here's to a new year...

My last blog of 2011. I can't remember what I did for New Years Eve last year, which leads me to believe that I did nothing. That is neither sad nor surprising, as I am not a fan of going out and getting drunk on New Years Eve, risking my life because some lunatic decides to drive drunk, and then waking up with a hangover on the first day of the New Year. No thanks.

This year I found myself at the hospital on the evening of December 31, getting an MRI. I don't think I want to talk about that though.

2011- Top 5 (in no particular order)

• I got out of retail, and became a full time yoga teacher.
  
• I traveled to San Diego and Los Angeles for the first time in 3 years. My soul loved it.
• My mom and dad came to visit me in Oregon.
• My yoga practice grew. A lot.
• I purchased my first computer.
  

I believe that I may look back one day and see my injury as one of the best things to ever happen to me. Right now, it is too close and I'm not able to see it as anything other than heartbreaking. That's right, my injury broke my heart. If that sounds silly to you, you are obviously not a person with a penchant for snowboarding, hiking and yoga. To have my top three favorite things ripped from my life because of one careless decision was without a doubt the hardest thing I've had to face in 2011. I can still do yoga, in fact I'd say since the injury my practice has even blossomed, however my practice is different. Hiking is nearly out of the question, and snowboarding is absolutely out of the question.

I don't like talking about this. But sometimes I need to. I ask myself every day, 'What is the purpose of this? Why did this happen to me? Will it ever get fixed?' Sometimes I need to sit and think long and hard about it.

Here's to 2012. Good things are coming my way, I can feel it.