2009 AD

Today I woke up at 12 'o clock noon. I had set my alarm clock last night to go off at 9 am. I had ideas about getting up early and doing something productive or something like that, but when it came time for me to make good on those ideas, I said screw it. I turned the alarm off and went back to sleep. Justifiably so, because spring classes start tomorrow, and what could one more day of getting my required 10-12 hours of sleep hurt?

Christmas break went by very fast. That time of year gets so busy and we always complain about how hectic the holiday season is, but looking back I kind of miss the business that it brings. I made lots of good memories in the past 3 weeks or so, from eating a fruit pirate ship at Konomi's for my sister's birthday to the New Year's Guitar Hero blowout at Jeff and Jennifer's house, and so many other events in between.

That's why January is one of my least favorite months of the year. It's kind of like when you're a kid at Chuckie Cheese and you're having fun playing the games and watching the mechanical animals play songs, and then your mom makes you leave and go home because you have to go to school the next day. And in Christmas I get so much joy out of all the parties and spending time with friends, church services remembering the birth of Christ, and even the shopping when people are out looking for gifts for their loved ones. When that all ends, and we take down the tree and store it in the basement, it can be a little sad for me.

And so life goes on. New Year's comes and we turn our attention to the upcoming year. Some of us resolve to live better lives, take more care of ourselves, or strive to be something more than who we have been. The hope of starting fresh is enough to motivate me to let go of the Christmas spirit and move on into 2009. I have four new classes that I have to make A's in starting tomorrow. I'm taking speech and I hate making speeches. Maybe this year I can get over that. I have to get to UAH this fall, now is the time to work towards that.

Not to mention all of the good things that are coming: the Guitar Hero parties, good meals with friends, new music that will be coming out, books waiting to be read, trips to new places, my birthday, new episodes of The Office, summertime, heartfelt prayers, college football starting again, Halloween, and on and on and on...

Here's to the hope that a new year brings, and to the hope that we are moving toward something, and to the joy found in the moving...