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Wednesday in 2008 January 2, 2008

Posted by spacemom in : Current Affairs , 6 comments

Today is 2008. Whoopee. (read that in deadpan).

As we were resting in bed on Monday night, watching Dick Clark croak out the last seconds of 2007, I nuzzled Jay and said, "I hate New Years Resolutions". He said "why not? What is so wrong about them?"

Just like I don’t like Yom Kippur as a specific day to atone for your sins, I don’t like New Year’s Day as a day to resolve to change. I am just like that. I don’t need to reset my clock because someone tells me to. Jay pointed out that many people find it easier to do something en mass. I tend to agree. If everybody is resolving to changing in the New Year, why not you too! If everyone is atoning for their sins, why not you too?

Well, I guess this is where I march to the beat of a different drum machine. I make changes when I realize I need them. I wish I could say "Happy New Year, In 2008 I will lose weight, and be a healthier less cluttered person" But I can’t. I mean, there are certain things I need to do, but I know that already and forcing myself to start in January, with the cold and dark doesn’t really help me.

I guess I am a big humbug. Sorry- How about I just work on decluttering because it’s what the cool people do?

In other news, there is a Big Medical hullabaloo* going on for me. Sucks because I need a blood test that involves looking for a gene mutation and this could lead to some serious posts, but first I have to get through the fact that I have to give permission for this damn blood test to be done in the first place. In writing. With a specific form. So the fact that I was drained of 5 vials of blood this morning (for the tests that are NOT genetic) just means I need to go back Friday and offer up my RIGHT arm for the Vampires rather than my left which was bruised this morning and sucked dry…

 * BMH is not cancer nor anything that can kill me…yet. Long story and it affects the girls if I have a certain mutation so I need to think about this more… With luck, I don’t have any issues