...Except replace LBC with "my life," and you'll have an accurate picture of my 2010. Actually, lately it seems like alot of people around me have been dealing with various levels of suckitude as well. What gives, 2010?
From job rejections, to manuscript rejections, to housing-related woes, I'm pretty ready to say goodbye to this year. I got proposed to on January 5th. Lost the ring on January 8th, and it's been downhill ever since. Okay, that's not completely true. I did eventually find the ring (Matt found it, actually, two weeks later, in the street, on a thaw day after alot of snow had melted), and found a (second) part-time job. I did receive a few encouraging ms rejections that convinced me that my work wasn't utter shite and hooked up with two writing groups (one real life, one online) to help me start a new project and polish my work. And, of course, I am still happily engaged. But I definitely don't feel like planning a wedding while so many other aspects of my life are unsettled.
I'm a big fan of publicly broadcasting New Years resolutions, I mean, I'm kind of a big fan of publicly broadcasting my life (hello, blog readers!). But this year I'm keeping it simple:
1. Wear more dresses (This was a resolution last year but I actually don't think I wore a single dress in all of 2010. Isn't that weird and kind of sad? I will definitely rectify this - for real - in 2011)
2. Finish and query a novel (and, if I'm thinking big, get an agent and sell it for "pay off my student loans with a single check" kind of money)
3. Find an apartment where I wouldn't mind spending the next 4 years, approximately the time left in Matt's program. I haven't lived in any single residence for longer than 2 years since 2000. I'm getting to old for this.
4. Get my finances in order. This should probably be number 1, since it will affect both number 3 (Ann Arbor is expensive, remember?) and number 1 (who wants to wear boring old dresses?)
5. Buy a car. This is the lowest priority of all, and is heavily dependent on number 4. But, as has been well documented here, the only thing I like less than driving is driving a stick shift. I desire an automatic car almost as much as I desire in-unit laundry. Maybe this is the year to make both of those dreams a reality.
Who else is making resolutions. What you got?