a new decade & a piece of me!

Happy New Year!

It's 2010 -- are you going to pronounce it two thousand and ten or twenty-ten? I'm trying to figure out this lingo for the 2000s and it's boggling my mind. Nevertheless, it's a new decade, a time for 'fresh starts' and all that jazz. Thanks for all of your 'happy new year!' wishes in the last post ... let's hope it will be full of happiness, health, and ... hot dogs (alliteration fail). Before I do a small recap on my New Year's festivities, I wanted to take part in a 'Piece of Me', a little thing to do at the start of the month by Notes from the Toothfairy. If you want to take part, just go to her blog!

This month....

I like: that there are so many birthdays (even though that means lots of gift-finding!), that I might finally go see Avatar, and that my new computer speakers from The Boy no longer pick up an oldies' radio station.

I don't like: that it's officially the start of my last term in uni, EVER. Might seem exciting, but in reality it scares the bejeesus outta me.

I want you to know: that I'm kind of glad to be graduating in a few months, but I'm terrified about my teacher's college acceptances (or lack thereof).

I've planned: to exercise, exercise, exercise ... and try to stay on top of schoolwork, while also consistently blogging so I don't leave long gaps of silence here.

I want to say to someone special: I'm so grateful for you and want to thank you for accepting my weirdness. And thank you to anyone who happens to vote for me here ... I'm happy you enjoy my newb ways.

It feels like things are already 'back to business' - I start classes in two days, and the holiday festivities are officially over. But that doesn't stop me from recapping my New Years'! It was a ton of fun, plus pretty low-key despite invites to go elsewhere. Me and The Boy decided to just go out for dinner and celebrate at home, and afterward my close friend and her boyfriend came over and we talked, drank some more champagne, and watched Stardust until 4 in the morning. Good times :) Warning: the flash here makes me look albino. I promise I'm a few shades darker, haha.

1) Our feast at the restaurant -- and The Boy attempting to stab me with a fork. Egad! The food was so delicious, and I tried goat cheese for the first time!
2) There were a bunch of balloons tied to tables and booths there, and The Boy asked if I wanted a balloon. We stealthily (is that a word? is now!) took them out of the restaurant and took a photoshoot with them while waiting for the bus (free transportation on New Years', woop). When we got onto the bus the bus driver said, "The buses are free tonight ... you didn't have to get me anything!" To which I replied like a five-year old, "These balloons are mine."
3) Happy New Year! Our kiss at midnight before we popped open the champagne :) We kept making toasts that night that were so sentimental, and I loved 'em.
4) Only one of the balloons had helium in it, and after midnight we decided to let it go from his rooftop. At first we thought it was just going to fall straight down but then it just wizzed out of the sky -- if it had a voice, I could picture it going weeeee! as it zoomed away.
5) My close friend and I :) We took this before Stardust and then took a whole bunch of pics afterward on her camera that make me smile. So glad I got to see her :)

How was your New Year's?

Are you excited for 2010?

Or could you really just not care?

Either way: here's to more coffee, more blogging, more craziness, and more good times ahead!


Hope you all have a great weekend!