2012 - it finally ends!

2012 has been a pretty tough year, lots of ups and downs, but also lots of wonderful firsts :)

I am very hopeful that 2013 will be a very good year; it can only go up from here...

Happy Holidays everyone and see you in the New Year (IF we survive the Zombie Apocalypse)!

Living it!

Living life to the fullest, enjoying every day, taking chances, being spontaneous and loving every minute of it! No regrets :)

Little Reunion in Hemmingford, Québec

What a great time getting together with some much missed friends.  I am going to make sure I never lose contact with them again.  It was also quite a shocker to see some people who have not evolved and are either in the same rut they were in or are in even deeper.  It really saddened me to see "Ti-Ouise".

Glad I have traveled the path I did.  I may have some regrets, but those regrets were worth it for who I am today.

First Husky Ride of the Season

Finally took my Husky out

This was the first time this season!

Just at home on my little grass track, but it was loads of fun :)

I forgot how much I love riding off-road.

:)

I may have scars, but I am far from broken.  :)

Having fun yet?!

If you would have asked me a year ago if I EVER thought I could be so happy living alone, separated, working damn hard to make ends meet, and having my kids only one week out of two, I would have said "no".  Boy oh boy would I have been wrong!

I am having the best time of my life! 

:)

My doctor gave me the title of a book to read : The Stop Walking on Eggshells Workbook; Practical Strategies for Living with Someone Who Has Borderline Personality Disorder, and I have been browsing exerpts online.  I am buying the book tonight on my drive home - it is so incredible.

It is almost unbelievable to me that I am reading about other people's lives with a spouse with borderline personality disorder and see that it perfectly mirrors my life with my ex, how I have suffered for over 20 years living with someone so ill and destructive, only proves to me the strength I have!  And I survived.

I feel like I can survive pretty much anything life throws at me.  I am ready.  :)

The Right Track

I am on the right track for 2012!


I am learning to spot people that are not right for me and appropriately getting them out of my life, or at least keep them in check. I am able to see people who are users and not let them use me. I am not trying to save everyone else at the cost of hurting myself.  Well it's about time!

I am happy, well organized and totally satisfied with where I am and who I am. Woohoo!!
 
All I needed was someone totally awesome to point out how far I have come - I had not seen it that way :)

Finally, 2011 has ended!

What a crappy year and it sure ended with a bang.  I was in the hospital Christmas eve and Christmas day with an attack of acute pancreatitis - lipase at 13,100 (norm being between 50-300), I refused admission so I could go back to work ASAP and ended up going back in to the hospital on December 29th until January 2, 2012.  I finally had my gallbladder removed, something I kept rescheduling. I am now ready to start the year off on the right foot.

Plan for 2012:
Get physically stronger by exercising and training, ride my bikes more often.
Go to an MX track as often as I can to practice sand riding.
Work on getting sponsors for the Trophée.
Think about getting a teammate for the Trophée.
Have fun and enjoy life to the fullest!
Forgive my mother.

Goals accomplished in 2011:
Get separation.
Get M licence.
Buy new bike.
Smile as often as I can.