Happy endings...

As this calendar year comes to a close, I have to look back and wonder what I've done that really meant something...

I didn't win a Grammy or the Nobel Prize. I didn't get a gold medal or climb Mt. Everest. I didn't give life to someone who will save the world from this mess that we're in.
Then again, I don't really want to do any of that. Most of it makes me sleepy at the thought, the rest is just impossible. At least, for me.

So what have I done?

I've been the best friend I know how to be.
I've helped my Dad to reunite with his first daughter.
I was part of wedding plans that I didn't get to participate in.
I maintained my cheerleader persona in front of people and only crashed when I was solo.
I wrote at least half of an epic novel.
I found my vibrato and kept it.
I threw out almost all my casual clothes and started wearing dresses every day.
I got a job in the music department at school and apparently I'm awesome at it.
I learned how to be more invisible than usual.
I discovered that I can not eat for two days and still be okay.
I made a pumpkin cake in the microwave.
I finally said no to buying another dress and bought myself groceries instead.
I made friends with my kid sister.

...nothing too magnificent, I suppose, but I've done a lot, really.

Still, there's much more I can do if I try. So, to follow tradition, let's have some new year's resolutions...

1. Start running again. It's on my 'schedule' but I ignored it to sleep in this semester.
2. Go back to church. I went on Christmas Eve with my family, but hadn't gone before since the last calendar year.
3. Practice sight-reading. Mom theorizes that if I play a new piece every day, I'll be able to do it super-easy. I'm thinking I could kill you, Mom...but you're totally right, as usual.
4. Ace my history course for next semester and the following semesters. I'm totally smart, if I just learned how to study right, I know I could do it.
5. Eat every day. It's not like I don't have food, I just get lazy about making it.

I think that's a good start anyway.

Enjoy the celebrations, folks, I'll see you in the new year.