Daily Archives: 2 January 12

The old year ends and a new one has begun. For me, 2011 was a thoroughly mixed bag. I turned 30 and broke a bone for the first time about a week later, which resulted in a month away from work — not exactly the sort of vacation I had in mind. In March, I returned to work and began a two-month-long regimen of physical therapy. Some ongoing family issues continued to be troubling.

On a more positive note, we made an offer on and bought a house in a nice neighborhood, just a few doors up the street from a good friend from work. We took a week’s vacation in the mountains of western Maryland in October, just as the autumn leaves were at their prettiest. We celebrated our first Christmas in the new house with a live tree and good food.

I resolved last New Year’s never to make another New Year’s resolution ever again, and while it remains to be seen whether or not I hold myself to that commitment for the rest of my life, I did keep my word this year. There are things that I would like to accomplish this year: a few upgrades to the house, a more positive attitude towards both my domestic and working lives, lose a little weight, and, maybe, make the first steps towards taking the graduate-school plunge. I’m not going to hold myself to any of this, though. Sometimes life intervenes; sometimes you just have to go with the flow.

We woke up this morning to snow, which I was not expecting.