365/365 - it's all about balance...

365 - The 2010 Edition * December 31, 2010

 

Well - if you were expecting some kind of big, flashy finish, with balloons and confetti - either you don't know me very well - or you got here too early. We're going out to a local club with friends to ring in the new year - not exactly my cup of tea - but after a year of putting up with the time hog I call my "365" - I could hardly say no to Jo Ann, could I? (that's a rhetorical question..) Of course not... So - there still could be balloons and confetti in our immediate future, but they probably won't be in any pictures. I'm going to close my 365 project with this deceptively difficult, and marginally interesting image of myself balancing on a slippery rail, using a leaf for balance in the same way that Dumbo used his feather to convince himself that he could fly...

 

I started the project on a lark, egged on by certain parties who's real names shall be omitted - but they know who they are - right Amy? I had followed a few friends' 365's and I always loved knowing that they would be there every day. And I thought I understood how hard that might be - to come up with a little something every day - but I was wrong.. Like balancing on a slippery railroad rail - it's a LOT harder than it looks... Some days, it was easy - I couldn't wait to spill my guts about something that was bothering me - or that I wanted to share with y'all. But some days, I really, really, just wanted to go to bed, pull the covers up, and hope tomorrow would be a better day...

 

But I sucked it up, and posted something anyway.. I think I only called one or two "Mulligans" - days when what I posted sucked royally - and I said so. And considering how few days I was really inspired - I think that's a pretty good average.. 365 photos with at least some part of myself in the photo - and 365 descriptions which turned out to reveal more about myself than the pictures did.. I deeply appreciate everyone who at least stopped by from time to time to see what I was up to. But if it weren't for a few truly devoted friends who came by nearly every day, and offered a word of encouragement - a laugh - or a thoughtful disagreement - I'm quite sure I would have given up a long time ago..

 

I'm not gonna name any names *here* either - you know who you are, right Mind Meld? I don't need to name names, do I Tara? Lady Margaret, Darren, M-C1, Mona, Marybeth, Preston, DaniGirl, Krista, Bill, Sparkleplenty, Anna, Heather, Catkleine, Robin, Leslie, Catmarie.... Hmmm... This is going to be trouble, isn't it? I'm going to leave some of my friends out and hurt their feelings, ain't I Daynna? I'm going to forget to mention Steve, and he's gonna get his underwear all up in a bunch - or Eva - just because she's been out of the country for a while.. Or Jennie, because she's all up in Tennessee somewhere, and can't get a signal..

 

But of course, the one person that really have to thank the most, is my sweet Jo Ann, who put up with far too many nights alone on the couch while I labored to come up with something - anything to post.. Thank you Sweetie-Pie - I love you!

 

Thanks y'all - I've had a lot of fun - but now it's time to see what's up around the bend...

Done