It's Going To Be Okay, Just Dance

I was hoping the next post from me would be uplifting and positive, but today is just crummy!

It's a combination of several things which don't bear detailing, just know that today is not as good as I anticipated it being when I woke up this morning. Don't you hate when that happens? You play out our your day how you want it to go but instead the reality ends up being far more screwed up and in the end you don't know where it went all wrong. If I was home right now I would turn up music real loud and just dance it out Meredith Grey style and all the while Tessa would jump around which would in turn make me start giggling because the sight is just too funny to resist. And in minutes I would feel better about everything! Instead... I am stuck to my desk at work for at least another hour. Oh the injustice!

To change the subject I saw Bride Wars last night and I don't know what all of the negative hoopla is about. It's exactly what I expect a Kate Hudson movie to be, funny and cute. All the more so because Anne Hathaway is in it and because the premise is that best friends make it through everything even when it seems like they can't. Which only makes me long more for those types of friendships. Kate and Anne, or even all of the ladies from Sex & the City. I WANT what they have though they may be characters in a screenplay. I know that type of friendship exists because art imitates life and vice versa. Someday it'll be mine, first, I just need to stop wanting it so badly. Surely I am capable and deserving of such a thing... right? Right?

Knowing how finicky I am I probably won't make it back here before the inauguration, so just in case I really don't; don't forget to watch Barack take office on Tuesday! It's going to be one moment in history that you don't want to miss! Really!

New Year New Something

I have never exactly been into the whole huge New Year celebration. As a kid getting to stay up that late was fun, especially when having a sleep-over. However I'm now at the stage where you're expected to dress up, go downtown and spend lots of money on senseless drinks just to stay up too late and in the end not really remember much of what happened during the night. I'm just not into that kind of culture. I would rather go out to eat, and out to a late movie, or have a game night to ring in the new year. Don't get me wrong, I love having the day off from work; but in general I could care less which would probably explain why I was in bed, asleep before the countdown began.

Having said all of that I do enjoy the opportunity to close one door and open another. The opportunity for a fresh start, a new beginning. That's silly to say that because there's an opportunity to change each day, but you know what I mean.

I don't really believe in the whole making New Year's Resolutions. I think it's just another money-making opportunity that was created and is especially good for all of the gyms around the country. Ninety percent of the time people don't keep their resolutions and know ahead of time they aren't going to keep them. So my question, why bother making them in the first place? Why not instead make resolutions that you can achieve, like promising to laugh more or making the resolution to have one "me" night a week where you do something you completely enjoy like reading. Aren't those more realistic and achievable resolutions?

Being the 4th day of January I still haven't figured out what my goals are for the year but when I figure them out I'll be sure to let you know.

In the meantime, Happy New Year!