Today is the last day of 2013 and this year has been a lot of things,
hectic, dramatic, sad, exciting, and happy. In my young 23 years I have yet to
date faced all the things that I have been forced to face in the past couple
months. I have seen the loss of an ex boyfriend, a dear family friend and a
grandma all of whom had made an impact on my life and in one way or another have
shaped me into the person I am today. I have spoken a lot to the troubles I had
and the issues I faced in each of their deaths. Although the year has been long
and sad it has seen some greatness. A good friend married her best friend and
it was a beautiful wedding, we managed to survive 5 days in New York and my
family has given me a year of constant laughter and love.
2014 will see me graduate from University and soon I will be booking my
flights for a three month adventure to Europe and ending in New York. We are
venturing back into New York because who wouldn't love to see New York during
the holidays?
It is easy to see how people are able to allow themselves to fall into
life after graduation. There are so many reasons as to why people just fall
into a job and responsibilities; already I am being critiqued on my willingness
to spend the money on a trip abroad opposed to putting it down on a house or a
vehicle. I cannot leave to Europe with a house or vehicle because you have so
few chances in life where you can get up and leave with no worries of payments
and unattended responsibilities. This is my argument I have this one chance for
this trip with no payments and no children.
The people telling me how stupid I am is not even the biggest issue
here, the biggest issue here is me. Always I am thinking about all the things
that can go wrong being in Europe or how it can be so much easier if I just
allow us to go for just six short weeks. I do not want six short weeks though,
I want nine or ten. I need this more than I am able to explain. This is my
treat to myself for six long years at University, six years working my butt off
and living like the stereotypical student. This is for me and my boyfriend is
just a nice add on who is coming along for the ride.
2014 I already see is bringing exciting new things, things that will
shape experiences that I will cherish for a life time. Goodbye 2013 you tried really hard to knock me on my ass but not this time. See you tomorrow 2014!
