A New Beginning

Today is the last day of 2009. I don’t think I’ve ever looked forward to a year ending more than I have this year. Tomorrow will be a new year and a fresh start. In the New Year, there are many things that we hope to accomplish and there are many things that we are hoping to put behind us. This has easily been the hardest year of our lives. Between, Casey’s unemployment and the battle with Cancer I wasn’t sure if my hope would survive. We’ve had to stop and take a step back and really reassess what is important in our lives. We’ve made cutbacks, we’ve struggled, but through it all we’ve learned something very important. All those little things that we let bother us don’t mean anything in the scope of things.

I’ve really come to realize how negative I am about everything, blogging about what’s been happening has really helped me be more positive and let myself hope. I don’t make New Year’s Resolutions. But, this year I am going to make an exception. My biggest resolution for the year, is to stop being so negative. This is going to be really hard for me, but I’m looking forward to putting this year behind me and moving on with my life.  I hope that the New Year will bring us bigger and better things. Hopefully, we’ll finally sell our house, and Casey will find a job that he actually likes doing. Maybe, there’s a miracle in store for us. We’ll just have to wait to see. Unlike years past, I have a lot of hope for the New Year. I know it has to get better from here.

Another resolution, which Casey and I have already begun, to work on, is getting back into a healthy routine. I’ve returned to Weight Watchers, and I’m hoping to pick up where I left off and shed even more pounds. I already feel so much better after all the holiday binge eating, my body is getting back to normal and I’m back on my workout schedule at the gym. Joining the Y in September was one of the best things we did this year. It’s been such a positive experience. I actually look forward to going to my cardio classes, and I don’t feel like I’m forcing myself to do something I don’t enjoy anymore. Casey plans to start incorporating more running into his workouts and also wants to eat healthier. Two years ago when I first started Weight Watchers, we really learned a new way of eating. We’ve learned so much over the past two years and of course it’s easy to fall back into old habits but we’re going to try and keep on track this year.

So 2010, I hope you live up to our expectations because we’re really looking forward to this being a great year.

Happy New Year!

Love,

Jennifer & Casey