to drink � 3 whiskey sours, 1 rum and coke. But I�m pretty sure it was the whiskey. Whiskey sour is my fave drink, but I don�t think my body is a fan. I usually never get hangovers, but I have noticed that whenever I have even just one whiskey drink, I feel wrecked the next day. I�m gonna have to find a new drink.
For the past couple days, I haven�t done anything besides sitting on the couch, watching TV, listening to music, and reading. It�s been nice not having anything to do; just having a day off with no second job, no errands to run, no doctor�s appointments. Just a plain old day off. I�m pretty sure my last one was in February or March. I really needed this.
So, on this my day off, I have time to review my year:
- I started off 2005 in a pretty apathetic mood. I wasn�t depressed, yet I wasn�t quite happy. I was living on my own for the first time and really learning how to be by myself. I had cut ties from people who I realized weren�t really my friends, and just kept a small group of people that I knew for a fact I could trust.
- I discovered Diaryland! Someone�s diary was linked to on a TWoP forum. I browsed around for a bit and I was hooked. By the end of that week, I signed up and started posting my thoughts and my life�s events not believing that 1) I would keep up with the writing or 2) that people would actually be interested in my life and read it. But here I am, almost a year later, and I actually consider some of the people on my buddylist as friends.
- I had a boyfriend�and lost him somehow. From February to June, Gus and I were going strong. He was the first guy I felt completely comfortable with and I was happy, genuinely happy. Then we both got so busy that we would only talk to each other once a week. Then we would talk every couple weeks. Then the calls slowly stopped coming. We spoke 3 times during the month of December, but none of those conversations were longer than 5 minutes. I still don�t even know what our true status is right now, but I�m done trying to figure it. I know that I did nothing wrong. And if he doesn�t want to be with me, fine. I�ll move on. Eventually.
- I traveled to Bolivia and saw/did some of the most amazing things I have ever seen/done in my life. And I got to spend time with one of my closest friends, who I hadn�t seen in 1.5 years.
- I officially became an adult when I purchased my first home in August, a small 1/1 condo.
- I bought my second car, after my ghetto Saturn crumpled from an early morning crash. I used the money I would have spent on fixing the Saturn as a down payment for a Passat, a car I have always wanted. And I love it! Yes, I�m a bit poorer right now, but my new car (well, new to me) is fricken awesome.
- I purchased an electric bass as my birthday present to myself. I�ve always been intrigued by bass lines and bass players and I wanted to learn. Earlier in the year, I practiced at least 3 days a week. I bought several books and found some bass tabs online to songs I wanted to learn. And I think I did pretty well on my own. My goal to become a bad ass bass player is slowly coming to fruition. Very slowly, seeing as how I now barely practice once a week. But that�s okay. My next step is to take lessons once a week, as soon as I find a cheap teacher. But on my own, I have learned several songs: Maroon 5�s This Love, The Doobie Brothers� Long Train Running (my fave so far), Metallica�s Enter Sandman, Prince�s Soft and Wet, Black Eyed Peas� Let�s Get it Started.
- I started working out regularly. I stopped for 3 months as I worked myself to exhaustion. But then made it a priority again, also adding a kickboxing class to my regular workouts. And I feel and look great. I�m still the same weight, which I wasn�t concerned about anyway, but I have muscles popping up everywhere and abs showing through and I�m looking fab in most of my clothes, and I feel good. Who knew I would become a gym rat?
- I made it through the summer without killing Jay-W. And she dug herself an endless pit by showing her true colors to everyone. They all finally saw the shit I had to deal with from her day in and day out, although she was never reprimanded (yeah, wtf??), and removed her from our project. The best part? She left for Maternity leave in October. And although she comes back on the 10th (so dreading that day), she�s coming back part time, only 2-3 days a week, and she will only work with me on a limited basis. I�m still holding on hope that she will up and quit or get fired. Either will do.
I think I got all the highlights. This was surprisingly a rather drama free year for me and I really liked that. I spent most of the year happier than I�ve ever been, and I didn�t have as many bouts of depression as I usually do to contend with.
All in all, 2005 was good. Here�s to hoping that 2006 is even better.
summerroll at 4:46 p.m.