Happy New Year!
As I wave a fond farewell to 2008, and slowly turn on one foot (favoring the ankle that's still slightly swollen, although it's been 5 years since I've sprained it) to greet 2009 and all the uncertainty and sheer exhilaration it brings, I hear the distant cries of things and people not ready to move on.
As I wave a fond farewell to 2008, and slowly turn on one foot (favoring the ankle that's still slightly swollen, although it's been 5 years since I've sprained it) to greet 2009 and all the uncertainty and sheer exhilaration it brings, I hear the distant cries of things and people not ready to move on.
"What about meeeeeee, Kaitlin?" they whine.
I hate to break it to you, but... Sorry. I won't be investing any more time and emotion into energy vampires in 2009. (Oh, Vampires... R.I.P. Moonlight. I will forever mourn Mick St. John. And R.I.P. Blood Ties. Henry Fitzroy was beautiful, too.) I'm not saying that I will not lend a helping hand or council you or be your friend or confidant. Not at all. Those are my roles, my jobs, my joys, and my spiritual fulfillment. If you only ever ask me whether you should buy apple juice or orange juice, I will help you.
But there are things, and people, and causes, and beliefs, and even certain coffee flavors (Pumpkin Spice??? More like Stale Vaguely Spicey Coffee Remnants. Mmmmm.) that don't appreciate my time or my efforts. And thusly, I bid you a fond farewell!
I'm moving on, baby! It's time for a fresh, clean start.
I'm already pumped for '09. Better life, better friends, better relationship with God... It's the year of improvement, of self-actualization, of self-appreciation, but also of selflessness. I am extremely, utterly, possibly inappropriately excited.
Aren't you?
But there are things, and people, and causes, and beliefs, and even certain coffee flavors (Pumpkin Spice??? More like Stale Vaguely Spicey Coffee Remnants. Mmmmm.) that don't appreciate my time or my efforts. And thusly, I bid you a fond farewell!
I'm moving on, baby! It's time for a fresh, clean start.
I'm already pumped for '09. Better life, better friends, better relationship with God... It's the year of improvement, of self-actualization, of self-appreciation, but also of selflessness. I am extremely, utterly, possibly inappropriately excited.
Aren't you?
