It's a New Year

I am so glad New Year's Eve is over with. I absolutely dread December 31st.  I remember as a kid loving NYE.  Our house was always full of music and good times on the weekends and NYE was the same. The older I got though the more I started to not enjoy it (much like most holidays) because it was all based around drinking and going out. I never wanted to spend $25 to get into a dance club that I would normally go to every other weekend. It was just not worth it to me. I have never been one to have a lot of friends and most of my friends have always had boyfriends or kids.  Then, when I met Joey it was a tradition to always spend NYE at his house with the family. I loved that because it was low key (my fav).  Even after Joey passed, I still spent NYE with his family.  Well that was until last year when I was not invited (first time in seven years).  Last year, I stayed home alone. This year the plan was to go to Olive Garden with a group of people and then go see NYE with Krystal and Russell Russ.  I went to dinner (see picture) and then bailed on the movie.  I just wanted to go home and be where I'm most comfortable.  So I came home at 8:00 p.m. finished up a book I had been reading, watched the countdown and went to bed.  And, I was OK with that. 

I have never made new year's resolutions.  But, I do have wishes that I hope will come true in the new year.  I want to work in a job where I feel secure with my salary and where I have insurance.  I do not want to leave my current job, but I need insurance.  I want to find some balance of happiness.  I am not sure how I will achieve that but I continue to work on it and at it.  I am going to be thirty three years old this year and I am still looking to find someone to share my life with.  That's probably my biggest wish right now. 

Happy New Year!!