happy NEW year

Happy New Year! I can't believe it is already 2015. The passing of time is a spooky and sort of eerie idea - pretty incomprehensible to me in many ways. I don't understand how in one case time can move slower than a dog on ice and yet, after all the times this year that I couldn't wait to finally go to Italy or for summer to come or for Monday to be over, here we are in 2015 and I find myself wondering "where did all the time go?"

I don't want this to turn into me yammering on about all the things I should've done but didn't or how I'm worried that if time passes quickly now, how much more quickly it will pass as the years go by. No. I want to think about everything that I've loved and all the experiences I've had, rather than any supposed gaps.

I spent New Year's Day getting my crap together. The holidays got so busy and bit by bit I lost some of the control that I had over my small life. So, as I had the day off and for most of the day even had the house to myself, I took it back.

Things I did make my 2015 new:

ALL my laundry. {This is a truly incredible feat if you understand what my laundry process entails. I don't think I have had a time in months where all my clothes have been clean and I can LITERALLY wear anything I own. It's a nice feeling.}

Note: I never have billowing piles of laundry, but I wash many of my clothes on delicate cycles and hang dry them. I am a laundry nazi. 

Cleaned out my crazy papers. {I filed all my annoying documents that I have to keep but that I usually just pile on my desk "to do something with later."}

Dusted and vacuumed my room. {Scary.}

Didn't leave the house once. {I sort of got dressed, if you count getting dressed as changing from my pajamas to work out leggings and jacket and socks.}

Organized some bins and found long lost journals. {Journals I've been looking for since I moved here!}

Sang and danced at the top of my lungs. {To who else but T Swift?}

Went to the bathroom with the door open. {One of the most liberating things in my opinion.}

And finally...

Finished Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. {and sobbed on the couch.}

All in all, a perfect day.

I think I'm ready for you, 2015. I'm still a little nervous for you, but at least I'm ready.

"Of course it is happening inside your head, Harry, but why on earth should that mean that it is not real?" - Albus Dumbledore