Song of the Moment: Daniel Beddingfield – “If You’re Not the One”

I am back. A new year, a new entry. Happy 2009, everyone!

I hope everyone enjoyed the holidays. I certainly did. My brain was practically shut down for the past two weeks, and it was amazing. I came to work this morning forgetting how to work. I sat down at my desk and opened up a data sheet from my desktop and stared blankly as if it were my first day of work, and I hadn’t been trained yet. Plus, I then realized I had forgotten two of my most important data sheets at home, so clearly, my brain is still on vacation.

So what did I get for Christmas/B-Day (December 29)? I’ll name my two favorites: my new Canon Powershot IS SD1100 camera from my dad and a beautiful 14k white gold ring with diamonds embedded on the top, a gift from the bf. He surprised me with it right at midnight on New Year’s Day. I love it, though, I need to get it resized because it’s rolling around like crazy and may fall off my finger.

I’m not one to make New Year’s resolutions because I know I’ll never stick it it, but this year, I just have one. No, it’s not lose weight or be more responsible with my money (things I ought to do) but rather be more patient with people. In general, I am a very patient person, but lately, I’ve been getting very impatient over such trivial matters. I may not complain or make it known that I’m impatient, but inside, I’ll be fuming with anger. I need to stop that. The unnecessary stress and anger does no good for my health and well being. I’m trying to practice serenity. We’ll see how that goes.

Home in St. Louis was relaxing and just the kind of vacation I needed, a good dosage of family and friends. I’m glad my parents finally got to meet my boyfriend. My mom said he was not what she expected, and by that, she means it as a good thing. I think my parents are a little more relaxed now that they’ve met him face to face and were able to converse with him about their concerns. They just don’t want us to rush into anything. Good advice from any parents. We both need to study for grad school, so perhaps instead of spending our weekends going out, we must sacrifice and spend our time at the library studying. Oh boy. That’s going to be a tough transition.