Happy New Years!

I was planning on writing this excellent blog on New Years Eve, however things beyond my control stalled this from happening until today!


So anyway 2 years ago in January of 2007 I wrote a little blog with all of the things "I will" do that year. It's funny to look back and see what my concerns really were.


So here it is my "I wills" of 2007

~ I will be a great parent ~

~ I will get a tattoo ~

~ I will spend more time with the ones I love ~

~ I will work hard ~

~ I will get a promotion at work or a better job ~

~ I will save up for a new car ~

~ I will make a budget plan for myself ~

~ I will eat less junk food ~

~ I will do Pilate's weekly ~

~ I will get to my pre-pregnancy size ~

~ I will eat more fruits and vegetables ~

~ I will keep my room clean at all times ~

~ I will go on at least one vacation for myself ~

~ I will go camping more ~

~ I will keep in better touch with my dad (Bob) ~

~ I will learn new things everyday ~

~ I will not stress over the small things ~

~ I will not be the Fashion Police ~

~ I will open my mind to all music ~

~ I will be more organized ~

~ I will enjoy life and what I have ~

~ I will move out of my parents house ~

I wrote this blog when Nic and I were separated for 6 months. I had no plans at this time to get back together with him, but curiosity killed us. I always felt like I needed to please everyone else first, avoid conflict if you will. Everything I wanted to do in 2007 was for me, this was a big step in my life. I wanted to prove to myself I could do this, regardless of what others where saying to me.

I ended up taking out a loan and buying my Lancer just a few weeks after I posted this. I was on my way to doing things my way! There are a lot of things on that list that make me laugh, and some things I am still working on. For awhile there I was doing really good at not being the Fashion Police, but now I sit in an office that is similar to a fish bowl. I get to see everyone who walks through the door. Lets just say some people wear the most interesting things out in public! Anyway I was dating someone during this period of time, Nic knew about it was so upset with me. I know now I should have waited until things were finalized. It really would've not caused so much heartache on every ones side.

I did eventually move out of my parents house in July, but until then I was living in a room. This room was fairly big but it was very crowded for the two of us. Alex never seemed to care, he had his Uncle Daniel there to hang out with. At this point in time I was working 6 PM to 2 AM at Kohl's, I would work the first half of my shift at the Customer Service desk. I would do the returns, and answer the phone until we closed. At that point I would set the next day sale in the Kitchen/Housewares department. Everyone avoided this department, they absolutely hated it! I took it over because all the signs were low enough I could reach, that was my only obstacle with that job.

Anyway I was trying to make ends meet at this point, I was paying my parents rent. I also had my new car payment and insurance to pay. This was the first time in my working career I was having a hard time keeping up. It was the fact I felt I still needed to stay at home with Alex during the day. It was taking a toll on me working until 2 AM and sleeping until Alex woke up around 7 AM. I really hated that part of that job, and the fact I randomly started doing other things like housekeeping. Vacuuming a whole department store in one night is not fun. Kudos to those of you who do it on a daily basis.

While Nic and I were tossing around the idea of getting back together I decided that I needed a real job as I called it during that time. While Alex sat on my lap and drew pictures I applied at every Credit Union and Bank in the Salt Lake Valley. I always loved the idea they were closed on every Holiday. I started with Jordan Credit Union because that's where my friend Andrea worked. I got an email back about 30 minutes after applying for a full time Teller position. I was so excited and had an interview the next day. I immediately stopped applying at the other Credit Unions and Banks. Which I knew would either hurt me later or not matter. Obviously I ended up getting the job.

Nic and I did eventually get back together and decided to move back in with each other in July. We got ourselves a cute little apartment in an area I finally really loved! I still would love to buy a house over in the Fort Union/Sandy area. I was feeling great at this point in time. I got my car, I got out of my parents house and I got a new job with awesome benefits.

Everything seemed to be perfect, we stopped living paycheck to paycheck. That alone relieved the stress we had put on ourselves the first time. It was great to have money to go do family things together. The holidays eventually rolled around, the most stressful time of year. This year it wasn't stressful at all, we were able to provide a great Christmas for everyone we knew.

Just kidding! I forgot one sad thing that happened in December of 2007. I got into my first car wreck ever. On December 8th at 5:20 PM after picking up Andrea to go to our work Christmas party we got into a car accident. We were stopped at a light and the car in front of me drove through the light assuming the light turned green. He then stopped and reversed right into my new car! My car I worked so hard to get, the car I didn't use anyone elses help attaining. I was devastated, not to mention really sore from the impact. We made it to the party really late we had to go get Nic's car, as Andrea couldn't drive because she was in an accident two days prior and broke her foot.

I ended up spending much of the next day in St. Mark's ER waiting to be seen, because I couldn't move my upper back and shoulders. That was not a fun day, I also found out I would have to do physical therapy for a while to correct everything and loosen my muscles. I was not thrilled, nor could I drive my car it was so smashed up. They were very close to totalling my car, which made me even sadder because I didn't even have it for a whole year yet.

There were many things I never accomplished that year, however I still want to do them. Some things I only did for a day haha I am sure you can guess. That was a little rundown of my year of 2007, it ended up much longer then I had planned and actually completely different from where I was going with this blog.

Coming up next on Miss Toria's Storias... I plan on writing about 2008 which will probably end up much longer then this one. Then I will write about my "I wills" for 2009.

Stay Tuned... Ü