Kae-dizzle: 2008.... o dear

So it's my first post of 2008. I guess it's time to look back on 2007 and figure out what I need to change.

What happened in 2007...

-We got Kodi which is one of the best things that has ever happened.

-But two weeks later, my grandmother died in hospice. I was the only grandchild there when it happened and it changed the way I think of everything. I find myself thinking about her at the strangest time, like when I'm driving up to State. I remember the drive home from state on a Thursday to attend her viewing and funeral. The thoughts that you think of, the way you look at people on the road, wondering what just happened in their lives, if anything. Or I think about her when I'm flipping through the channels and I land on Monk. She loved that show because it made her seem less crazy. It's gotten easier over time but you start to forget the way she laughed, or the way she smelled, or the way she would hug you. I just wish that I could see her for one more day just so I could grab one and give her the biggest hug and never let go. That's what I would do for that entire day.

-I turned 19, nothing special.

-I was promoted at work.

-I officially rented out my first house.

-I passed cell and molecular biology.

I guess that's all I can think of in 2007.

This break, I realized that I live so much in the future, but I also realized that that's okay. My dreams are to become somebody but I have to take baby steps to get there. I just can't wait until I'm like 28, with my two puppies and an amazing job, and a house all too myself. Overall though, I feel happier or at least calmer about life. Sometimes it's stressful, other times its not. I learned to appreciate the times that are simple and learned to breathe during the times that are complicated.

I want my Irish Wolfhound puppy and my Newfoundland at the same time.... and then my bulldog.

Here we go: