New Year, New Something

It's a new year. For some reason, everything has to be about renewal. It usually takes me a bit longer to warm up to the idea of a different set of numerals. I mourn the last year, a bit. I just got used to 2010. Though I suppose we have a whole new decade to get used to the prefix '201' changing the caboose every 12 months. I cling to the last year for familiarity, comfort in the face of unknown. Not much can be said about our 2010. Well, that's not true, but 2010 was quite a transitory year for us, not really defined as "The Year of ______ " anything. The first 7 months were spent apart, us in Idaho & Spencer in Iraq. Once he got home, there was that short window of about 5 weeks where our house was all packed up, we got on planes & shifted across the world to Bahrain. And the remaining 4 1/2 months of 2010 felt like a whole extra year squished into that space of time. The transition to Bahrain was smooth, extraordinarily so. I love the new life we're finding here. I'm just not thrilled about the passage of time, whether it be because of the New Year or any other event.

Over this holiday vacation, we did manage to have some fun. We made Christmas cottages. They're made out of graham crackers. So very easy & quick. I'll do gingerbread someday. Maybe.