Well, three weeks into the the New Year and I'm getting used to it being 2012.
I will turn sixty-two this year, which means I will be eligible for Social Security benefits, should I want to take them. It rather boggles my mind. I've never been able to imagine being old enough for SS - it's always felt like it was off in the distant future. Realizing it is upon me is a bit of a reality shock!
No New Year's resolutions for me. I've never had any luck with them. While, in one respect, the New Year can feel like a beginning, in most ways, it just feels like a continuation of winter...and I usually can't find any good reason to want to "turn over a new leaf".
This year the New Year actually is a beginning; it is ushering in the start of a new chapter in my life. I am moving...to a new life in a new city (town?)...moving in with Jack, into his townhouse in New Bern. Seventy-five miles and ninety minutes from home...and from Becca, Katie and Jackson. I never expected to move even a short distance from them, so this is a good indicator of how much building a life with Jack means to me. I'm going to miss them a lot and plan to make that drive between New Bern and Wilmington on a regular basis. I'm going to miss Wilmington too. New Bern is quite lacking in things to do, places to go, and good restaurants; Wilmington, on the other hand, lacks Jack! It is a temporary move, to be sure, only until Jack retires in the next two to three years...then we will return to Wilmington.
I may be nearing sixty-two, but falling in love makes me feel more like twenty-two. Right now life feels good and I'm happy.
