happy holidays!
Posted
Sunday, December 23, 2007 10:43 PM
there is some downtime at work, so i thought i would take a moment to wish everyone a merry christmas/happy holidays! yup, most people i know are already off on their christmas vacations...but i am still at work today, hanging out and waiting for orders to come down to the pharmacy. till that happens, i will blog about what's new....
yesterday, we went over to the SIL's house. we had our little christmas feast with them since we are going to be out of town for the actual christmas day. so mike spent all night and morning preparing our christmas tamales to have for dinner. basically, we hung out with them all afternoon. annie, the almost 2 year old, was in a semi-cranky mood. apparently, she had been like that all day, so SIL was happy to have us there to play with her. sammy, 7years old, was quite content to be pretending she was a puppy, and playing with my hair. i could tell by how she was pulling, and the number of hair bands and clips she was putting in, that i looked absolutely spectacular! hahaha! daniel, 12 years, was super tired b/c he and his dad went paintballing earlier in the day. that was his belated b-day gift. his birthday was on our wedding day, so they have just been too busy to find a weekend since then that he was staying with dad and they had time to go. mike did help BIL put together annie's gift from santa, a barbie jeep...and i went with SIL to the sport store to pick up sammy's gift from the big guy, a gymnastics mat. SIL is starting to show her new baby belly...she thinks it is a boy. she likes to keep things a surprise till the birth. i thought it was a boy last time, and i was wrong....
so, i was thinking of new year's resolutions....i don't usually make resolutions, but this year, i think i will turn over a new leaf...of course, there is always going back to the gym. i am on a little hiatus right now since they are remodeling our gym, and it is closed down till the the first week in january. we have been displaced to a local ymca for the month, but it is a little inconvenient for me. and call me a creature of habit, but i was a little uncomfortable in the ymca. so, i have been using this remodel as an excuse for not going, which is not like me at all b/c for the last 2 years, i have been to the gym 4-6 times/week. i love going to work out. i consider it me time, and i am certainly looking forward to getting back there at the beginning of the year. i can feel the effects of not working out already! i know, hubby thinks i am silly, but i still feel chubby! maybe i will even try my hand (feet) at running (walking) a 5K?!? i don't know...
the big thing that i have been working on....and still working on....and will continue to work on for a long time, i think....is letting go of people that i thought were friends, and really....are not. this seems like an easy concept, but for some reason, i really struggle with this. friends are so very important to me, and i tend to crumble when i realize that maybe these people aren't the friends i once thought. if you could've been a fly on the wall before my wedding...you would see what a terrible mess i was. here are a couple of examples of this...and try to spare you the tiny details: 1) not one of my friends came to my bridal shower. i mean, my family and future in-laws come, but none of my friends. thus, my bridal shower was not a great day for me...and don't tell anyone, but i was kinda glad that most of the digital photos were accidentally lost, so i wouldn't have to relive those memories. 2) one of my "best friends" hasn't talked to me since i got engaged in october 2006. i told her i was getting married, and then we were supposed to talk again the next week...she never called me back or returned my phone calls/emails...i was so upset b/c i was trying to call her to ask her to be a bridesmaid in my wedding. still no word. i am still not really over this. i try, and most of the time it is outta sight, outta mind, but sometimes i still cry over this lost friendship. i will stop here, or you might think i am the star of the biggest pity party! sorry.
another thing for the year to come--keep an optimistic attitude, and live the dream! new zealand is slowly becoming a reality. we are making progress with the nz immigration board...we are still hoping to be there by october 1, 2008. i am sure this year will be even faster than this one, even with the wedding planning and everything! i should really start studying for the pharmacy boards over there....i guess i should add motivation to the resolution list! 
anyhoo, time to get back to work. take care! happy travels, happy holidays!