Looking foward

Last night I went to the gym and apparently I pushed myself too hard because now I have a sore throat.
I also tanned too long because I have a pink face to go with my sore throat.
Fabulous.

This cold goes from horrible -to- ok -to- almost better -back to- wanting to die.
Make up your mind you stupid cold!
However, since I returned to Lufkin it has improved dramatically. I think my allergies to cats, dust, and disgusting smoke only made this turn into a monster...
I have to be better for tomorrow night...have to!

Tomorrow night is of course New Year's eve! And that means I will be partying it up in downtown Houston with my sister at the House of Blues watching Eli Young.
I'm pretty excited.
This should be the best NYE experience I have had in years.
(Is it obvious I have high expectations for it?)
I have our tickets, and I have a room booked & payed for at the Lancaster downtown. I have a bottle of vodka. And I have a ton of excitement built up inside of me.
So if you want to party it up with me, let me know.

While on the subject of NYE, my mother made an interesting point the other day I had not considered.
She says whatever you are doing as you bring in the new year is what you will be doing that whole year.
SO I thought about that...

* Bringing in 2007, I was arguing with Ryan & went to bed angry.
2007 in a nutshell - arguing with Ryan and always angry. Broke up with him in November.

hmm...

* Bringing in 2008, in a car driving to NO. I also went on to get stupid drunk...
2008 was all about travel. I put about 20k miles on my car alone. Plus, I spent a lot of this year stupid drunk too...

Well...I guess she's right.

So that really only adds to my expectations for tomorrow evening. I want to spend 2009 happy, and surrounded by awesome people while having a blast. I want this to be a good year.
Not that 2008 wasn't...but it could have been better...
I want 2009 to be prosperous and I want things I am so confused about to work themselves out.

I want a lot, don't I....

Only time can tell how NYE will go, and how 2009 will pan out.
A lot has changed for me in the course of a year. I don't see that pattern changing anytime soon...

As far NY resolutions are concerned, I don't really subscribe to that flawed belief. But this year I do have two goals I want to accomplish for sure.
1. Get healthy.
No more ditching the gym or over eating simply because I can. Take more care in certain activities and stop making self destructive choices.

2. Figure out how to go about going to graduate school.
I need to get myself organized. Sign up for the GMAT. Study. Finally make a choice on my top 3 choices. And if what I think is going to happen does...get ready to take a few more finance classes. No more excuses.

I would also like to kick a bad habit, but I won't go into detail. I think it really falls under the "stop making self destructive choices" umbrella.

So, I will close 2008 with this jumbled mess of thoughts...

Happy New Year!