uninspired and blahhh

   That is how I feel today.

   And THAT is the reason it's been wayyy too long since I've blogged even though I wanted to accurately capture Christmas morning (I got my cute brown western boots..FINALLY), the winter formal (I danced with eight boys over the duration of the night, in which I danced every dance except for two, after never dancing before in my lifeee), and 2011 in a nutshell (it was by far my most interesting year, even overtaking 2008 and before that, 2003).

   And I've also been lurking in the shadows, afraid to return because of my 30 Day Challenge which, unsurprisingly, took me closer to five months and I'm STILL only on like Day 23.

   Well..time to move on. I'll finish it another day when I'm feeling more creative and blogger-savvy. For now, I'm going to just transition into this new year.

   I'm not going to be all cliche and say, "This is the year the world's gonna end!" and stuff, because quite frankly, I could care less about all the hype and there's too much riding on the next ten years of my life to really get my hopes up. :)

   I've been doing alot of notebook writing lately, something I almost completely abandoned way way WAY back in what--2002?--when we got our first computer and I fell in love with Microsoft Word but ten years later I'm rediscovering the joys of ink on fresh paper as I scribble out list after list of things I love and hate and everything in between.

   If I weren't so busy, I might devote this year to arts and crafts--the funky, unconventional kind--but my job is draining me, and now track..

   OH MY GAWSHHHH TRACK, MY LOVEEEEE <3

  ..et-hem. Where was I? Oh, yes. Track started last Wednesday and I came into the season, for once in my life, very in-shape and ready to roll. Senior year is going to be amazing, and I'm going to weep uncontrollably when I graduate and get my souvenir baton and have to give the sappy "I'm-so-grateful-for-everything" speech and move on with my life and..

   graduating. I'm graduating, did I mention that? It dawned on me this is my last semester in highschool and then I will be a footloose and fancy-free limitless girl for one perfect summer before moving on to the hip, ultramodern world of the trendy college kid. Fun stuff.

   There's going to be those cutesy little textbooks and scarves and hoodies and loads and loads of coffee..ohh geez I can hardly wait. (;

   Actually, there's the GFA School of Discipleship before college, so my world will be entirely different for a year. But at least there will be something interesting to blog about. :)

   Okay, so I'm just going to end this now..but wait..WHAT'S THIS?!..wondering if I made any new year resolutions? Well, noooo..

   Like I said, I've been feeling sooo uninspired lately, I just couldn't bring myself to think any up. But then there was this morning, when I thought about randomly giving soda up for a year. Or until the end of this year, whichever one is sooner. [;

   Because, I don't know. It's just SO bad for me. Not that I drink it that often, but it's become an obvious temptation since I've started working at a place where I can just have it free, in whatever quantities, whenever I want. I didn't splurge or anything, but I maybe had a few sips more that I felt I should have. So, sayonara, high-fructose corn syrup.

   I think this is where I'm supposed to say I'm cutting the gluten out of my life, too. Ha. Haha. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA...no.

  I had a gluten-free cookie the other day and almost cried, it tasted like sand. Actually, worse than sand, because at least sand has a rather nostalgic saltwater flavor that reminds you of being lost at sea...the cookie just made me feel depressed and judgmentally healthy.

   Yes, gluten. I think I shall keep you..for now.