Adieu

Dear 2010,

Adieu is French for farewell and with a diet Dr. Pepper/Rum in one hand and my computer in the other that is just what I am saying to you. I won't miss you either. Don't get me wrong...you brought a lot of wonderful changes into my life but I'm ready for new...for fresh...for another chance to make me a better me. Why is it that a new year seems so cleansing? People often write these gynormous lists of everything they are going to change about themselves and end up falling flat. I did. I didn't necessarily fall flat as much as my goals weren't what they needed to be and like a dumbie I spent most of the year plan-less. Let's just say...I was less then successful. I'm going to do things differently in 2011 though. I haven't committed my list to paper yet but by this time tomorrow all of my decisions for what to strive for in the coming year will be out for the whole world to see. Enough about 2011...let's focus on what you did for me. 

• My car got stolen.
• I quit my job.
• I learned an insane amount of information about myself. 
• I met the bestest most amazingest guy on the planet.
• I lost a lot inches but not necessarily weight.
• I learned that family is way more important then friends because friends come and go...families don't...they may disappoint but at the end of the day...they're still there. 
• Completely and totally got over my ex-husband.
• I moved...again.
• I successfully lived with a roommate even though it was my brother.
• Found the most wonderful church on the planet! 

There is more particular order to any of that and I know there is WAY more than that but that list will have to do. All in all I consider you a success. Not a huge one but an adequate one. I didn't go backwards. That's a blessing. I didn't take a bunch of huge leaps forwards but here I am. Me. I can't complain about how far I came. I am the deciding factor of that and I refuse to be mad at myself so Me will just have to do. 2011? That's a whole other story because this time I have a sidekick. A sidekick who share a lot of my same goals. It's easier to stay motivated when you have someone who keeps you chugging along when all you want to do it go to bed and pull the covers over your head. He won't let me. The reality is I could do it on my own. I've done it before but the other reality is...I don't have to. 

Much Love,

Kathy