2011. We are twelve days into the new year. Happy New Year one and all. The years seem to fly by now - like the flipping of calendar pages that used to depict the passage of time in old movies.
2010 was an interesting year for me. I entered the ranks of the unemployed, ended a relationship, traveled overseas for the first time, attended a high school reunion, reunited with some long-lost family members and returned to writing...oh, and hit a milestone birthday.
This year I will turn sixty-one. I hope to return to the ranks of the employed. I would like to fall in love...for the last time in my life. Going through life alone is weighing on me more heavily as I get older...and the desire for a life-partner grows stronger. I am doing my best to meet men and have started the year out dating some. I would love to do more traveling...though will need the income from a job and a traveling companion to make that happen. I want to continue my writing and continue nurturing the new relationships that I re-established last year. These are not New Year resolutions, in fact, many of them are things beyond my control. I gave up New Year's Resolutions years ago anyway - they really are statements of what we intend to fail at in the coming year - these are statements of fact and of hopes and dreams for my future.
The year has started out interestingly...with some highs and lows already achieved in these few days. I'm looking forward to seeing how it all plays out.
