2012 has officially started..three hours ago. I stayed home, which is what I normally do. It feels safer to me than being out in public. There I watched the ball drop in Times Square, switching back and forth from Dick Clark's Rockin New Years Eve to MTV. I've done this every year since 1999.
I also decided to break down and by a Glade Plug-in Oil Warmer, deciding that I wanted to make my room smell like lavender and vanilla. Good choice..oh it smells so good!:)
At the moment, I'm listening to what I believe is one of the greatest songs ever written. It's called "The Dance" by Garth Brooks. My favorite line is "Our lives are better left to chance. I could have missed the pain, but I'd have had to miss the dance". To me that says that struggles are a part of being alive. No one gets through this life unscathed, and our struggles are really there to make us stronger people.
I was discussing the different accents with some friends at work after I got off, and mentioned that my dad was originally from Maine and despite his military services and living in different places, he never lost his accent. I explained to the woman that I didn't have a true blue Texan accent because of the 12 years I had with him, but how cool that was to have a mix of a southern accent and a Maine accent constantly around. She shared that because of her husband's military service and them having to live all over, she actually did pick up accents, but eventually lost them. Interesting.
I was told by someone today that I should make a career out of my writing. Truthfully, I would love that. Really. So many have said that I write very well, including an English professor I had in Fall 2010. It's easy for me to pour my heart and soul into what I write, and it works better for me than verbally trying to get thoughts and points across. Sometimes I can't even get a sentence out because the words tumble out of my mouth so quickly and without any coherence. Blogging it is!
