A Reflection of 2011

For the next 6 hours, a lot of people, myself included will be thinking about what they learned from 2011. This was a year of a lot of ups and downs. At the beginning of the year, Bobby was offered a job, which had taken a ton of stress off of my shoulders. Near the end of the year, he had to leave that job, therefore the stress was put back on. Thankfully, this year ended with another job offer and he starts on Tuesday. I was fortunate to bypass the layoffs that happened at SPPS in the spring because if that had happened to us, I don't know how we would have handled it. Although, that did happen in 2010 and we were fine.

This year, my 4 best friends all reached major milestones in their lives. One started a new relationship in February, one had a baby in March, one got married in April and one got engaged in December. I have never felt so much love and appreciation for my friends than I have this year. I had a lot of personal stuff going on and I've been so thankful that these 4 amazing women have been there for me.

Another awesome thing that happened is that my nephew, Xavier, was born on March 24. I admit, this was hard for me because of my strong desire to have my own child but knowing that we couldn't financially handle it. However, whenever I see him, my world is happier. He's the best thing that happened this year and I LOVE being an auntie!

In the spring, I decided to go on a quest to lose weight and get pregnant. That didn't work so well. I have the tools and I've been using them moderately, but not intensely, which is why I haven't seen much progress. We bought a new weight scale today because I've been using one that was my grandmother's and apparently it was off by about 15 pounds. I had a feeling that was the case, which means that I have to get intense now. Not because it's 2012, but because I finally feel like I can really do this.

In 2012, I really hope we can get back on our feet financially, and I can get going with my weight loss. I also hope to get pregnant, I don't know when and I'm not going to stress about it. Over the last 2 years, I've realized that everything really does happen for a reason. When it's the right time for us to get pregnant, we'll get pregnant. And when we do, it'll be wonderful.

I hope you all take the time to look back on the blessings you had in 2011 and look forward to new possibilities in 2012! Happy New Year to you all!