Wrap it up.

What a year. 2011 is winding down and I can’t say I’m sad to see it go. Things will finally be leveling out in my life which will be the greatest Christmas present I could ever wish for. In case you just got here by chance and don’t actually know what I’m talking about (which is unlikely since there are about 3 people that look at this blog and they are close friends/family) let me recap. I got divorced. Sold my home. Bought another house. All in the span of about 4 months. Now, I’ll explain what that actually means. Divorce = Complete change of everything in my life. Sold my home = Handed over the first “home” I’ve ever had to another person who now begins the process of making it HIS home. Bought another house = Pull everything out of my first home and shuttle it to my new (new as in different, since the house was built in the 1930′s, it’s not new house. I use the terms “home” and “house” this way because I believe a house can not be a home until it has been lived in for awhile by a person and experiences/memories have been developed in it. Now don’t get me wrong. I really like my new house. It has weird angled doors and steps that shouldn’t be where they are. It’s considered 1.5 stories because the second floor has slanted walls instead of full opened rooms. There’s one room upstairs that I have absolutely no clue what it is there for. It’s like a bunch of walls HAD to come together, so they just hung a door there and called it a room. All of these quirks seem like the architectural representations of me. I’m not standard. I have odd and strange rooms in my brain that I never knew why they were there before. But after everything I’ve went through this past year, I’m beginning to realize that it’s okay to open these rooms up and let their contents spill out as I start a new life. It’s time to explore all of the hidden places and gather up whatever I find waiting there. Then I can put it all to good use and make 2012 MY year.