thirty two.

I have had a fantastic last few days of my thirty first year. I can't tell you how glad I am that this last year is over. It was a hard one.

My hopes are high this time around and I plan to apply the hard lessons I've learned in the past twelve months to the upcoming dozen.

I can't think of a better way to end a ridiculously bumpy year and break into a new untainted and less jaded one, then spending quality time on the coast with my amazing friends, who I love. We ate delicious meals, played games in the sun, drank till the wee hours of the morn and brought my new year in with tears of laughter. To be quite honest, it was the most perfect birthday weekend I could ever imagine. Each individual who was there truly helped shape this last year for me, gluing my sanity back together when it was falling apart at the seams.

I'm a firm believer that people come and go in our lives for reasons and I know this next year things will change yet again, shaking us all up. They always do. I hope they each know how much I will always appreciate them.

Thank you, to each of you. Being surrounded by such amazing, witty, intelligent, thoughtful humans, makes me want to be a better me.

Here's to you, thirty two. I'm here. Show me what you got.