On New Years Eve, I took some time to reflect and journal about the past year and some things that I wanted to change. One of the things that saddened me about 2010 is that I felt like I had become more negative. I knew that was something I wanted to change.

Then on January 1st, I had a long skype talk with my Mom. She is going through a hard time because of some physical challenges and she talked to me a lot about how she was learning to accept her situation and not live in a constant state of depression because of it. Her words were so inspiring to me and I could hear in her voice that the weight she had been carrying in her heart and lightened. I wanted that same lightness.

The past 7 days have been great for me. I had already been feeling very accepting about leaving my SO and that talk with my Mom only furthered my positivity. I now feel even more accepting of my situation of being stuck in this town and about being in an LDR. There are always silver-linings and I've been focusing on those.

In AWESOME news: I get to go home (USA) for February break!!!!
I am beyond excited about this. I wasn't planning on going back until maybe August for a visit but then I realized how much I missed my family and I decided to ask my parents if they would buy me a plane ticket. They won't usually buy things for me so it was a long shot. But they agreed!!!!
This is going to help the next 4 months go by even faster!!

January- 4 weeks work
February- 3 weeks work + 1 week America
March- 1 week America + 1 week work + 1 week chaperone for Paris + 1 week work + 1 week chaperone to England
April- 2 weeks work + 2 weeks vacation (probably going to Budapest)
May- MOVE BACK TO BE WITH MY MAN

Looking at that list brings me some serious joy people.