New Year, New Start

So far, the start of 2010 has been.. well, not good. I mean, I've been surrounded by friends and family, and I've been well fed and loved.. so perhaps I'm being a little melodramatic. But let me explain. The first song I heard after midnight was Nickleback. The first image in my head is sets of barely clothed and barely coherent South Dakotas at Buck's in Sioux Falls (it's worse than the Char, people!). My first meal was McDonald's. Also my goal to have 20 followers by NYE didn't happen. And I haven't blogged in two days. Or opened a book. But I guess I did go to mass and I just ate a carrot, so maybe 2010 isn't completely hopeless. I guess we'll have to wait and see..

Happy New(ish) Year!

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