Good riddance. Yesterday pretty much my entire family was hit with a rough bout of what appears to have been food poisoning. Today was better but most of us were still weak and wobbly, though sadly my sister and her family had to travel home yesterday and my brother had to get on a plane today. I mostly laid in bed pathetically trying to reserve strength for the nearly decade-long tradition of high school friends' party, the reason I book my Christmas flights to extend through the new year.
Ewwww hives- even my ear is swollen!
Well, after a day of resting up, planning how to skype the hubs in from Kuwait (he's en route home for real!!) and watching the snow pour down all day and hoping it wouldn't prevent driving.... I woke up from my "nap" at 2 am scratching newly erupted hives to a phoneful of "where are you?" messages.
2012, I am done with you. Although I learned some valuable lessons about independence and the like, I feel like tonight was an appropriate cap to a rough year.
I'll definitely keep these lessons and remember what this year has done to shape me and all that, but I'm ready to be done with it. Hubs returns in less than a week, and I'm optimistic for what may be ahead.
A close and brilliant friend in law school informed me over the break that I was slacking severely in blog posting, and if she has time to tell me this, it must be quite bad. So a few reflections from the break for your procrastination/browsing pleasure...
I'm resolving to write every day in 2010, either for my own eyes or here. We shall see what comes of that.
One thing that became very clear throughout the first married holiday is that marriage seems to flip a switch in parents' heads. Somehow in our one month engagement and quasi shotgun wedding, the hubs and I went from children to part of the married club. It was a series of small indicators that shaped this realization- fewer questions asked, more of the "us big people" tone and conversation. I don't think these things were done consciously (other than having a room together, thankfully), but a definite change hath settled over the families.
Well, tomorrow starts the first day of my last quarter. Only 10 weeks until classes will be done, thesis will be written/published, condo packed up (and perhaps bought), and flights will be arranged for Korea. Onward!
Vocab of the day:
Korean: Christmas= 크리스마스
Military: Close of business= COB
I'll let you know when I decide. It has something to to with education, singing, swimming, traveling, laughing, reading, loving and figuring out the world about me.
Partnered with an awesome human who's navigating life post-military, post-deployment, in middle eastern NGO work. We take on house ownership, long-distance relationships and career chaos to find the next adventure.
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