New Year’s Eve with Sparkling White Grape Juice
Yes, this is how I’m spending my New Year’s Eve- and I’m not crying about it one bit.
Had you told me a year ago- even two years ago- that I would ever ring in the New Year “alone” with non-alcoholic fake champagne I would have told you you were out of your mind.
It wasn’t exactly the plan, up until a few weeks ago I assumed my boyfriend would be here with me and I would have to figure out how to juggle being with my kids and with him. Luckily for me, he solved that problem for me and I didn’t feel the need to decide. I got to spend all day long with my birthday boy: my sweet six year old son and his sister.
2014 was an odd year for me- the same man broke my heart twice, but I’ve rebounded a hell of a lot faster the second time because I think I kind of expected it. But I’m not one for not at least giving something a try. Which really was the theme for this past year over all. I got in to Mercer for graduate school, discovered I didn’t like the program for me at this point, and decided to apply to SCAD instead- and got accepted for this spring. Yay!
I travelled to New York City for the very first time and found that I love it. I knew I would, but I had always only wanted to go if I could afford to do it “all the way”. I learned that I could go and stay with my friend in Brooklyn, save a ton of money, and still eat on the “cheap” in NYC. And if I hadn’t done so much shopping I really would not have spent a ton of money. Here’s to doing it again in 2015!
Travel and adventure was a big part of my year, really. I put a ton of miles on my car going to Atlanta, Savannah, Florida, and the beach. I travelled more than I ever have before, even within my own home state. Here’s to expanding my #GirlMeetsCity project even more!
I took big risks with my business, I made as much money as I did at Enterprise for a short time- and I’ve made the lowest amount I have in about ten years. Mostly due to the un-Godly expense of health insurance.
I did a better job of balancing work, fun, and knowing when to be home with my kids. It’s a terribly hard balance to maintain, knowing when it’s ok to go out and have fun and when to just reign it in and stay home and be mommy. Tonight is the night to be Mommy- and I couldn’t be happier. Here’s to figuring it out even better next year!
I learned which friends were worth keeping, and which ones weren’t. I learned that true leadership will push you to your limits, and that doing the right thing for your town sometimes means putting your own agenda to the side. Thank you to my Leadership Macon class for teaching me this, and for allowing me to form lifelong friendships.
I’ve learned a lot about letting go what I can’t control- but I want to get better about this. If I had a resolution, I suppose that would be it.
Currently, I’m going to open my sparkling white grape juice and have half a glass along with a whole bottle of water- to balance out the birthday cake from earlier tonight. And I’m going to work on one of the two books I’m writing. Yes, I’m working on two books! Because I always have to have a project. And I have Gilmore Girls on, because I love it and Edward Hermann passed away today.
And I couldn’t be happier- in fact, I’m a lot happier than if I were out on the town drinking my evening away. I’ll wake up to my kids saying “it’s morning! Get up Mommy!” And it’ll be a new year, but not necessarily a “new me”- just the continuation of being an even better me.
Love to all y’all,
Molly
