The Misses and the Hits

I would like to begin by saying just how much I have enjoyed reading everyone's insightful, inspirational and often downright hilarious blog posts! While I like knowing people are following me, I get much greater satisfaction from following you all.

There have been posts on love, life and change, (something these combined= breakup) and jobs and money. Because this year I had one of the biggest life-altering changes and moved out of Kansas, this post is dedicated to choices...and making the hard ones.

One of my daily calendar quotes (it's call the "rage-a-day inner bitch calendar, if that tells you anything) said "There isn't such a thing as balance because you know sometimes your job needs you and sometimes your kids need you. So just try to stand up for whatever the right priorities are at the right time." Wise words from your inner bitch.

Many of you know my last year in Manhattan I was getting a little more than cynical. I was tired of the frat boy-binge-drinking-Aggieville crowd and I was tired of the "highest" culture being considered the KatHouse Lounge. Most of all, I was tired of people telling me how much fun I was missing out on in Manhattan. Was I missing fun? I guess the answer is relative but my answer is a definite NO. So...it was time to make a choice.

Yes, I chose Boulder for the law school but I knew when I moved there was a chance I wouldn't be attending for a year. Turns out that chance became a reality and it's a good thing I picked a town I actually wanted to live in sans law school. Moving was the best choice I could have made. For my own sanity and for my current and future happiness.

The true test of whether or not a choice was right or wrong could be your regret level a few weeks after. Regrets here? Nada. My only regret might be that I didn't go to CU for undergrad. However, that means I wouldn't have met all of you so that is not a regret at all!

Regrets I do have from school:

- Not stretching my mind more (thank God for French)

- Not telling people to bugger off when they asked me to go to the bars...again

- I should have gotten Henry a year ago- although my landlord prevented that!

- Not realizing you can't date someone just because they are nice

But, shoulda, woulda, coulda. It's all in the past and the present is...well...great! :-)

Remember: it isn't selfish to need a big change, it's often just what you need to get back to being YOU.