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2007-01-01 - 8:01 p.m. Ah, my last day of freedom slipped by so quickly. Yesterday was deliciously long and meandering, today should have been the same, but wasn't. I'm so glad I got the good news on Friday so I had these three wonderful days to unwind. I could feel all the kinks letting go in my psyche. I wish I had another week like this. I just gave myself permission to not have to do anything (much). So I didn't. I puttered. I wandered. I read. I worked on this ridiculously hard jigsaw puzzle I bought. I listened to music. I wrote. I talked on the phone. I ate chocolate and drank coffee. This was so needed. In talking with my friend Rob on New Year's Eve he said that if anyone had told him this time last year that this year he'd be in a stable, well-paying job that he loved and have a brand new baby that he wouldn't have believed it. It got me thinking about how we really don't know what a year has in store for us. So many of my friends this year have: fallen in love, gotten engaged, gotten married, gotten pregnant, had babies, moved, travelled, found new jobs, and various and sundry other life-altering events. And on the down-side I also know too many people who have unexpectedly lost loved ones, had miscarriages, nervous breakdowns, bad health or been hurt this year. Lying in bed on New Year's Eve I wondered where I would be spending the next one. I don't know where I'll be next New Year's Eve and that feels very strange. If I made resolutions at all last year, I don't think I made them at New Year's. The only one I remember making was to go out more, have more fun, and see more friends more often. And I think I kept that one pretty well. I've certainly spent more time in coffee shops this past year. I've coerced friends into getting out more often. I've maintained the friends I have. I've developed one new friendship and grown into good friendship with someone that I was only chummy with before. That seems like a pretty good record. I don't know that I really have any resolutions. Maybe to continue moving forward now that I've finally found a direction, but I think that will be easy. I remember not much looking forward to 2006, but 2007 already feels like it's going to be jam-packed with good, new, interesting things. Oh, and I want to perfect the art of soup-making.
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