Month 1 of 12 – “I get by with a little help from my friends”

I am officially 1 month into 26. Ahh! Technically it was a few days ago, but I haven’t had any internet at home for a few weeks so that makes blogging a bit harder. I did write this on the 12th though to be fair. ANYWAY, I feel like I have been learning a lot this month. I guess we are always learning something (learn something new every day…blah blah…right?) but I want to try and reflect a little more on what it is I am learning this year. Really, I just thought it would be a good way to document what’s going on in my life, and since I am not good about keeping up with the blog, I am hoping that if I go month by month through my 26th year of life, that perhaps I will actually be able to keep up with it. We’ll see…GET ON TO ME IF I DON’T! Could be kinda neat to see what I’ve learned at the end of a year. No? This month has been SO crazy and has had SO much going on that I have been really stretched. Some of these things are things I’ve already known but have really hit home this month. Some are new. Some will only mean something to certain people. Some I’m sure everyone can understand. Some serious, some silly. Anyway, just thought I would put a little of it out there.

*I HATE that I had to turn 26 but I can’t stay 25 no matter how hard I try.
*My birthday is important to me. Not getting gifts, not having a big deal made, but being with the people I care about really matters to me on (or around) my birthday. More so than I thought at least. I very much wish I did not care.
*It’s so freaking cool to see your best friend since the age of 11 have a baby bump!
*I can’t read books too close to when the movie version comes out or I think of all the great parts of the story that were left out.
*Cruises are so much fun but I would rather go to one fun tropical place and stay.
*Swimming with dolphins is an amazing lifetime experience.
*The IPhone is probably one of the greatest inventions ever.
*It’s nice to be appreciated as a teacher by your friends. Especially when it means you get a four-course meal in a private room at a restaurant. ☺
*Moving apartments and moving classrooms at the same time in a matter of two weeks really isn’t a great idea.
*When moving, just expect that everything, and I do mean EVERYTHING (hence the no internet, and that’s just the beginning), can go wrong.
*When you live alone you must watch your toilet paper supply closely since you can’t borrow your roommate’s anymore!
*I can’t get enough of my classes at the gym, especially when I have friends to take them with. Seriously, I smile practically the whole time I’m there.
*Having no Internet, besides on your phone, for 2 weeks is extremely annoying.
*I need to rely less on the internet.
*I have some really amazing friends and people in my life that are my absolute support system – hence the title (I already knew this but just reminded of it once again).
*My girl friends are really good listeners and are so much fun to be around.
*My boy friends are too plus they give added insight and advice.
*Having great guy friends (and parents!) also makes moving much easier!
*My tv is stuck to my tv stand. Literally. I guess one day I will have to figure out how to get it undone.
*I am absolutely, totally and completely not in control.
*This is hard for me, but I'm working on it b/c it's easier to just let it go. (Ex 1 of MANY - There's nothing I can do about the fact that my furniture is backordered and a month later than expected so my mattress and everything in my dresser are on the floor...soooo...just go with it!)
*You can learn a lot about being easy going and laid back once you figure this out.
*Patty Griffin and John Mayer are so talented. (Yes, I listened to both before now but gosh I really have appreciated their music the last few weeks)
*Life REALLY is a set of seasons. Not the weather kind...just sayin'
*I stink at golf but have so much fun going out to the course with my friends.
*A lot can happen and change in the course of a year. Or in the course of a month. Heck even in the course of a week.
*Words can do a lot of damage so speak carefully.
*I now understand what exactly the playground, tookie, fishing, tubing, scuba, snorkeling, bibbity bob, the dollhouse, tea party, dosie doe and so on are. (Think I got all the terms from “the talk” in there)
*Loaded Questions is an amazingly fun game.
*Reliability is an important trait to me in a person.
*I dance like a total white girl but have SO much fun doing it!
*Hurricane Harbor is fun even when you are 26. Maybe even more so.
*Sometimes I need to be told things I don’t like to hear…as long as they are said in love.
*My friends make me laugh. A LOT A LOT A LOT. And I love it. Okay I think I’m reminded of that like every day but I really do think it’s awesome. Life would be so boring otherwise!

There’s what I was able to come up with. I already want time to slow down, but as my first point says I can’t avoid the getting older, so that’s it until month 2!