Happy 2007!

 

2006 was an amazing year... 

 

I got rid of the stupid people destroying my life, and found out who my true friends are.  I realized how loved and supported I really am.  Laura and Jordan moved in with me, and they are the best housemates in the entire world!!  Janine and I rekindled our friendship as we worked at the coffee shop and painted my cottage together over the summer.  Collin grew up a lot (more than my mind can handle!!).  He is absolutely the shiznit, and I'm his biggest fan (not literally, but you know)! 

 

I got out of Nova Scotia for a bit!  I love it here, but the travel bug hits me about every six months or so, and after spending two years in the same exact spot without leaving, I was getting cabin fever.  I spent a week in New York in the spring, and Christmas in Alberta.  

 

School went well also - I finished Microbiology! I also wrote my MCAT exam, and survived what I pray is the last calculus course of my entire life.  I'm learning to broaden my horizons and not just spend my entire life in the physiology lab, although that remains my favorite place to be.

 

Last but certainly not least, I met Aaron - probably the most significant event of last year, or any year (to date, anyway)!  It was like looking in a mirror, except that I saw all the parts of me that I've been missing and searching for; now, together, we can both be whole and complete. 

 

All of what I learned in 2006 can be described by one word: respect.  I learned to respect myself enough to get rid of things in my life that were dragging me down.  I realized that respect from others needs to be earned and, once gained, shouldn't be taken for granted.  I also learned that true friends and lovers will treat me with respect and dignity.  Kant put it well, "Act in such a way that you always treat humanity ... never simply as a means, but always at the same time as an end."

 

So that's last year.  What are my aims this year? 

 

(1) Studying.  I'm on a roll with this whole university business (only 16 months left!!), and I want to keep my marks up where they're at.  So I will keep hitting the books.

 

(2) A lot of love.  I have never been so utterly mushy and googley-eyed in my entire life!  It's a good thing though, because I know that I am loved tremendously and I finally feel secure.  FYI: Long distance relationships suck!  But we're making do.

 

(3) Thinking about the future.  I'm not really the planning type.  But I need to start, because if I want to do this med school thing, I need to get a move on!

 

Love,