Argh! It's just so...normal...posting about New Year's! So typical! So average!
So, yeah. No nostalgia for 2012 whatsoever. I dunno. Usually, I feel a little sad when the new year takes the place of the old, but not this time. I guess overall I could be fine with it if 2012 would have never happened. I mean, the amount of people that I know that died last year under the age of 20 in tragic accidents is too much. But then you have the question: well, if we had just skipped over the events of 2012, would it have happened the same way but just one year later? And what about the good stuff? Because there was some good stuff. Some awesome friends. Some of my friends are really deep and thoughtful (like, we exchange prayer requests and we encourage each other) and some of them are so goofy that they make bad stuff seem more manageable. And then sometimes the types of friends overlap into ones that I both pray with and be silly with.
But I'm pretty much just typing whatever comes into my head.
I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas! I don't think I posted pretty much since the beginning of December (maybe? I'm too lazy to check). In one perspective, we had a quiet Christmas. In the other, we didn't. From my perspective, Christmas wasn't that much of an emphasis this December. I just have so many things to do with speech and schoolwork that it kind of got...not 'swallowed up', but more, well, I guess more realistic. I mean: really? Did Mary and Joseph really get into that 'Christmas spirit' and bake a bunch of cookies and completely take a vacation during Christmas? Uh, it's doubtful.
Okay, and I realize I'm sounding a little Scrooge-ish here. I LOVE Christmas. I of course love the whole reason why we celebrate it, but I also love the traditions. Cookies, advent wreaths, decorating, enchiladas, stockings, Christmas trees, the anticipation, the climax, so on and so forth, but I was doing some thinking during the season. I was a little discouraged about my lack of 'Christmas spirit'. Know what I mean? There just was this lack of complete envelopment in all things jolly and Christmas-y. But I realized that I shouldn't be disappointed in that I didn't have a picture-perfect holiday experience. After all, the original Christmas wasn't picture-perfect either.
You know what? I'm pretty much rambling here. Here's a toast: to a Happy Belated New Year, and may 2013 be a meaningful year to each of y'all!
Izori
