Where did the last year go ?
Friends have new babies. Friends have new babies that are a year old. I'm looking at being another year older in a week. Time is just flying by.
These are just a few of the things the last year has brought me:
- I have met some wonderful new friends. I have reconnected with some wonderful OLD friends.
- I have said goodbye to some dear friends.
- I have grown both personally and professionally.
- My daughter started high school this year.
- Friends have new babies. Friends are expecting new babies. Friends have babies that have just turned a year old.
- We are in a new home.
- I am a week away from entering a new decade in my life, and I can't wait to get there !
If ever there was an optimist in the family, it is me. It's something I have always been. There is always a silver lining, no matter how bad something may be. I find I do it at work too. I've been challenged to do that lately, but I'm getting back into my old groove.
The new decade in my life is my 40's. I will be 40 years old. I remember this assignment we had to write in grade 6, about what life would be like in the year 2010. What would everyday life be like? Would be flying around in jet cars like the Jetsons? How old would we be? What did we think we'd be doing? I figured out I would be 42 years old. (Hard to imagine when you're 11.) I would be married and would be a teacher. I can't remember if I said I would have kids or not.
The funny thing is it's almost all true. (Except for the jet cars.) What I never imagined was the fun of being 20, and the realization of being 30. I was married at 21. A mom at 25, and again at 31. Started a new career in my 30's, that's taking me into my 40's. I am sort of a teacher .. not in the sense I imagined, but in the sense that I teach people stuff at work, and I teach my kids stuff everyday.
I wonder what 50 will be like ???
