1/1/11

Ah, my first post of the new year. Here's to ringing in 2011 with hope and optimism.

The holidays are officially over and I'm both sad and relieved at the same time. I always miss the season when its over but my calendar for December looked like a small child went finger painting and then threw up all over it so its nice to have some open space for awhile. Over the past three weeks I've only actually been in my apt for 4 days, 5 tops, so I'm looking forward to not living out of a suitcase for awhile.

Christmas at home was nice. I was actually able to get 5 days off in a row so it was good to have some downtime to eat too much food and watch a bunch of movies with the fam. I believe the most shocking moment was waking up on the 26th and walking outside to snow flurries. In north Florida. I can only think of one other time its snowed at home. I was maybe 5 and I don't even remember the experience. I really wanted to take a picture but I don't think it would've shown up on film.

I spent New Years Eve with some friends in Orlando. I worked the day of and was scheduled to work today as well so I planned on keeping it pretty low key but, while it could've been a lot worse, I don't think falling asleep in the night's clothes and makeup in someone else's bed at 3:30 and waking up 2 hours later for work much qualifies as low key. The bad news is I still had to drag myself into work, but the amazing news is that once I got there, they'd missed me on the schedule and didn't need an extra nurse so I got drive back to Tampa and spend some quality time in my bed for pretty much the rest of the day. Tomorrow is officially declared Lazy Roommate Day so the sloth will continue.

Worth a mention...both FSU and UCF won their bowl games yesterday! Yeah Gold!! (I figure that pretty much covers my bases for both teams)

In other exciting, and slightly startling news...I just found out one of my closest friends from childhood is pregnant! She and her husband of 4 years went on a cruise in Sep and she returned not feeling well, went to the doctor and Surprise! Another example of how yes, you can get pregnant on birth control pills. But they are super excited and I'm so happy for them. I've known plenty of people over the years who have had babies but so far its never been anyone who was more than a casual friend or acquaintance. But I've known Kristine since elementary school, grown up with her and was in her wedding...I can't believe that someone so integral to my life growing up has so far surpassed me in life experiences. It feels so foreign because most of my other close friends are either completely unattached like me or are in very early stages of relationships. But Kristine is going to be an amazing mother and I can't wait til she starts showing and finds out if its a boy or a girl!

Well, I feel I should post this before the clock hits midnight and my title becomes irrelevant so Happy New Year everyone and cheers to 2011!