New Year

Well we made it home after a much needed break... I know, a break from what? The every day! It was more of a mental vacation. It was nice to not have to be in charge of cooking dinner, the every day cleaning & household responsibilities. Sure I'm not capable of just sitting, so I did do some cleaning & organizing of my mom's house... but that is fun for me! (No, I'm not being sarcastic! I enjoy cleaning other people's homes & find nothing more exciting that a good organization project!! It was great to go to Utah the last month of 2007 & to return home in 2008, a New Year!

There are some years where the New Year doesn't mean much to me. Sure there are resolutions I COULD make or perhaps SHOULD make, but those are the years I just don't care. Perhaps I don't want to bother making some goal that will barely be remembered by Valentine's Day. Then there are other years where I am excited to make some personal goals & to start clean & fresh. This year is one of those... after a few of the blah new year's I had assumed I was over the whole New Year's thing... I hadn't been excited about plans for NYE or really looking forward to a new year, to me it was just another day. But this time around was so different. I was looking forward to the new year, the fresh start, clean slate, the personal goals. It was refreshing to feel this way, I'm not really sure what caused the change of attitude... Oh wait, perhaps it was the fact that I spent 2007 pregnant or in the post-partum 4th trimester. I think I would be giving myself a lot of credit if I said I cooked dinner a dozen times this year, (I'm not kidding, you can ask Jeff!)

Now I don't want you to get the idea that 2007 was a bad year, but the only saving grace of the year was my sweet little Milo. I know that because of him & the effects of my pregnancy were the real cause of such a non-descript year. Granted, I think the real reason I was so anxiously awaiting the close of the year was due to August & Hannah's mysterious illness. (I am still trying to come up with nickname for that life event....) I have Black September, which was September of 2001 ( I will have to save the reason & its contents for another post, but my family all remembers & refers to it as Black September.) So any suggestions on August of 2007 would be appreciated. Anyway, I digress... so for whatever reason Hannah's illness sort of put me in survival mode & then I was just in this strange funk. The only thing that finally got me out of it was knowing that a new year was around the corner & it was an even year at that! (I have issues with odd numbers... something else I will have to save for another post. It's rather strange that I can still have odd numbers when both of my children, my husband & I were all born in odd years! I guess that's my saving grace, otherwise I would hate them to begin with!!)
Okay, I'm losing focus here... hehe. It was also very nice to be away for a month. A month of taking it easy, and reflecting on the last year & preparing for a fresh start. By the time I was packing up to leave I found myself excited to get back home & get back in control of my life, my house, & my family.

So with a new year, comes new hope, new excitement, and new adventures. I am looking forward to what the year will bring to me & I wish you all a Happy New Year!