Happy Holidays

Time really does fly... even when you're not having fun. So the year is almost over, and as such, I've been doing a lot of reflecting back on all the stuff that happened and didn't happen. If anyone's interested, here's a brief list:

-spending time upstate with Matt, his family and friends in January, the highlight of which was a weekend at Ryan's apartment (the part where I introduced Ryan to Kate, not the part where I cried for a couple of hours because I was drunk and stupid)

-throwing a 56th birthday party for my mom and all of her friends at her favorite Chinese restaurant

-cutting a vacation with Susan short and rushing back to NY from Florida for my mom's kidney transplant

-freaking out again as my mom's health deteriorated to the point of loss of consciousness... from a urinary tract infection, and then feeling the amazing relief that came with her recovery

-helping to celebrate Mel and Brian's wedding as one of the bridesmaids

-summer vacation in the mountains with Matt, Ryan and Kate... ah, sweet relief

-passing the intermediate care class at work and enabling myself to care for patients who require cardiac monitoring

-going to Laura's sister's wedding in Albany as Laura's date and getting to stay in the honeymoon suite the night before (heh heh heh)

-going to Spain with Susan... awesome, as expected

-taking my very first romantic hot and sweaty 9-hour bus adventure with Matt from Syracuse to Boston (blech)

-learning about Kate and Ryan's engagement (that I set them up for!!)

-planning with my parents for my dad's cardiac catheterization and open heart surgery which'll be happening just after the new year

-working A LOT


And while the list of things I've done and accomplished isn't too long, there really were only a few things I didn't manage to get done:

-buy a property and move out/live by myself
-go on a road trip with any of my friends
-go on an international vacation with Matt
-visit Laura in Alaska
-start working on a Masters degree

All in all then, I guess it was a pretty successful year. I probably wouldn't trade too much of it... things flowed naturally and honestly helped to shape me a big into the person I am today (doesn't that sound like a high school graduation speech?). Life is pretty good, and I'm glad I'm a part of it. Though I do think that it might be a bit better if it were a bit more boring. But who's counting? :)