Well – it’s nearly the last day of the holiday season, so I better post those holiday images I’ve been meaning to post! Today is New Year’s Eve – and I can honestly say that this is probably one of my least-enjoyed holiday seasons in a long time, if not ever. Except for one week in early December that I spent with my mom (and that was awesome), I’ve done nothing but work. I got a temporary Christmas job in retail in late November, and well, I’m sure I don’t need to tell you what it’s like to work in retail in the holiday season. Ugh. Between Boxing Day Sales, late evenings, and open every Sunday in December, today and tomorrow are the first two-days-in-a-row I’ve had off since early December, when my mom was visiting.
Although 2009 had some bright spots (Finland with my mom, visiting Holland in April/May, my amazing friends and family), overall it’s a year I cannot wait to put behind me. For 2010, the future seems unsure – I have no new job lined up yet for when this one ends in late January, and I honestly don’t know what I’m gonna do – with work, with everything, my life. It looks like things might have to take a new direction, since it’s so hard to find a job in the areas I consider myself skilled at, sigh. I don’t imagine 2010 will be a lot easier than 2009 was, but hey, gotta stay positive, right? The future fills me with anxiety instead of the joy it seems to fill most others with (I hate uncertainty, in ANY situation), but then again, I always get very emotional on New Year’s Eve, so perhaps today isn’t the right day for me to be reminiscing.
Instead I shall leave you with some of the photos I took of holiday lights at Victoria Square in Belfast, taken while my mom was visiting in early December. The happy and pretty colors are just what I needed. :)
