Byebye 2011, hello 2012.

So this post is about nothing really. There is nothing my amusing mind is musing that needs to be put into words. It’s just been a really, really long time since I’ve put up a post and the giggling idiot said I absolutely MUST post today. So I’m posting. Let’s just say this is a catch-up post.

2011 is drawing to a close, and I believe this year has passed by quicker than most. It feels like only yesterday that we did Secret Santa and went dress shopping and drove up to Lonavala to bring in 2011. And here we are again, dress shopping and figuring out NYE plans and presents. The year has been possibly one of the best in a really long time. Evidently, since I hadn’t even realized it had passed me by. You know what they say about good times flying by and bad times dragging on. Something like that.

What has this year entailed?

I’ve finally figured out what it is I really want to do. And it feels right somehow. I still have to give it a shot in the form of an internship or something to know FOR SURE that this is it, but for the most part it feels like it is.

I’ve been in a real long term relationship for the first time. One year and still going strong. Wowie. Now there’s something an itchy me would never have imagined possible. Itchy, as in having “the itch”. Some people have a 7 year itch; I used to have a 3 month itch. It’s gone now. I guess it was waiting for the right person.

I’ve been reading like a crazy person. For those who don’t remember, one of my resolutions was to read 24 books in the year 2011. I am currently 3-and-a-half books short of reaching that goal, and I am not happy about it. But still, I thought I wouldn’t even get halfway there. So getting to 21-and-a-half books is quite an achievement in itself. Here are some of the books I’ve read during the course of the year, in case any of you bookworms want some recommendations (I'd love some, in case you have any. Just drop them off as comments on this post!):

I’ve been swimming regularly. 10 laps every morning. Oh, the joy and the sense of fulfillment. Every time I fall into a routine of no-exercise, I forget how good it feels when I get into one. Vicious cycle, that one. So now, I just keep in mind how good it feels to start my day with a dose of exercise and it enables me to get out of bed.

The last few weeks of December are going to be so much fun, that I can’t contain my excitement. The SSU completes 40 years of existence, two dear friends tie the knot, then there’s my absolute favourite time of the year – CHWIIISTMAS! And then there’s a short stretch of travel lined up after. All in all, a brilliant end to this year and a fantastic welcome to the next!

What do I expect from 2012?

I’d like to continue with the tchah and muah moments of the wonderful relationship with the wonderful giggling idiot. Although I could do with fewer tchahs on the whole. I’m sure he could too.

I’d like the pool at the club to reopen at the earliest so I can get back to the swimming routine. These last few weeks have not been nice. I feel rusty and bleh.

I’d like to continue reading as much as I possibly can. Diaryface, the only person I know who reads Tolstoy for fun, after attending her first week of Masters in a London University mailed me saying she’s wasted her time by not reading as much as her new classmates have. I’m a big reader, but if she felt like that, I don’t know what I’ll feel like when I go anywhere and people discuss books I’ve never read, so I’m trying to prevent that situation from ever arising by reading as much as I can while I still have time.

I’d like to start and finish the internship that will give me my “a-ha!” moment. Knowing FOR SURE that what I want to do is indeed what I want to do will be the icing on the cake.

That’s all for the catch-up post really. See you on the flipside of NYE! Or who knows, maybe the amusing mind will have something to muse about and say before that even.

Merry Christmas and a happy new year, everybody!