Time is ticking...

Another year is beginning to slowly draw to an end. And once again, I'm stuck sitting around and wondering just where the time went. It seems like just yesterday it was December 31st, 2009, and I, as well as my 8 other family members, were all bunched up in the 1 bedroom apartment on Troy Ave, counting down the seconds to the New Year. We popped champagne and cried not only in sadness for those who couldn't make it with us to the new year, but in celebration, for we had each other, and managed to live to see another year.

I have to say 2010 brought about alot of changes. I turned 18. My aunts and uncles managed to move out that shoddy 1 bedroom apartment, to a spacious 3 family home. Out of most of my friends in the nursing program (the ones I liked, anyway), I made it out of the nursing program, but not without some cuts and bruises. I graduated high school. My father (FINALLY) loosened his grip on me, allowing me to enjoy my summer. I began going to college AND living on campus. (There's much more to this list, but I can't list them all.)

Now to some, the list may not seem that serious, but to me, it really is. To be honest, I never really thought this far. For some reason, whenever I'd daydream about my life, it'd always jump from high school, to the fantasy of my dream family. I never thought about the current process of having to attend college, get a degree in the career I want to pursue, and blah blah blah.


And now, as I lie here with sleep tugging at my eyes but never really taking over, I wonder. What will 2011 have in store for me? Who are the people that I'll be meeting? Who are the people I will be losing? Will I even make it to see the year after that? As some say, I should just let life do it's own thing, as I do my own. I'm all fine and dandy with that, but the thoughts still nudge.


On a little side note, my birthday is in 3 months. Meaning I'm going to be 19. I could SWEAR it was just yesterday I was turning 18, and I was being dogged down by the "lectures of life" that haitians love to give after you turn a certain age. And here I am, with another year slowly creeping up on me. I feel like time is ticking, but I don't know whether I want it to stop, speed up, or rewind (as if I have any of these options, haha.)


(Another side note :p) Some of you may be wondering why I haven't mentioned Christmas. I mean, to be honest, I am kinda looking forward to Christmas. But I haven't truly celebrated Christmas since I was 9, so for me, it's just another day on the calendar in my mind. Don't get me wrong, I love the festive feel that the holiday brings, but I don't get wrapped up in the different traditions that some people stress over untill they have gray hair.

In the end....22 days untill 2011 & 2 months and 11 days until my birthday.