Happy New Year!

2013.... We are in you.

I started the new year staying in celebrating my dad's birthday and teaching him how to tweet while watching earthcam.com's worldwide coverage of New Year's celebrations.  Normally, I love going out on New Year's Eve.  It's my second favorite holiday behind Halloween.  This year, I unprecedentedly got both the Eve and the Day off by virtue of the days of the week on which they landed and decided to stay in instead.  That was partially due to the snowy and icy weather here in Denver, partially due to the fact that my computer's battery backup died over Christmas and I had to spend my going-out money on a new one.  It was for the best.  Automobile ice capades on amateur night is not the best of ideas.  We toasted at midnight eastern time before mom and dad went off to bed (they are both early birds whereas I'm a night owl).  I stayed up watching the backyard neighbors fire off their fireworks, which are illegal in our county.  The police showed up shortly thereafter.  Thirty minutes later, they fired off the rest of the fireworks.  I waited until California rang in the new year, curled up with a couple chapters of Game of Thrones, and was asleep at my normal bedtime of 2 a.m. 

I dremt that a friend of mine gave me a pedicure.  That's very odd, because I hate people touching my feet.  It's just a quirk of mine.

I awoke this morning in time to watch the bulk of the Rose Parade with my parents and help them finish de-Christmas the house.  It's now all down, the rooms cleaned, and the furniture moved back where it all belongs.  All that's left is the outdoor decor which will wait until this weekend when it's warmer with less ice on the roof.

I looked up that dream.  It means that I am confidant and relaxed.  That is what this post is about.  I am rested, organized, packed, and raring to go!  In fact, I have a hunch that this will be my last holiday season living in this house.  As much as I love and appreciate my family for taking me in when my life fell apart in Florida (husband left me for a younger woman and used the mortgage money to fund her lifestyle, my job at Titanic was bought out from under me by a rival company which led to all the senior staff (including me) to be laid off, and that led to me losing the house there), I am ready to stand on my own feet again.  All I need is for someone to hire me in my field.

My resolutions: 1) Get hired for a paying gig in the museum field.  2) Finish at least the first three Game of Thrones books before April 1. 3) Make it on/off the Kokomo lift at Copper without falling and without giving myself a concussion. 4) Learn to play a full song on the guitar. I think I'll start with this one.  http://youtu.be/4cKNxXfWxJ4  (New Strings by Miranda Lambert)

It's gonna be a great year!