It is the last 90 minutes of the year. The boys are totally occupied by the X-Box and I am happy for their company in my living room and the solitude their pastime affords me. People don’t realise it, but I like having the boys around. They make me feel less antisocial while still allowing me the freedom of doing whatever I like. I am comfortable around them. I am happy doing my thing while they trash talk each other ten feet away. And when I am done and it is time for bed, I go upstairs.
I have been giving 2009 due thought. At the beginning of 2008, I wrote this. Now, on the 31 December, I re-read it and reflect on the year gone past. As has become habit, yet another year has passed by far too quickly. I remember my interview with Darren Hayes so incredibly clearly and am shocked to realise it took place in January. This, I tell myself, is one of the things I love most about blogging. It is the ongoing chronicle of my life, the memory lane I occasionally, and most easily, traipse.
It has been a very good year. I think I’ve achieved much of what I set out to do at the beginning. I think I gave 2008 my all. Not in every aspect I’d hoped, but in many ways. And there’s always next year. You know what they say, better late than never.
For 2009, I think I want to challenge myself. I want to see myself doing things I never thought I could, or would. Exactly what that entails, I hope to figure out as I go along although I do already have a couple of things in mind. It’s a good thought to start the year with.
I read Jason Mraz’s blog, and this is what he had to say about ringing in the New Year. I’ve been thinking all day about how I’m going to cross over, but realise, now that the hour approaches, that I shall just leave it to circumstance. With the lack of any real direction in my ushering in of a brand new 365 days, I tell myself I will not, cannot, allow those 15 minutes or couple of hours to set the tone for the rest of the year.
J and K are on their way over. Together with the boys (including A, who is in town), we’ll make eight counting down in just a bit. Wherever you are, however you celebrate, a very Happy New Year to you. May 2009 be everything you hope it will be and more.
