2012...a brand-new year!
Well..new by 15 days...Side note..I have bills due today. Ugh!
What does a new year mean to you? Does it mean a chance for new adventures, an opportunity to say goodbye to old habits and a chance for a new start? Does it mean it is just another day that has no significance or value? Does it mean it is time to be with your special someone to share a kiss at the stroke of midnight? Does it mean you get a pass if you party a little too hard because all will be forgiven when the clock chimes 12 times? Does it mean you turn back into a pumpkin?
A new year for me means a chance for new beginnings. It brings me hope of new beginnings with loved ones as you move forward in life together.
I enjoy spending New Year's Eve with loved ones and special people in my life as we say goodbye to one year and hello to another year. The new year brings a feeling of new opportunities and new adventures...a fresh start!
In a way, I view the chime of the clock at midnight the chance to go from a pumpkin to a princess instead of back into a pumpkin.
Sometimes, we all are guilty of feeling a bit deflated and beaten down by the ugly step sisters of the world so I like to go into the new year with a new attitude saying this new year is going to rock!! Rock, I say!!
The end of 2011 was no different! This time I had a choice just like we have every day! I had a choice to let the ugly step sisters of life keep me down or put a smile on my face and wear those glass slippers with pride.
It was a choice to be happy or a choice to be sad.
This New Year's Eve, I put on glass slippers in the form of bowling shoes. Yep, bowling shoes! I had the pleasure of spending time with my son and his buddies bowling while enjoying music, laughter and a great time. I would not have missed it! Watching a bunch of 6 and 7 year olds and one 2 year old show off what life is all about was the best way to put a smile on my face. We danced and laughed and bowled and ate pizza and made great memories.
I could have said no when I was invited to attend the festivities but I said yes. I would have regretted
not going because my "special someone" was spending the night with others. I made the decision...the choice to make myself happy!
After bowling, I traded my bowling slippers for a pair of running shoes. I joined my best friend and his girlfriend to get back on the workout track. We did a 5K at Tanglewood at midnight! What a great way to start out the new year.
As the clock chimed midnight the gun fired and all the runners took off even if some of us were walking rather than running.
We were doing it together. We all had a common goal...start out the new year with a healthy activity and a goal of staying up and moving during 2012.
Jim, Tina & I kicked that 5K's butt...well it sorta kicked ours when it came to the hills but we did it and did it together!
Afterwards, we had a 2am breakfast at Waffle house. It was the best greasy spoon meal ever!
The night may not have ended with the happy ending of my prince riding in on a white horse but it did end and with friendship and family and a renewed motivation to live life to the fullest regardless of what life throws at me.
So in 2012, I may be minus my prince (or penguin which I will explain in another blog) but I am not minus my son, my dear friends, or my new attitude that 2012 will rock and I will reach my goals...one bucket list item at time.
One goal is to run a marathon in 2012. I think a 5K at the very beginning of 2012 was a great way to get to that 26.2 miles.
I pray you all have some goals in mind for this year as well. I want you to tackle them one at time and share them with me. I want to be here to support you and cheer you along and if you want to run I want to run with you. Get up off that couch and get moving with me and my bff! We are going to run that marathon this year and sport that 26.2 sticker on our cars!
When the clock chimes midnight this year...God willing....we will be together smiling and making memories and starting fresh again with new goals in mind. Come join me! us!
Until next time......Rhonda 