Reach Bear

December has been a very interesting month for me and it's hard to believe it's almost over.
I told my roommate earlier how I feel like it was just January 2008 yesterday. The winter went by with a new job, the spring flew away with moving across town, the summer disappeared with a relationship, fall came and went with a few drunken nights and suddenly it's Thanksgiving and I'm getting a tattoo.
But this isn't my goodbye 2008 entry.
This is the beginning of something better.

After a week of vacation from work earlier this month, I got in a horrible bike vs. car accident that left me with two broken ribs, a fractured left scapula and a fractured left anterior tibial spine (basically, a part of your knee.) Also pretty sure I bruised my tailbone (or fractured it, who knows.)

So I took another two weeks off work and moved myself and my cat back to my folks house since I was wheelchair bound for a good 4 days.
During which Christmas happened. I ate, I saw an old friend, and I finally got a working digital camera. I also watched an INSANE amount of cable television. Honestly, I cannot take any more VH1 Top 100 ANYTHING lists. Reality television is the devil. And the movie Twilight is beyond ridiculous. But oh such a guilty pleasure.

I am finally back in Chicago and heading back to work for the first time in three weeks.
and I've already started a slew of resolutions for myself including:

-drinking less
-knitting more
-meeting new people
-deleting people from my phone who I shouldn't talk to
-working out more (once I can)

and of course

-writing more

I need to stick to writing something once a day.
I have new inspiring music. I need to get creative again instead of just getting sloppy drunk and falling asleep depressed.

I have a crush and that feeling alone makes life exciting.

I also went and saw the film, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
I went alone so if I cried, no one would see me.
And I did.
The film is incredibly touching. A bit long but it needs to be. It's beautiful, whimsical and heartbreaking. The hummingbird damn near killed it for me, but I still enjoyed it. But don't listen to my review or any review. Watch it for yourself. And if you like Bolt better, well hey, that's you.
Only, pee before hand and don't drink too much. Or you might miss the part where Brad Pitt is looking his best.

Today was one of those days where you talk so long with someone, that you close down a cafe and are the last ones to leave while the workers clean up around you.
A day when the sun is shining, and cooking and watching a movie are accomplishments that you are proud of.

also, visiting Milwaukee was amazing. The art museum there literally inspired me. I need to travel more, even if it's to a place close to me that I've never seen before.


Routine begins again tomorrow but I plan on changing it a bit.
More reading on the train that I now have to take.
More tea at all hours of the day.
And more writing any random thought. Even if I only have a sentence.
Tonight, I had slightly more than that.