This past year has been FULL of accomplishments and fun
adventures. I haven’t been very good
about maintaining my blog for the 15 people that read it – sorry about
that. Nevertheless, let’s rewind the
year and go back into the past.
January through April was like every other tax season; full
of late nights and dinner on the go.
There were a few moments that stood out.
Like the night Fort Stewart was bombing at 11 pm and I could have sworn
someone was trying to break into the office since the windows were shaking –
hence a call into RHPD to come calm my nerves.
The other fun night was again around 11 pm and I just left the office on
the way home and ran into a curb resulting in my FIRST flat tire. Oh the memories…I hope I never do that again.
My husband and I reached our 5th year anniversary
and to celebrate we went on a cruise to the Bahamas! Since we never officially went on a honeymoon
we left the kids at home and celebrated alone.
The whole trip was amazing and very peaceful. I was forced to relax and not think about
anything at home since I could not contact anyone anyway. I did learn a few lessons – including I do
not know enough to win trivia, no matter how many times I played.
During the summer I took my very last college course EVER
and even made an A! During that class I
had the opportunity to share what I have learned with my husband during the
final week’s presentations and that was more nerve wrecking than any
presentation I had to do in the past because I knew he would see me every day
for the rest of my life. Luckily he
loves me enough to not say a bad thing about me.
In August, Colleen started the pre-K program at her daycare
after being advised she was very intelligent and would do much better moving up
regardless of her age. In the first 4
years of her life this was the first time we sent her to “school” every day of
the week which gave both my husband and my Mom a break from watching her
throughout the week.
November, my little girl turned 4!!! Although she had been telling us for the past
year she was already 4 she really stepped into the role of being a big girl…she
did it a little too well. She now thinks
since she is a big girl she can do “whatever I want to”; we’ve had many conversations
about how NOBODY gets to do everything they want to do, regardless of their
age.
I started my own business selling Origami Owl Jewelry on the
side after realizing that with graduation comes the beginning of student loan
payments. So I figured, why not. I rocked my first month and now am ready to
take on the New Year.
December was the most hectic month of the year. December is always busy anyway with Christmas
and vacations but then we added in my graduation for my MBA. An additional party on top of Christmas
parties made for a very busy month. THEN
add a sick little girl who caught the flu and gave it to her mama – yep,
Christmas was one not to forget.
So now here we are, the last day of the year and as I look
back I wonder, what did I do wrong or right?
What did I do well this year and what do I still need to improve
on? Did I keep up with my resolutions
from 2013 or did I fail? What do I want
to do for this upcoming 2015 year? To
this I say – I have NO clue!
I generally have a list a page long of what I want to change
for the new year, putting way too much pressure on myself resulting in failure
so this year I am taking a different approach.
My mission for 2015 is simply to BE A GOOD PERSON and everything else
will fall into place. I figure if I achieve
bettering myself in a way that brings people up and not down then it does not
matter what size clothes I wear, what I eat, how organized my house and office
is…none of that will matter. So here I
am a quick tempered mommy that still has not made cookies for any neighbor and
I hope by next December 31st I will have achieved the patience I
long for and my neighbors actually know my name instead of “Mark’s Wife”.
