January 1, 2010 to January 3, 2010
Happy New Year!!!!! Can you believe it's the year 2010?? Crazy, right?!? So exciting though! My New Year's resolution: Don't dwell on the past! You can't change it. Right now and the future can only get better! I feel 2010 is going to be a good year for me! I'm ready to take in all of the challenges and excitements that lie ahead of this new and fantastic year! My cousin and his now fiance got engaged on New Year's Eve! So, that's really exciting! Congratulations to them! My cousin had their little baby boy walk the ring over to Sam in a little bag and hand it to her! So cute!
My New Year's Eve was rather interesting. After settling some boyfriend drama--not with me! God, no! This year my New Year's Eve was happily boyfriend/drama free! Nice change of pace! The night proved to be interesting. Belly dancers, cross-dressing singers, and guests in jeans and sweatshirts only intensified mine, Caitlin's, and Dyanna's evening! It was quite comical! It was a party put on by the Des Moines Social Club. Note to self: never got there again. Not my kind of scene.
My last night in Des Moines was spent none other than downtown! We go to Johnny's then hit up Liar's Club. I need a little dancing before I came back. Guess who was there? Dudes who looked like they were from the Jersey Shore! LOL! So, I start intensely fist pumping while shaking my booty! They thought I was being serious and start doing it with me! No, no gentlemen. I'm making fun of your overly tanned body, highly gelled hair, bulging biceps, and Ed Hardy t-shirts. You're in IOWA. None of this is even cool in New York City, let alone in the cornfield state! Some people. I tell ya'.
Leaving Iowa is bittersweet. I'm sad to go, and I obviously cried, because that's what I do, but I'm also excited to get back to New York! Airports just suck anyway, but in Chicago, we were delayed by two and a half hours! Blah! Blah! Blah! For an hour and a half of that, we sat in the "penalty box" on the runway. No fun! I finally get into NYC around midnight. I've never been so happy to see my clean apartment. I just sat and soaked it in for a bit! Relaxation. Finally. Airports take it out of you!
Note to self: during my whole trip back home was this: Don't EVER move back here or to a place where the weather drops below 20 degrees! What is up with the -12 degree temperatures. My whole body hurt and I couldn't breathe, just when I stepped outside. It's completely unnecessary. So, for those of you who wondered why I moved...it's this number one reason right here! I HATE COLD! It's stupid. My kids will never grow up knowing the change of seasons. The only seasons you need to know about are Spring and Summer! Maybe a hint of fall, but only until mid-October. If it gets like this in NYC, I'm not coming out of my apartment until July, after I thaw myself!