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Griffin is here! We knew there was a chance he might come today, but no one knew for sure. Everyone’s doing well. Congrats to Les, Nate, and Maysen!

On a personal note, I’m totally stoked to be an Auntie to my Feesh!

Nic said to me today, “You have a Feesh and Bean - almost a full meal!”

Can’t wait to see my newest nephew!

At the risk of sounding emo, 2007 really sucked, and I’m really ready for the new year. I’ve been fortunate to learn a lot of things about myself in this last year, than I’ve not been able to get in twenty-nine years of my life. That’s been the most positive thing derived from 2007 - getting to know Jenn.

2008’s going to bring lots of good things my way. I’m not going to sit around and wait for the good to always come to me; I’m going to go out and get it. I’ve been waiting 30 years of my life. I’m sick of waiting. I’m going to keep plugging away at my job, learn new things, and work toward becoming a permanent employee of Symantec. The pounds are going to come off this year. The new year is bringing a renewed membership to Curves, where many pounds will be shed, muscles will be rediscovered, and many a curse words will fly because of that one last squat that’s making my entire body hate me. Biggest Loser Cookbook will become my new best friend. Money will be saved with the help of a roommate and no car payment. New friendships will be discovered, some spring cleaning will take place in the Who’s Who in Jenn’s Life, hopefully some relationships will get closer, a trip to visit family in Canada is in order, perhaps I’ll meet a lovely boy to spend next Christmas with, and a overall simplification of my life, is in the Plan-o-’08. I want to actively do more good for people, be it volunteering, cooking some chili for a homeless guy I see on a daily basis, *something*. I want to get some excitement back in my life. The childlike excitement, I mean. It’s been years. That stuff can only happen based on experience, and activity. Activity. That’s the key. Do, do, do.

And now? Take advantage of probably the last biggest meal I’ll ever have. Mmm. Pig.

More to come…

Nic and I had a grrl day out yesterday. Oh, we shopped, awww’d over the cuteness that was the baby store filled with many items-o-cuteness that made your heart explode, stuff like that. We hit up a bookstore, ate sushi, and walked into Target, which was the scariest thing you could have ever done at 3pm on a Saturday.

We talked about life. How funky things happen that are unexpected, and sometimes seem horrible at the time, and you wonder how you’ll ever move on, or overcome. But then you do. And life keeps truckin’. And then sometimes unexpected good things happen. You meet someone and you feel that weird flutter you thought was long gone, or maybe you thought you’d never have it like that again. But then you do. Or maybe it’s a little different. Then sometimes, everything sorta feels like in some small way, stuff falls into place for the first time in a while.

Today is Sunday. Today I am going to do laundry. I am currently in the process of cooking a pork roast, with carrots and onion soup mix. It will sit for eight hours. I made homemade salsa, which is probably one of the yummiest salsa recipes I’ve tried. So easy, too. Give it a whirl maybe, if you’re feeling up to it. Let me know how it turned out for you.

It’s all about progression. Living. Doing. Not thinking about doing all the time. After a while, thinking about doing gets old. And then you wonder what it would have been like if you would have done said thing you were thinking about. I think I’ve spent far too long thinking and not doing. That’s going to have to change.

… how awesome my sister is. I love her very much and feel very fortunate to have such a wicked cool girl in my life. Nothing has happened for me to say such things; I just don’t think I tell her enough. Love you, Les.

Don’t listen to Tangerine Dream when you’re bumming out.