To be honest, 2013 was kind of a boner. 2013 kinda sucked. I am a practical optimist, however, so here is my recap of 2013 and hope for a prosperous 2014:
- I DID meet my goal of not taking up smoking in 2013, since I didn’t smoke in the first place. Well done, me, for setting a goal I could achieve!
- I didn’t get any cancer this year, which is always a bonus.
- Thank goodness I’m no where closer to fitting into the clothes in my closet than I was on January 1, 2013. Otherwise, I would have no plausible reason to buy new clothes I can’t afford.
- We rented our house, which was a huge relief, albeit a bittersweet one. We are comfortably settled into our down-sized existence and it feels pretty good.
- I’m still looking for a great job, but it is bound to turn up one of these days. Maybe I left it in the closet I keep meaning to clean out? Wouldn’t that be ironic!
- I have a new year to figure out how to publish my book. Yes, that again. Still.
- An employed McCoy is destined to be less elusive than a Big Foot sighting in 2014.
- It’s a new year for me to figure out another creative way to drop my iPhone into a toilet. At least I have a warranty now. Why can’t they design one that can survive a four second dunk in swirling toilet water? Is that really too much to ask?
- I traveled to San Francisco twice in 2013.
- We nabbed five more states for my children’s United States travel goal, (New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and Utah) including the kidnapping adventure in October to California. Also, I didn’t lose track of any of my children in 2013 or leave anyone at a rest stop.
- I’m still married, and have plans to continue to be married in 2014!
- My kids are in good health. None are in juvie or threatening to get an ass tattoo. I don’t even know anyone in jail anymore.
- Thigh gap still eludes me, but you know what? Fuck thigh gap!
- My kids are fucking amazing and fun to be around.
- I still can’t figure out how to style my hair after all this time. Seriously, someone send Clinton and Stacey.
- I redesigned the blog in 2013 and increased blog traffic by the tens. Please, someone read me! Share me!
- I now have as many twitter followers as my 77 YO mother would have if she were on Twitter. Kicking ass. Taking names. Please, someone follow me!
- 2013 was a banner year for friendships, but I realized I have enough material to make an entire post about friendships, so that’s up next.