Welcome to 2015

Yep, it's been a while. We rang 2015 in with good food, friends, family, and fun. Games, our favorite videos of the year. Kind of like that tradition. Nice way to pass the last few minutes before the official "ring in".

J and I have been enjoying our time in the evenings together. He's currently not in a show, so it is a little strange to have him in the evenings, but fun all the same. We can actually work on things or plan other things without too much interruption.

I've started clogging again. Just for fun at the moment. Not sure how my body is taking it, but I had a really "rude awakening" when I started up again. Things jiggled and shook than never did before. Wow, I've really let myself go. . . and I thought I was doing well on that front. Time to start it up again. Clogging is helping, but we're looking into other options (since I HATE the environment of a gym).

I do have one big announcement for 2015:
I'm starting my Masters program. I'm doing it online, 1 class at a time. I was never a very good student and classroom settings give me anxiety at times, so I'm trying the online route to see if that is any better for me. 1 class every month, all online, and however fast or slow I want to take that class. We'll see how I feel in a couple months once the groove is set in, but that is the biggest news I've got so far.

J and I are gearing up for another few conventions this year and I think that J even wants to try for another Trifecta in the Spartan Races this year too. Tough thing behind that though is the biggest race isn't local this year. He's got to travel for that and we are trying to see if I can make it so I can drive (considering how bad he felt at the end of it last year, I want to do that for him).

Teaching is. . .well, teaching. If I could make as much money as I make currently doing something else--something that I actually like--I would leave teaching in a heartbeat. But I can't, so I continue to do it. Some of the faculty members at the school I teach at have said that this year I seem "walled off" or "not social-able". First off, I never chatted with them last year. Secondly, when all I hear from them is complaining, why would I want to sit and chat--I hear enough complaining in my own classroom. Thirdly, I wouldn't considering them my friends, and only my friends and family need to be privy to what is going on in my life. Just because I answer the question of "what are you and your husband up to?" with "stuff to further our careers" and don't want to speak more on the subject, should be a clue as to whether or not you are part of the circle of people who get to know.

Oh well. Life is moving on. New things are on the horizon, I can feel it. I'm going to try and fill this year with fun, family, friends, food, and love--just the way it was brought in.