A long time coming...

My poor neglected blog... There are lots of excuses for why I temporarily abandoned this space, but I'm back. In case anyone else is still here...

This post, and 2009, have been a long time coming. Words cannot describe the elation I feel at the pending end to the worst year of my life. I won't go into all the craptastic events of the last year, because I am choosing to focus on the potential good that is to come. I know the simple ending of one year and beginning of next doesn't equate to a turn in luck/karma/fate/whathaveyou, but there is something cathartic about giving a big "Screw You!" to 2008. Though you tried, you did not defeat me!

And the best part is that Clint and I will actually get to spend New Year's together for the first time since we've been married. Yes, somehow we have managed to be apart every year on the same night for four years. Don't ask me how. But, my parents are taking the kiddo for a blissful 3 nights. It'll be like a little mini-vacay and I am totally sleeping in. Take that, '08.