Thankful!

Another year, another opportunity to be so ever thankful. I truly have reason this year to be so more than ever. Well...I'm just getting ahead of myself. I've had wonderful years in the past as well, but this year was just a lil different.
Of course to top my list of the things I'm thankful for is me getting to visit Paris and my family there.
The year started off a lil rough for me with things not going my way, but it seems to be ending on quite a high note.
You know what?! Let me cut to the chase. My visit to Paris made the year for me. It might just have made it for my lifetime as well. This visit really overshadowed everything this year. It meant the world to me to have gotten the chance to meet and spend time with my cousins.
My completing the MS150 comes in second, but a distance second to Paris. I’m so thankful that I completed this ride with such ease. I had no real pain as others had. I felt so good after completing this event that I’ve signed up for another year…just to prove to myself that this wasn’t a fluke.
My birthday!...it was one to remember! I went kayaking. Did things for the first time I wanted to do. Oh…it was great!
Finally, I’m so thankful for my seniority award with my company. It’s not everybody that achieves this in today’s “come and go” work ethics. I’m glad the company had remained loyal to me as I have with them. Although I haven’t actually received my award (I was in Paris at the time the event took place), the achievement is still there in the record books.
Let’s hope next year will be even better!

Slacking

I know I haven't been keeping up with my blogs but that's cuz I've been working too dang much. I've been working day and nights!...and I'm starting to get worned out. Even with that said...I just haven't had much to write about since coming back from Paris. I guess nothing is even worth talking about after that...hahaha.
But one thing for sure is....I've been missing the heck out of my cousins from Paris. I keep thinking of the wonderful time we had with each other...and keep yearning for the day I'll be back. I've never missed anybody as much as I have missed them.
Well, enough rambling about that.
The company Xmas party is coming up soon. I'm looking forward to that. Then shortly after, I get to celebrate my seniority award celebration. I missed the October celebration, but there's another one in January that they're allowing me to attend.
I guess Thanksgiving is around the corner. A few days away to be exact. I don't even feel like it's the holiday season. My mind really has been lost and can't seem to find its way back.
O...last week I returned to the Tx Ren Fest even though I said I wouldn't. Yeah...I'm a hypocrite for this one. But one thing I discovered is why I hated this festival from all the years pasts. It's cuz all the years that I attended, I did it on a Saturday. This is the worst day to attend this event. This year, I went on a Sunday and I didn't bitch once about being there. I usually enjoy my time there, but always hated the getting there and leaving there parts. This year....no problems all around. I think that if I ever return...it will have to be on a Sunday...never again Saturday.
Illenny had a friend visiting from Venezuela named Anna. I kept thinking that day that this girl reminds me of someone, but couldn't put my finger on who.
This weekend, we all met up for some Dim Sum. The second I saw Anna out of costume...I finally knew who she reminded me of. She reminded me of this girl I once knew named Caroline. We had somewhat of a past. We grew up together until I moved out of the apartments and then met again in high school. Didn't really get to know each other until college...but that was short lived, but I don't think that we ever really stopped caring for each other even though we had our differences.
But Anna was very nice looking. I definitely like!
Well, I guess that's it for now.

Home Sick

Gosh...I miss my family in Paris so much. It's been weeks now that I have return from my "dream" trip to Paris and I can't get them out of my mind. I am constantly thinking about my cousins and the wonderful time we had with each other...in such a short period of time.
At first I was trying to forget rather than to remember cuz I was getting so depressed thinking about them all the time. Depressed in a good way of course. Nothing bad. It's like crying happy tears.
And now apparently I'm mean for trying to forget. But it's obvious that I can't forget about them, so I figure why even bother. Just let it be. And now I'm all depressed again thinking about them.
I just love how they are so free and happy all the time. Sure...they might talk about the weirdest things, but at least they are comfortable in their own skin. I think that's what really made me fall for them. Just being comfortable in your own skin. I love that quality.
Well...sigh...
Even though I only got to spend 3 days with them...I felt right at home with them. Now that I'm back in the states...I'm feeling so home sick. Like I've left them to go work out of the country.
I can't wait for the day I return. I want to give them all a big huge hug!