Our bruises are coming, but we will never fold

I woke up bright and perky at 5am from not-partying last night, and my first customer this morning was a sweet regular, who always has a smile for me and while he was stirring cream into his coffee he said, "Rachel do you have any resolutions this year?"
And I smiled and said, "Oh I don't know, I'm on a diet, I guess."
I reciprocated the question, and he said, "Well, you probably won't get it out of me. It's a little bit emotional." He went through a really sad divorce this last year, and I didn't even want to start to ask, so I just said, "I suppose we all have a secret resolution that we don't want to tell anyone about." And he smiled and wandered out of our store, into the cold dark morning, but with coffee in his hands.


And at least sometimes, if you have to start all over from the beginning, you should be doing it with a strong cup of coffee. ((Or whiskey)) Whichever the time of the day calls for.

 

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This year, I suppose what I really want is to finish paying off my Europe vacation, and save more money for more trips.  
I want to run hundreds  more  miles.
 I want to jump into mountain lakes. 
Want to go to dance clubs.  
Want to run through the fields of my grandfather's farm.  
Want to drink margaritas on warm summer nights and not think about opening at Starbucks the next day.
 I will enjoy all the wonderful winter days of hot coffee and electric blankets.  
Want to get inspired to really write again.

I feel that I am starting this year so healthy.

Last summer was pretty rough to figure out what I was doing.
I would say, up to September, I was starting to get pretty depressed, and considering joining the army (and other brash life changes...) because of being done with college and basically being done, therefore, with my childhood and adolescence. This is the dawn of adulthood and I am really bad at it.
I am good at living in my parents' basement.
I am good at following the rules and the speed limit, and not going out on dates with good looking guys. I can do all of that really well.

So I don't know if God wants to change any of that in the near future, but I am enjoying a season of rest, and good mental health.
Not drinking as much.
Running and building muscles and mailing letters.

So here is to 2013.....may the days be merry and bright.