Hello 2007!

Dear Glob,

2006 was a roller coaster year for me: Super happy high points and free falling pits of despair. In addition to Karma and Horoscopes, I’m a staunch believer in Biorhythm. As a Little Chewie, I clearly remember when my eldest sister, P., explained life’s cyclical ups and downs in classic TV moment style. I was having a bad day (something monumental in the eyes of a kid, like falling off my bike or losing a quarter) and P. assured me that I was just in the lower trenches of my Biorhythm. She assured me that since so many “bad” things had already happened I was now definitely on the upswing, and sure enough in a couple of days I was back to my happy-go-lucky self.

As I grew older and, arguably, wiser, I modified this theory to factor in degrees of happiness/sadness: The higher the rise, the harder the fall. Some years were marked by a mellow Biorhythm, where I complacently coasted through the months in a general serene state. Events weren’t GREAT, but then again they weren’t HORRIBLE, you know? This past year I dug myself in a really deep hole. I was a raging alcoholic, who didn’t know where I was half the time. Alienated, horribly lost and just bent out of shape, I made some big changes and decisions and slowly climbed out of the pit, ultimately to a point of lucid happiness. By the final months of 2006, my Biorhythm evened out and I was back to the chill state of life I find myself in today. Retrospectively, I learned a whole lot about myself during my year of self-destruction/discovery, and finally feel that I’m walking in the right direction, albeit in Baby Steps. So I cheer to you 2007 – bring on the life lessons and, if its not too much trouble, happy moments to balance out the bad.

My New Year’s Resolutions (and, Mr. 2007, I’m not asking for crazy things like winning the Lottery, but for reasonably attainable goals):

1. Be a good Tita Chewie (Bun – where are you?!??! Come soon!)
2. Rejoin an orchestra – Yay Violas!
3. Ride an Airplane/Travel at least twice this year (Bonus points if I need my passport)
4. Fit comfortably into my pants (by restraint, ha!, or running)
5. Learn a new skill
6. Watch the Knicks in the NBA Playoffs
7. Find a job that doesn’t make me feel like a bad person every morning/has regular hours (*and I’m almost there… cross your fingers)
8. And, of course, regularly update my Glob