18 hours in less than 5 days spent in a car is enough to make anybody, let alone if your sick as a dog to begin with, puke. I’m not sure what it is about home that makes me so sick, but every time I visit something happens. Whether it be simple cough or a headache, or days spent praying,near, around, or on the porcelain god. I don’t know what it is, but whatever it is, I blame it on Texas.
I HATE TEXAS.
There, I said it. I got out a few times at dusk to take a photo or two on my drive to and from, and you could see the curvature of the earth start to drop off. Flat, brown and deserted. 3 words that define Texas. Unless of course your living where my sister is, then the three words would be: it’s humid, humid, humid and hotter than the devils armpit. Ok, so that’s 4 not including the armpit. Ok, so that’s 5 words. Fair enough.
Thankfully though, the Holidays for me are a special time given it’s the time my family congregates, eats, catches up on each other’s lives that we’ve missed out on the previous months/year, and furthermore a time for hugs and kisses and who can forget the infamous Max tongue baths?(aka my alarm clock). It’s also a special time for me because I’m surrounded by people who truly know me, who understand and love me. I don’t think there is anybody really in Denver like that for me, so it’s nice to be re-united with them. Even if it’s only for a few days.
And here we are. Just a few days away from the beginning of a new year. With such a rollercoaster that I’ve experienced this year, it’s coming is a relief. Although this year has had plenty of crappy moments in it, it’s a chapter in my life that I’d be ok with putting in my book. It was funny because on my ride home I devised two lists. A good list and a bad list. Everything on the good list ends up on the bad list and vise versa. It was pretty funny. I figured I’d blog it, because I did lose the list and who knows if I’ll ever need to remember it.
You know, in case I’m ever hit in the head and lose my memory or something.
The Good.
- Spending my saved money on a wedding ring to upgrade my computer
- Living alone
- In my career field
- Financial Stability
- Trip to Houston
- Finally being able to see all the professional sporting teams here in Denver
- Rockies made it to the World Series
- I know the difference between a good cigar and a bad cigar
- R.E.M Sleep Disorder cured … sortof
- I’ve been happy
The Bad.
- The reason I had to spend my saved money on a wedding ring to upgrade my computer.
- I now live in the ghetto, ALONE
- Rockies got SWEPT in the World Series
- Smoking a cigar is considered smoking. I’m a smoker.
- I had to give up Diet Coke(provokes Sleep Disorder).
- I’ve gained a TON of weight.
- Still not content. The gap between more and enough never closes.
- I’ve been depressed
The Good outweighs the bad 10:1 easily, however I can honestly say that for the year ’07 there are a ton of stones left unturned, goals yet to be obtained, and daemons yet to be wrestled with.
In time I imagine.
In the meantime. Bring on ’08.
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Tags: Christmas’07, New Years ’07
So yes you ARE tall!
Just teasing….
Jen December 27, 2007
*cheers* Here’s to ringing in the new year! It feels like an up year. ’07 was meh and ick a good deal of it for some reason. There were some shiny, happy moments in it but it didn’t seem like an all around good year.