Random rantings of a tired mind...

I can't get over how slow the library has been. There were a lot of spurts of people coming and going but most of the time nobody was there. It is kind of freaky sometimes actually. Josie and I sat there talking most of the time or reading. I still can't believe Christmas is in like 4 days and the new year is in a little less than two weeks. This blog is going to have a ton of really random stuff in it sorry I just have a lot I have to get off my mind so that I can sleep well tonight. I should actually be asleep so I can get up and into work on time (not that I'm ever late) but I'm not used to having to go in anytime before 1 and I'm opening at 11:30 tomorrow. Kind of sucks I like closing.

Tomorrow my friend Ben gets home for Christmas leave and a bunch of people he knows will be meeting up at Kendrew's Lounge. I may go join them but we'll have to wait and see. I haven't seen him since my birthday in June and may not see him for a while as he is being stationed over in Germany after he graduates C school for the Navy. I am excited for that to say the least.

I don't have plans for Wednesday or Thursday YET! Thursday night everybody is going to the Steelers game...which I am all good with. So while the cat's are away the mouse will play. I know that isn't the right way but guess what I don't care. I'll probably spend the day cleaning since we are having the annual Christmas Eve party at our house. I do have a little last minute baking to do as well so between Thursday and Friday it should all be taken care of. I may even go to a Christmas Eve thing at my friend Josie's church to hear her sing...haven't decided on that yet.

I have to start another baby blanket here soon too. I got a friend who is due in March and since time flies got to do it now before I forget and run out of time. I got my sewing supplies and a few other things in the mail today. Hopefully the other box comes tomorrow so I have my nice coat to wear for Christmas and all the other festive things before me in the next couple weeks.

There is so much going on in my mind that I can't even figure out what all I want to say anymore. There was a point to this blog when I started but I don't remember what it was now and I don't think I hit on it. How sad is that? Well I am off to bed. Later.

Waiting for the new door to open...

• So here we are a week until Christmas. Which means there is only two weeks left in the year. How crazy is that. I am super excited about the next couple weeks, let's just hope all the plans follow through instead of fall through. Tomorrow I work and then I'm going out with a friend from work. Sunday I am working around the house. Monday I got calls to make and then work. Tuesday one of my best friends will be home for two weeks and I hope to get to hang out a ton because sometime next month he is being transferred to Germany. Today I am cleaning my room which is long over due and I may not have another chance to do it anytime soon.

• So my coming weeks are not what this blog is actually about. This blog is kind of a recap of this past year. I started the year in Germany. I found out that I have asthma and had a few great vacations. Around Easter the Barnett family headed to the Lake Powell, Utah area and experienced Goblin's Gulch (? I think that's the right name) and some of the other amazing formations down that way. In June I headed down to visit my best friend Ben in Mississippi where we visited New Orleans as well. Now that was a great trip and I enjoyed spending my birthday with my friend. At the end of June I came home to Pennsylvania and in August the Mattocks family headed to the sunny beach of Holden Beach, NC.
• What else happened this year? I started writing again in June which I haven't done in years. I was an extra in a movie that comes out fall of next year. I started my dream job of working as a librarian at the New Brighton Library. I also became an Independent Consultant for Usborne Books and More. I am looking for something else part time to supplement the extra pay so I can afford to take care of all the coming events in my life.
• I have experienced driving in snow again for the first time in almost THREE years. I was a wreck that day. I got used to it quickly but really hope it doesn't snow again anytime soon. I love how pretty things are when there is snow on the ground but I HATE driving in it.
• What else can I tell you about? I've made a couple new friends since being back in PA and rekindled a few old friendships to. It has been GREAT! I miss my friends who are back in Utah and down in Mississippi a ton though. I have started paying off the debt that is still hanging around. Only two bills to go finally I paid most of it off the middle of the year.
• All in all I guess you could say it has been a great day. A lot has started and a lot has ended and a ton of goals have been reached. The next year will be crazy as well but who wants quite and dull...not me obviously. But I can say that when one door closes another one opens but I'm still waiting for the other one to open.
• I am ready to enjoy the Christmas and New Years Holidays and I am SO ready for that new door to open and to move on. The next time you hear from me it will most likely be the new year and I will fill you in on the goals for next year. I'm off to clean my room and BAKE only two more kinds of cookies to make and I'm done. Christmas Eve party as usual so next Friday will be kinda crazy and apparently Aunt Brenda is coming home for Christmas. Later!!