Chinese, Champagne, and Chillaxing! :) That is how Paul and I rang in the new year. It honestly was so nice to stay in after a week skiing in Vail (pics to come!).
I have a small superstition when it comes to New Year's Eve. I think that whatever you are doing at exactly midnight will set the tone for the year to come. For example, I rang in 2010 by having a fun, crazy, exciting night with Paul in Atlanta - and 2010 in a nutshell was just that - fun, crazy, and exciting. If I wasn't flying up to Boston to see Paul, I was getting ready for him to visit for the weekend or packing to meeting him in another city. Then I moved!...got a new job, moved in with a new roommate, all the while trying to keep my identity in Paul's city. 2010 was definitely a year to remember.
I entered into 2011 feeling completely relaxed, content, and grateful. Instead of buying a new dress, going to a ritzy dinner, and spending too much on a ticket to a downtown bash(which is what we did last year - and was so much fun and definitely worth it), this year we threw on comfy clothes, picked up a $10 bottle of champagne, bought $40 worth of Chinese food, and purchased 5 mega million tickets.
The Mega Millions jackpot was up to $242M last night and they announced the winning numbers around 11:20 pm. I have never really gambled, I wasn't even sure what "quick pick" meant, but it was actually exciting to think "what if...." but right before the numbers were announced - Paul looked at me and asked how I thought our lives would change if we won...then he quickly said "I don't want to win, I want things to stay the same." (Sorry Paul..I had to document that..I can't help that you said it!) After he said that, I smiled really big and said that I feel the same way, which leads me to my New Year's Resolution...
Being that I was relaxed, content, and grateful at exactly 12:00:01 am on 1/1/2011...I'm hoping that the year 2011 with follow suit. I plan to relax more, or in other words, to not sweat the small stuff because it's all small stuff; to be content with what I have, and also what I don't have because I really don't need all that much; and to be grateful for where I am in my life, I couldn't be in a better place at 24 and I need to slow down and realize that more often, instead of always looking ahead to what is next.
However you rang in the new year - I hope you are excited about what 2011 holds for you!
