A year dedicated to fun

A few weeks ago, I was brainstorming with some girlfriends.  They were all figuring out their goals for the next 6 months and year.  When it came to may turn, the only thing I could think of us was that I wanted to have fun.  

Three years ago I had left my corporate job, aka source of all stress in my world, and moved to Italy.  I went from having more to do than time to having nothing to do.  My high-charged, fast-paced life became my year of loneliness.  I loved the challenge of learning a new language yet at times just wanted to not work so hard to be understood.  For the first time in my life, I kept all of my opinions to myself because I had to not because I discovered tact.

Last year, on a trip home to Seattle, we decided to stay.  There's something to be said for the ease of life in the States.  Things work here. Public toilets not only flush, but there's usually toilet paper, seat covers, doors that lock, toilet seats (that rim is just uncomfortable), and then warm water and soap afterwards.  They're all good things in my book.  That began my year of uncertainty.  What did I want to do?  No idea.  How were we going to pay rent?  Good question.  Did I want another corporate job?  Maybe.  Were there any corporate jobs?  Oh, yeah, the fact that we moved back in September and the bottom dropped out of the economy in October, I'd say our lives were a bit uncertain.  

Now, we're here, settled, and it's time to set goals.  And all I could think of was - I want to have fun.  

I started my quest for fun when our nieces were visiting earlier this month.  We went o Vancouver, saw Teatro Zinzanni (love, love, love it!), went to the Pink concert, ate all kinds of foreign food.  We had fun.  Now they're gone and I'm trying to find some thing - one thing - to do each day that I thoroughly enjoy.  

If you have suggestions - send them my way.  If they're free, even better.  Tonight, I'm going to work on my blanket that I'm knitting.  Believe it or not, it's fun to knit.  I never would have thought that before.  I'm trying a blanket this time, we'll see if it's still fun by the time I finish.  Wish me luck!