There and Back Again

Disposition: Hanging on to the weekend
Listening: 0304
Reading: Lord of the Rings (J.R.R. Tolkien)
Watching: Nothing
Obsessing: Karl Urban
Pondering: New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common. (John Locke)

It’s the New Year finally and the world is eager to start anew. As for me, all was back to normal soon after January 1 came and passed. The holidays and the excitement brought about by Christmas is over. The countdown for the next holiday season starts all over again.

For the new year, I plan to continue doing the things that made last year worth the while. I will be working hard, as usual so I can go on vacations and trips every chance I get. I will continue to pick up hobbies every now and then. Last year it was knitting - which I still suck at - and so maybe this time around, I’ll try my hand on baking. I also started a diet last year that worked quite well and so I intend to continue this too. And exercise. Oh, I will exercise a lot more this year. Will try, at least. My aim is to shed some more pounds before my next vacation which I am hoping will be somewhere tropical, like the Bahamas perhaps.

Speaking of work, lots of changes are coming our way at the start of this year. First of all, Dina is moving to work for the Sheriff’s Office for good and Yvonne is moving upstairs to take the ADA (Americans With Disabilities) job which I thought about taking a few months ago. Our two HR Techs will be moving in — on a part time basis — to take over the clerical and fiscal recruitments which should be very exciting for them. In lieu of these changes, an old colleague of mine who I bumped into last week asked me when I was moving on? I actually pondered the question and realized that right now, I’d love to move on. But move where? What is to be my next career, I don’t know. I don’t even know where to begin searching. But there’s really no need to rush into something new. I’m not quite desperate to get out of where I am yet. What I’m doing now still stirs up excitement and still motivates me. I guess I just want to learn and venture into something new eventually.

The promise of the new year is hidden from me. What this year will bring, I will find out in due time. I just hope it’s all good and that it would offer loads of opportunities to learn and chance to travel. Yeah, I should really like that…