Thanks 2010

New Year's Resolutions I Made:

Write More
Get Back into Burlesque
Work Out More Often Than Never
Read Lots

New Year's Resolutions I Should Have Made

Don't Get Sick For Two Weeks and Miss Three Days of Work in Your First Week Back From Vacation

That's right. I started thinking I was coming down with something the Monday after Christmas, and am just now starting to feel somewhat like a normal, functioning human being again. I have been battling the mother of all colds and spent the better part of last week taking Day-Quil, sleeping, and subsisting off of yogurt and bananas. I took Wednesday and Thursday off work, and when I came in on Friday feeling not so much better, but guilty for having been out for so long, everyone in my office yelled at me and told me to go home.

Although I am still super congested, and can't go more than a few hours without taking medicine, I am finally able to do things like read, watch TV, and type. I do, however, think that all of that time spent alone in my apartment might have fucked with my head a little. I found myself sobbing uncontrollably not once, but twice last the weekend over things that I'm pretty sure would not have affected me so much under normal circumstances.

The first time was on Saturday night about 30 minutes into watching Wall-E with my boyfriend when I freaked out because the robot was lonely. The second time was last night after finishing THE BLIND ASSASSIN when I lost it because the ending was sad. Now granted, even when I'm in the best of health I cry at everything from movie previews to dating shows, but I can typically get my shit together without Doug having to hold me for ten minutes while I calm down. Although I'm less than thrilled to be back at work, I think it was probably good for me to get out of the house . . .