Hellooo~, 2008!
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Wednesday, January 02, 2008 2:11 AM
First off, Happy New Year! We celebrated by spending some time at my family's house last night for our "traditional" family food fest (lol) and by spending the better portion of our day today at my former Korean professor's house (whose daughter was our flower girl) for a more traditional Korean celebration. It's definitely been a much better start than last year.
We brought in the year with great timing, actually! Before it reached midnight, we sat down together to share with one another the promises we are making for 2008 (which are promises we will actually be keeping for the rest of our lives ^^;;). As soon as we finished, it was Happy New Year! all around! We weren't aware that we had "timed" it so perfectly, lol. At any rate, it just left us feeling really positive and motivated. ^^;;
Our big plans for 2008 include opening our own TKD school, whether within a fitness club or a stand-alone location, and TTC. We won't TTC until we have a more stable foundation for our school, so that's obviously a huge priority for us right now. That's a little delayed, though, as we wait to see what his current employer plans to do with his business, but we should have a better sense in the near future. At any rate, in a previous post, I mentioned how we were thinking of TTC later in 2008, so I suppose we have a little time. ^.~
Of course, I also begin my new job (career!) in just under four weeks. I am so excited to be moving on from my current job. If I am going to work full-time, it needs to be something more meaningful than what I am doing now (and worth my time!). It'll be hard going back to being on a completely opposite schedule with my husband (nevermind the fact I'm not a morning person to begin with), but it'll be good for us. I don't plan on remaining a career woman, as I want to stay home with our children and just help with the school, but I look forward to the experience.
On a somewhat similar note, a lot of my promises focused on continuing to work on some of my character traits. It's not that I have a bad character--it's that there are some things that I say or do which, in the end, do not need to be said or done. For instance, I often joke with my husband calling him a jerk or saying, "Shut your face!" We both know it's all in good fun, no harm done, but really, I don't need to be saying such things. Moreover, I don't want our children to say those things, either. Another example would be not yelling so much at other drivers while I am driving. XD I am a very cautious driver (mixed with some city driver when need be), so I'll often say things like, "If you want to pass me, go ahead! You can go get the ticket!" or, "SLOW DOWN! You think you're fine, but it scares the crud out of others!!" If nothing else, why waste my breath and energy when they can't even hear me?
But anyway, I am very excited to see where God will lead us this year. Even with sitting down and making some plans a couple of months ago, He has started stearing us in so many different directions that I am finally learning to let go of wanting to know how everything will turn out in the end to enjoy the ride and the surprises along the way. That's definitely something I've been working hard on.
I think it's about time to wrap up this post. I need to get some things ready for tomorrow, so I should probably be doing that to make sure I get enough rest tonight. Until next time!