Happy New Year!

I hope it's happy.  I'm so ready to be happy again.  I need to get there.  I'm trying as hard as I can to not think about Shawn anymore and not dwell on what happened.  I did alright today.  Whenever I start to go there in my head I just make myself think of something else.  Which is tough, especially since our favorite show, Community came back tonight and I sat here alone watching it.  The last time Community premiered I sat here waiting for Shawn to come on Skype so we could watch it together...and we all know how that worked out.

New Years eve was fun, but incredibly cold.  I mean, I knew going into it that seeing Hanson next to a lake at night in freezing weather wasn't going to be the best experience, but I love them and I had to do it.  But I won't lie, it was pretty awful.  I mean, the show was good and I loved spending time with Ashley, but I don't think I've ever been so cold in my life.  Hanson didn't go on until 10:30 and we got there at 9.  Before Hanson even came on my feet were basically frozen (even with two pairs of socks and my warmest boots).  I welcomed any song where we were encouraged to jump up and down.  We also stood in the front row right next to the speaker and that really impaired my hearing.  Everything was muffled that night and most of yesterday.  When we finally got to the warm bus that shuttled us back to Ashley's car, my feet hurt terribly as they thawed out.

Was it all worth it?  I'm going to go with yes.  Because I just love Hanson so much.  But I really hope the next time I see them outdoors it's between the months of April and September.

We're having a pretty serious snow storm at the moment.  Serious as in the whole state in under a now emergency.  It's days like today that I'm very happy to live so close to work.  Instead of getting up and shoveling the driveway and getting snow off my car I just walked instead.  Which wasn't awesome, but hey, I just stood outside for over 3 hours in freezing weather by a lake, so I can handle any cold that's thrown at me. My neighbor even snow blowed my driveway again for my tonight.  Of course it's still going to snow all night, but it will make things a little easier for me tomorrow.

So, I'm doing okay, I think.  I've started Jillian Michael's 30 Day Shred and I'm pretty motivated to keep up with it.  I'm on day 6 or 7.  I've tried to start it in the past, but I always give up on it.  I'm hoping I can stick with it this time.

I'm also considering online dating again.  But I don't know.  We'll see.

2014 is alright so far.  But I'm only 2 days in.

Here's a little collage of pictures from New Years Freeze.