Happy New Year

Once again my Resolutions revolve around keeping in touch. That's been my resolution for countless years (probably sometime around 11th grade), but this year's the year. Just you wait. And so I'm trying again with the blog. It's reminding me a lot of when I tried to write in my journal in high school, with long gaps between dates. I smell a trend.

Well, so what's happened in the intervening months? Not much. All kinds of things. You know, the usual.

I've become addicted to the smittenkitchen.com blog. It's given me the recipes for so many yummy foods, and the opportunity to see Tori and the family. She's always good about letting come down and experiment with different recipes. Did you know Tori's pregnant again?

And, what else has happened. Umm I've discovered I'm more apathetic about dating, if that were even possible. I'm going too indulge myself in a bit of a bitch-fest, so skip to the next paragraph if you don't want to hear it. I've started telling people to stop asking me about dating, stop suggesting I change my attitude or look at dating in a different way (as if that ever works. I mean, don't you think I would if I could? Like I didn't think of that already? As if I haven't already tried? Several times? Good lord), and start becoming ok with the idea that it might never happen. I know how that sounds, but I mean it. I give up. I have no energy or emotional whatever to 'date' in the unconcerned, happy-go-lucky, what ever happens happens kind of way that dating is all about. Fuck it. Dating can just go screw itself. Happy fucking new year.

And, lets see. What else. I've knitted more projects, including a sock monkey for my brother, which was such a labor of love. That thing had so many different steps, although it did go pretty fast. All things considered. I bought a book that has patterns for all these different animals, and I know all these people who are going to have babies in the spring and I thought maybe I could start a whole new series of little washable, hypo-allergenic creatures that could be ready by spring. Let's see how I do. Besides, Becky asked for a giraffe. Her birthday's in August, so there's a good chance I'll have it done by then.

As for right now, I'm thinking I might need to take a shower, shovel my car and get ready to get going with my day. It's 3pm after all. Seems like a good time. Hopefully I'll post again soon.