Looking Ahead

Rather than a post meant to recap 2009, I thought I'd post about what will be happening in 2010. No real reason, other than I was just thinking about the new year and all the things I know are approaching.

Tomorrow, I'm having lunch with a friend I haven't seen in nearly 25 years. We reconnected by accident on Facebook and I'm very much looking forward to seeing her. She was my best friend in 7th and 8th grade, and it's funny that so many years can pass and we can still remember those bonds from so many years ago.

I'm starting school again on Tuesday. Like I said before, I'm taking it a semester at a time, at least for now. But my A's last semester were encouraging...not that I'll manage A's all the time, but indicative that my brain still functions on a somewhat academic level. So here we go again.

In a few weeks we will be having the first meeting of the 2010 relay team. I have elected myself captain again...or at least it feels like it. In truth, the feedback I received after the 2009 relay clearly indicated to me that no one would be opposed if I took the initiative this year to get things rolling...er...walking. So we are all rounded up and ready to get training. The relay will be the last weekend in August again this year, so we have a long time to plan and a long time to wait. I'm expecting that I won't micromanage quite so much this time as I have a much better sense of what is important and what isn't. I'm sure you'll be hearing more about the relay as our training progresses.

September will usher in a new season for our family; we will have a high school student. That is absolutely mind boggling for me. Somehow I can't even comprehend it yet, but it is fast approaching. The real irony for me is the vast number of MY high school friends who are just now having babies (my class of 1989 friends). 2009 saw three have their first or second children, and 2010 will see at least three more. So, soon, while they are doing diapers, I'll be doing driving lessons. And while they are potty training, I'll be going to college. Strange.

At the end of the year I will reach a major milestone...my 40th birthday. I don't know that I have any thoughts about that yet, other than I certainly haven't accomplished most of what I thought would have accomplished by this point in life; but I have accomplished many things I never imagined. So I guess that's good. I can say that when I was in high school I never dreamed the year 2010 would ever actually come. Wow.

Those are the things I know of for 2010...I do have dreams and aspirations for the coming year, but I know that whatever I might aspire to, chances are the reality will be quite different. So for those things, well, I'll just have to comment on them as they come.

Wishing you all far better things than you hope for in 2010!