Lessons learned in twenty-o-eight

So I wanted to do this at the beginning of the year or even at the end of last year, but it's February and I'm doing it now. I don't make New Years resolutions because I know I won't keep them. I guess I don't understand the whole I haven't exercised in the last 673 days, but on January 1st I am going to everyday for a year mentality. Maybe it's just me, but I have more of an I'm going to work at exercising more this year and see where that takes me mentality. But while I know not to make promises I'm not going to keep at the beginning of the new year, I also enter each year knowing that I'm going to learn so much.


Here are just a few of the lessons I learned in 2008:

• Life can be lousy and fantastic all in the same moment.
• Sometimes you just have to leap even if you have no idea what you're doing.
• People in Wisconsin say "I know, right?" far too often.
• I came from a piece of granite (because both granite and myself have calcium in us). Thank you JCC.
• Have faith even when nobody else believes.
• Some people are even better at putting up walls than I am.
• Staying busy helps me save money.
• I can get books for school a whole lot cheaper online.
• Even when you don't know how you're going to keep moving, you'll somehow find the strength.
• I can't always forget, but the remembering gets easier with time.
• Some kids have way too much energy at 6:30 in the morning.
• I don't want to be a teacher right now.
• You really can't please everyone (even if you try really hard).
• Sometimes, even if it's really not your fault, you're still going to get blamed (and there's nothing you can do but grin and bear it).
• Vampires don't go in the sunlight because they're sparkly.
• My mom can knit.
• Long train rides by yourself are incredibly boring.
• Never take an exit unless you know where it leads and where you're going.
• Some things are worth it, even if the ending sucks.
• Smart people go to bed before 2:00am.
• I will probably never grow out of my "clumsy phase" or my "awkward stage."
• Believe it or not, some people really do know how you feel.

Again, that's not all of them...just some of the highlights. I can't wait to see what I learn this year!