Every year around December people around the globe begin to decide what their personal goal for the upcoming year will be. Will it be to join a gym and lose ten lbs? Will it be to be more positive? Will it be to spend less money and more time with your family? Each personal goal or project represents more than just a new year but it represents the ability for each and every one of us to have what we feel is a new start. It is a way for us to take the cold drab of December and turn it into something great, a new chapter in each of our lives.
While many people do not believe in the malarkey of the New Years Celebrations and Resolutions, I do. Now, I have spent the New Years Celebration in many different ways. I spent it drunk in a hot tub with hometown friends, at a crowded bar with blaring music and a champagne toast, and best of all I have spent it in Times Square. However, no matter how you spend it there is nothing like staying up late watch Dick Clark count down to midnight, the ball dropping, and having the perfect midnight kiss with your loved one.
This New Years Eve was by far the least eventful, it actually included cleaning my room and watching football, but I did walk away from it with a great New Years Resolution. I will be more adventurous in 2011.
In the summer of 2009, right after I graduated college, I spent the summer really living in the moment and flying by the seat of my pants. While, there is no way I can entirely go back to this haphazard life style I am going to do what every mature adult does, I am going plan to be more adventurous. =)
Adventure #1:
My boyfriend and I completed adventure #1 of my New Years Resolution this weekend. He was given free Redskins/Giants tickets for being an amazing salesman at his company. We (more so me) decided that since we didn’t do anything crazy on NYE we were going to spend the weekend in Alexandria and attend the football game. We drove up and spent Saturday night in a hotel and bar hopped in Old Towne Alexandria/ The National Harbor in MD. Both locations were a blast and we actually got to sit next to two Redskins players, DeAngelo Hall and Brian Orakpo.
Game day we slept in super late and then went to a local hockey bar to watch the Vikings game. We met some locals, drank some beers, and had an overall fun time. However, the game was the opposite experience. Being rookies to FedEx Field, we parked approximately 2 miles away and walked through ridiculously drunk fans in the rain only to get to a massive amount of a cluster *beep* disaster that was the “special” line for the club level tickets. I felt as special as an old dirty penny. After being groped by the security guard lady we got to the seats where we found the Redskin’s fans to be overly “rednecky” and obnoxious and this is coming from me who frequents Yankee Stadium (home of the most obnoxious fans). We ended up leaving at half time and driving home to watch the Seahawks v. Rams game which was a pretty good game even though we rooting for the Rams and they lost.
While the game was not the best experience it was fun to have my first adventure of the year and I am super excited for more adventures to come.
But it is not too late for all my stragglers out there. Pick a New Years Resolution and stick to it. Have your fresh beginning and really enjoy it. =)
