As the year draws to a close, I’m wondering if I ought to make some resolutions. Hmmm. I suck at resolutions. I’ve made very few in my life and of the few I’ve made, I haven’t managed to keep a single one.
Stop biting my nails. There’s a resolution. Focus. There’s another. Remember to take Vitamin D. A third. Won’t keep any of them.
I’ll be honest, in general this holiday season has sucked. Big time. Hubby just rolled his eyes. I swear I heard his eyes roll. Yes, babe, the bracelet is the best!
This has been a challenging year, and the period of time stretching from the week before Thanksgiving through today has been especially difficult and emotionally draining. I know lots of you face far greater challenges than I’ll ever know. You have my support. Even if I can’t do anything, I’m in your corner. I’m just bitching.
I love my husband and I adore my kids, but I thank God for my sister, who, despite her own personal hell, makes me laugh every single day. Even though she lives several states away, we talk two, three, four times a day. She may be the one person in the entire world who totally gets me, and I get her. We share so many experiences, memories, interests - there’s nothing I can’t tell her. Our adult lives may have followed very different trajectories, but they’ve always intersected like some weird Caduceus. We are bound by blood, friendship, shared dysfunction, and an awareness of our shared dysfunction. I can’t imagine life without her. It would so suck.
Oh, by the way, my alma mater, Iowa, is playing in the Crap Bowl…oops…I mean the Insight Bowl, and man, they better not suck.
Tomorrow is another day.
Sorry your having suckage - big hugs!
Wow, we both got great stuff tho’.
Thanks, Charlie. Hugs are appreciated.
Yup - good stuff, Steph!
Aahhh, lots of hugs Julia. It’s good to have a sister or best friend who knows you so well and that you can tell everything to.
Julia….I have the same thing with my sis! I’m glad you have her (and lots of other folks, too) in your corner.
My new year’s resolutions are always easy to keep…stuff like, read Harry Potter! hee hee….stuff that makes me happy, not stuff that is difficult.
Here’s to a fresh, new year for everyone! Hope things are getting better!
Your sister-What a blessing.
I haven’t made a New Year’ resolution in years, but I think for 2011 I’m going to give it a shot. Here’s to hoping the new year brings you much happiness and success, Julia
Amber, Penny and Sandra - my sister is hilarious, I think she could make me laugh even if the world was coming to an end - she’d find something funny about it. The truth is, she’s also like my child - my mother suffered a severe postpartum depression that lasted until she finally got on anti-depressants maybe ten-twelve years ago. At the age of 5, I had an infant to raise. I wasn’t the perfect mother, but my sister turned out surprisingly okay.
Thanks, Delilah - back at ya! Good luck with your ressies!
I haven’t made resolutions in years, but I think I will write goals for next year. Clear, attainable goals. I’ll let you know at the end how that works for me. LOL I wish you all the best in 2011!!
This year has been a harsh mistress, wasn’t it? A lot was accomplished but all of was against the tide. The holidays are almost always a weird time of year for me. They often become a review of the past year.
There’s something so freeing and lovely about New Years and the peace that comes from the illusion you are being given a clean slate to work with, and it’s only a couple of days away!
XXOO Kat
Ciara - definitely let me know!
Oh Kat, what would I do without your words of wisdom? I get a do-over! I have a cousin who was born on the same day as me - so we grew up together. Every year we promise each other next year will be better and every year she totally messes up her life and ends up back on square one, while I take two steps forward, one step back. I think I’ll keep going forward, even if it is in fits and starts.
Well, if everything was perfect, there wouldn’t be much point to this existence…
Julia I hope that 2011 will get better for you…I have had a bad 2010 myself and am looking forward to a little break and a new fresh year to start….
Wishing you all my best.
Hi Julia,
I’ll be inviting everyone to post their new year’s resolutions on my blog, so come by and post yours. Perhaps the more you talk about them, the better chance of keeping them.
I hope things will be easier for you in the new year. Keep your spirits up, hon.
Hugs,
Evie
Hi Savannah - yeah 2010 was just plain weird!
Evie - I’ll give it a shot. Send out positive vibes!