So 2016 is finally over! Happy new year to all of you reading this, and I hope it's truly going to be a good one for each and every one of you. This year is already off to a bad start (just like last year we're starting off with a death in the family) but I refuse to let this ruin 2017 like I let it ruin 2016. Point blank refuse. Universe, you are not fucking up and conning me out of another decent year. Not this time.
So I decided to make a list of everything positive that is coming up this year and everything I plan on doing in 2017 to make it so much better than the catastrophically bad 2016. Here goes...498Please respect copyright.PENANA32Cq8UU7Zx
- Tomorrow, my puppy is officially a big girl and is a year old. I cannot describe how happy she has made me. I didn't want her (I thought I'd never want another dog again) but when she was brought home I instantly fell in love with her. She was like a huge plaster, helping to heal the immense pain we were all in after the loss of my grandad. She always makes me laugh and is literally the best thing to come out of last year. My princess always makes me smile and for that reason, she will make 2017 a good one. So her very first birthday is a big occasion! We're taking her to a dog cafe to celebrate and getting her a pup-cake (doggy cupcakes).
- I'll be graduating this year. I don't want to leave uni, I've had the greatest three years and met some really incredible people. I've also met some terrible people, but hey ho... I can't wait to get all fancy and dressed up and sit in a big fancy concert hall to get our certificates. We're also planning a spa trip before the big day so that will definitely be worth it.
- The most exciting thing this year???? America! For a whole month I'll be in America, going from Boston and Salem to San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Austin, Los Angeles and a whole bunch of other places before finishing up with a full week in Hawaii. We'll be camping for some of this which means a) somehow learning how to camp when I've never camped a night in my life and b) struggling with how to put up a tent and cook over a campfire. We're camping in places like the Grand Canyon and Yosemite though so I guess the view makes up for what we'll be lacking in home comforts. The only thing I am not looking forward to is the insanely long 17 hour flight home from Honolulu.
- Providing everything goes well with exams and coursework, Ill be starting a Masters degree. I am so not ready to leave the world of education and though I still don't know what kind of job I want, I know I want something to do with history. An MA is going to help so much with that and there's a chance I can do my dissertation as a work placement at a nearby Priory, either organising events and displays or working in the archives (how awesome would that be?!)
- I really want to learn to drive this year. Although the thought scares the hell out of me (me, behind the wheel of a car???) I really need a license to be able to get around the country to get whatever job I may want. If I wanted a job in public history, there is nothing of particular interest really in my hometown. Perhaps a few places, but no major sites that I'd want to spend huge amounts of time working in. Hence the need for a car. That's my major aim this year, but with the cost of going to America I'm not totally sure how I'm going to afford driving lessons.
- I turn 21 at the end of this month! Possibly even scarier than learning to drive (and downright depressing) I suppose it has it's benefits - being able to legally drink when we're in America for one. After my mini-breakdown after turning 20, I'm praying I don't feel so bad turning 21. Y'know that episode of Friends where Rachel turns 30, and she starts crying when she's wished happy birthday because all of her friends are moving on with their lives, getting dream jobs and getting married and having babies, and she's stuck in the same position she's always been in? Yeah. That was me at 20 (drama queen, I know). I'm going to make sure it doesn't happen again this year.
Aaaand that's all I can think of right now! The point is, this year simply has to be better than the last. For a lot of people, 2016 really was a terrible year and so I sincerely hope with every bone in my body that if it was a bad one for you, that this year is better. And if you had a good 2016, well then I hope 2017 is even better.498Please respect copyright.PENANAORkGmx2Qyb
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