We’re down to the last 3 days of the year and I must say that it’s truly flown by. 2014 was really great to me, I moved into a place that I really like, a place I feel like I can call home. My old apartment was okay, but I really love my current place. I made it my own with the décor and accents (thank you Tavaria for your help with that) and have even thrown a few shindigs (one of favorite words this year). I feel like I’m getting the hang of things now and will definitely have more get togethers next year. I even plan on cooking for shindigs instead of catering them! Baby steps people, baby steps.
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This year also brought some old loves into my life, who then introduced me to new loves. I have to say, that I was shocked when my friends told me that it felt like my entire life started to revolve around Chuck when we were dating, I swore to myself that I’d never be that girl, and I have to say that our breakup was a blessing in disguise. I was able to reconnect with Marc, an old friend from undergrad and as a result I’ve fostered relationships with some pretty amazing people. There are days that I wish I would’ve stayed longer at UT Tyler, that way I could’ve shared some of those experiences with Kam, AJ, Millican and Marc but I don’t regret leaving when I did. I might not have gotten to have crazy times in East Texas with them, but I sure have had some amazing times in Houston and even Austin with them.
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I feel like I’ve grown in more ways than one, I decided to take my happiness into my own hands and speak up more this year. I’m a recovering people pleaser, and with the help of my therapist I’ve been working more and more on just saying “no”. No excuse, no real need for explanation just “no”. I can’t tell you guys how relieving that can be at times. “No, I’m not going to be able to grab drinks with you” “No, I won’t help you with hosting xyz”. It’s truly amazing. I’ve been working on myself in other ways too, I recently got back on a sleep schedule and I have to say it’s really been helping. I wake up at 4:45am on weekdays and going to bed at 9:45pm is perfect for me. It gives me plenty of time in the evening to get home and do what I need to do before laying and falling asleep…oh and sleeping through the night!
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I also honed in on what I want and don’t want in a mate this year. I used this year of single-ness to date and I must say it’s been fun. There have been quite a few duds, but there were a few good guys too. Marc asked me a while back if I would be ready to settle down and get married if the right guy came along, and I said yes. I don’t mean marriage right away, but definitely an exclusive, monogamous relationship.There are somany horrorstories on Tinder&OK Cupid a girl can take.This was also a big year for my family. My little nuggets are getting older (Moke is 5 now, Kenie & Caleigh are 3 and CJ is 1!) and this year was the year of babies! I had 3 cousins and my baby sister all get pregnant this year and two of the babies have been born. This is perfect, their kids will make great babysitters when I adopt my kiddos. My blog has grown a bit this year. I’ve branched out and done a few advertisements and I only see things going up from here.
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So here’s to you 2014, you were great to me and I know that 2015 will be that much better!
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