| | I have long forgot how well xanga was to me in what seems to be my past life - but in reality I suppose is my present life long removed.
Life has done a complete 360 on me and I don't feel like the same person I once was and I don't believe I will ever be that person. In a way that is good - in a way...why would you WANT to go back to who you once were...you now have life experiences that you didn't back then which have shaped you into who you are now. You can never technically go back. You can still change in the future though. I hope to change - in fact, I believe it to be inevitable but I am now choosing now to fight against the change.
"You can remain in your present idea about yourself, or you can choose again. I like the idea of choosing again. Glorify who you are today, do not condemn who you were yesterday, and dream of who you can be tomorrow."
In this past year I have been blessed. I look back now (as it is the end of the year and now is the time for re-evaluating life eh?) and I see everything I went through this past year in a different life. I'm just going to start listing "life events" now...see where it leads.
1. Worked my butt off - enough hours in January to make up 2 months worth of 40 hour work weeks. I hated life...missed the boy I had started to talk to (Nov. 16, 2007 to be exact) and was unsure of my future with KPMG at this point.
2. My Gramps went into the hospital and had to have triple bipass surgery on SuperBowl Sunday. I was still working long hours but luckily the hospital allowed me in ICU to see him when I got off work and made it over there at 8pm (even though visiting hours were only until 6pm)
3. I got really incredibly sick - advanced case of strep throat...same week as my birthday and Valentine's day. Missed a lot of work - Sherwey came over and cooked me homemade chicken noodle soup. He also sent me amazing StarGazer lillies to work which I absolutely loved.
4. March comes along and KPMG laid me off - well correction...I was asked to resign effective April 15 but did not need to go back into work for the rest of that time.
5. April 7 - started work at Henry & Horne - my new "home" as far as work goes. H&H has been really good to me.
6. Started playing sand volleyball with a great bunch of people and made many new friends. Also joined an indoor volleyball league and started playing on a softball league. Haven't stopped playing yet!
7. Sherwey and I took a trip to Vegas (my first time in Vegas) for Susan's 40th birthday. I had a blast and can't wait to go back!
8. I stepped back into history with a trip to Iowa for Cassie's wedding. I partied with Charlie and the boys...realized that maybe I had changed more than I thought I had in just over a year.
9. I decided to embark on a journey - I participated in the Breast Cancer 3 Day where I had to raise $2,200 for the cause and in November we walked 60 miles in 3 days (that is 20 miles a day!). It was one of those "lifetime experiences" people talk about. It shaped me into a better person.
10. I went on a trip to see the Balloon Festival in Albuquerque (finally!). It was great - Sherwey and I spent the day at the festivities and I was in awe the whole time!
11. Sherwey and I along with David and Joel went down to Rocky Point, Mexico for a weekend volleyball tournament! It was my first time in Mexico and also my first time playing sand volleyball on an actual beach! Be expecting more of that from me in the future!
12. Sherwey and I went for a camping trip up North for "Ales on Rails" - an Octoberfest party on a train that takes you through the Verde Canyon.
13. November 16 rolled around - one year for Sherwey and I. What a crazy thought...I think we could last another.
14. I got my first "live-on-my-own" apartment in December. I am now a proud renter of a 2 bedroom/2 bathroom with a garage and washer and dryer in apartment. It's very cool to come home to no roommates.
That's all for now. There are tons of things I missed but these were most of the "majors". I am happy and active and not depressed all the time. I have doubts about things in my life - like...maybe audit isn't my place in the world...but for the most part I love what I do and I have a really great life free from most of the problems I see others carrying around me.
I welcome another year. I welcome changes that will be apparent inside of me this time next year. I get excited in a giddy way when I think of the possibilities for the future!
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