Happy New Year!

Happy New Year's everyone. It is just past 2PM here in Korea on New Year's Day - midnight New Year's Eve back at home. I just watched the ball drop in New York thanks to live streaming on the internet. I cannot say enough how wonderful technology is. New Year's has never been a big holiday for me. I tend to think of it as overhyped and often a let down. That's why I opted for a quite night in watching the Gossip Girl marathon on OnStyle instead. I binged on junk food with a vow to eat less of it (but not none of it, because - seriously? never going to happen) in the new year.

I definitely do not regret my decision, given that I was able to get up this morning before 9AM, hang over free. I even got in a small work out!

The whole idea of New Year's has not been entirely lost on me, however. I have caught myself thinking about the past year and the future a few times over the last few days. It is still a bit incredible to me that this time last year I had not even considered Korea as an option, yet alone planned to be here. I was working at Chapters with no plans beyond heading to camp that summer. Now I'm on the other side of the world, having a great time and wondering why I didn't decide to do this two years ago.

I'm not making resolutions... I never keep them. I am, however, going to try and continue this little mission to better myself this year. It shouldn't be too difficult; most of the things I want to try and do are things I have been missing anyway. This means getting more active again, cutting back on the comfort food, eating more vegetables, etc. I am also going to take an AQ course in Special Education from Queen's so I can have a foot in the door when I apply for teaching jobs back home. I started most of these things in the last week or so, so I am allowed to say they aren't resolutions.

Not much exciting on tap for this week. I finally get a bank account and, more importantly, a pay cheque to put in it mid-week. Katie and I are going to see Avatar in 3D on a little play date, and I am going to sort out my expenses so I can start saving for China, paying off my student debt and possibly saving for a trip to Thailand before I head back to Canada. Hope your holidays were great and have a Happy New Year.