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Dec 31 2011

I guess this is my last chance to do my annual blog post about the end of a year and the beginning of a new… who reads these anyway? I don’t make New Years Resolutions because I feel like we should constantly be bettering ourselves, regardless of what point in the year it is. Especially since the first signs of not completing or not following your resolution means “waiting for the next new year.” You have 365.25 days in a single year to better yourself in SOOO many ways. Why wait for a reason, what better reason than for yourself? Anyway, 2011 was…interesting. I usually theme each of my years, but I don’t know what kind of theme this year held. Maybe growth of my independence. Yeah, that’s right, even more growth. My best friend went to the Philippines and my boyfriend moved out of Long Beach. My two anchors, my two bf’s, were gone. But my new roommates, new coworkers, and new friends helped me through it. I had temporary distractions, such as Kovu and Meeka. Snowfox was always there for me and reciprocated love and affection. But I always remember what Caitlin once told me: you don’t have to be alone to feel lonely. They did their best to distract me from my loneliness, and I now I know I’m not ending the year alone. This was the first full year that I worked. Not only did I work, I went to school full-time. I picked up a mentee in hopes of being active in TDB again. I applied for the Senior Committee at CSU Long Beach, and yes I got accepted. I engaged in a long-distance relationship. All these little things that would ultimately take up my time. Now for what 2012 holds for me. I can already tell it’s going to be a good year, but I find myself saying that every New Years for the last few years. Maybe life is just getting that much better. I’m not complaining. But the first thing I can think about for 2012 is GRADUATION. Class of 2012, baby. I did it in 4 years, even with all the mistakes and with a minor. It doesn’t matter to me that I have to go back for a Master’s, I already knew that. It doesn’t bother me that I have to take the GRE, that I have to apply to schools again, and that it’ll be so much more money out of my pocket. I don’t want to worry about that now, I just want to be happy that I’m graduating. What now takes people 5 years, I did in 4. I want to work for a little while, then go back to school. Things will work out for me, I’m sure. It’s the price I must pay because society decided a Masters is the new Bachelors, and the Bachelors is the new Associates. I also think about my family. I’ll be moving back home if I don’t secure a good-paying job before graduation/the end of my lease. Andrew is graduating from UC Santa Barbara and moving home as well, and Brian is graduating Cajon HS. Soon he’ll be off doing what I did for the last 4 years. Although scary, I’m excited for what’s to come for our family and my siblings. We’re growing up but not apart. I will continue this distance but I won’t be at it alone. I don’t want to say what I have coming, but I can say it will be a good, life-changing experience. Like I said, 2012 will be a good year. It’s not a bitter goodbye to 2011, but an excited and anxious hello to 2012. Lehgo.

I guess this is my last chance to do my annual blog post about the end of a year and the beginning of a new… who reads these anyway?








I don’t make New Years Resolutions because I feel like we should constantly be bettering ourselves, regardless of what point in the year it is. Especially since the first signs of not completing or not following your resolution means “waiting for the next new year.” You have 365.25 days in a single year to better yourself in SOOO many ways. Why wait for a reason, what better reason than for yourself?

Anyway, 2011 was…interesting. I usually theme each of my years, but I don’t know what kind of theme this year held. Maybe growth of my independence. Yeah, that’s right, even more growth.

My best friend went to the Philippines and my boyfriend moved out of Long Beach. My two anchors, my two bf’s, were gone. But my new roommates, new coworkers, and new friends helped me through it. I had temporary distractions, such as Kovu and Meeka. Snowfox was always there for me and reciprocated love and affection. But I always remember what Caitlin once told me: you don’t have to be alone to feel lonely. They did their best to distract me from my loneliness, and I now I know I’m not ending the year alone.

This was the first full year that I worked. Not only did I work, I went to school full-time. I picked up a mentee in hopes of being active in TDB again. I applied for the Senior Committee at CSU Long Beach, and yes I got accepted. I engaged in a long-distance relationship. All these little things that would ultimately take up my time.

Now for what 2012 holds for me. I can already tell it’s going to be a good year, but I find myself saying that every New Years for the last few years. Maybe life is just getting that much better. I’m not complaining.

But the first thing I can think about for 2012 is GRADUATION. Class of 2012, baby. I did it in 4 years, even with all the mistakes and with a minor. It doesn’t matter to me that I have to go back for a Master’s, I already knew that. It doesn’t bother me that I have to take the GRE, that I have to apply to schools again, and that it’ll be so much more money out of my pocket. I don’t want to worry about that now, I just want to be happy that I’m graduating. What now takes people 5 years, I did in 4. I want to work for a little while, then go back to school. Things will work out for me, I’m sure. It’s the price I must pay because society decided a Masters is the new Bachelors, and the Bachelors is the new Associates.

I also think about my family. I’ll be moving back home if I don’t secure a good-paying job before graduation/the end of my lease. Andrew is graduating from UC Santa Barbara and moving home as well, and Brian is graduating Cajon HS. Soon he’ll be off doing what I did for the last 4 years. Although scary, I’m excited for what’s to come for our family and my siblings. We’re growing up but not apart.

I will continue this distance but I won’t be at it alone. I don’t want to say what I have coming, but I can say it will be a good, life-changing experience.

Like I said, 2012 will be a good year. It’s not a bitter goodbye to 2011, but an excited and anxious hello to 2012.

Lehgo.

Tagged as: New Years. 2011. 2012. life. personal.
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