There are only a few hours left of 2011 and I cannot help but be in awe of how fast another year has flown by.

I am ending 2011 on a high note: Fresh off of a Christmas spent with the people I love the most and with plenty to celebrate.  One of my sisters/best friend and her British gentleman were just engaged; I have a healthy and wonderfully happy nephew; I have strengthened relationships with old friends; built some awesome new friendships; I love my job and the town I live in; and my family is phenomenal… Life is good.

This year gave me a whole new perspective in many ways.  Perhaps most notably, I made the shift out of school and into the “real world.”  In retrospect, I think I allowed my student status to hold me back from doing a lot of things over the past few years.  I have finally gotten back into doing some things that I let slide while I was hunched over my computer writing 20 page papers- playing soccer and volleyball, doing yoga, reading for pleasure, meditating, and- of course- watching random documentaries.  I am taking charge of my life in a way that I should have long ago- and, as a result, I am feeling happier and more complete than I have in a very long time.

I know that I should reflect more on my year, but I am done living in the past- Lord knows I have wasted too much time overanalyzing things in my life.  I am ready to live in the now and embrace whatever 2012 throws my way.  Unless, those Mayans were right…

Assuming they aren’t- Happy New Year, all!!!  I wish you a lovely night, a wonderful 2012, and I can only hope that you are eating cocktail weenies wrapped in crescent rolls and having a dance party to Ghostland Observatory like we are… or, you know, doing something equally awesome.  Cheers!

PS- I have decided not to make any formal “resolutions” this year other than to continue to learn, grow, and be my best self.  However, a certain someone (BRAD) told me that I need to update this blog more frequently.  So, I will try to oblige, but only because he bought me the awesome Christmas gifts shown below:

          Yes.  I got a tomagotchi.  It’s already died many times.

And a Buster mug.  Huzzah!  Coffee just got hilarious.