What 2012 Taught Me

Holy crap! It is time for me to write another one of these?!! Whoa...

I saw a lot of change in 2012: births, deaths, engagements, weddings, break ups, hellos, goodbyes, "you suck!"s, and so on. I don't always handle change in the best way. I like to stay in my little nest, even if it was woven out of misery. I know that's no way to live, and 2012 didn't let me forget it.

* Math is still hard... REALLY, REALLY, REALLY HARD!

* It isn't always a "triumphant" feeling when you pass a hard class. I think it is the same reason you see tired looking marathon winners.

* I like art museums. It's hard to explain the experience of seeing a real life Van Gough, Monet, or Picasso.

* I guess it is the new "norm" for men to stay in the hospital right alongside their wives after giving birth. (No offense, but I find that very bizarre. There's no sense BOTH of you coming home sore, cranky, and utterly exhausted.)

* It is never too late to apologize, but it is apparently too late to be forgiven.

* Movies based on books are rarely good... The Hunger Games is definitely an exception to this rule!

* I would not call being stranded in the St. Louis airport for five hours, "Good Times".

* If you make under $10 an hour, it is less likely that your boss will give any sort of crap about you.

* In this economy, bosses rarely give a crap about anyone.

* People feel the need to get on a plane ASAP just so they can be the first one to sit and wait for 45 mins before take off.

* I really think we're going to be screwed for the next four years.

* I would REALLY like to be proven wrong on that.

* I think your kid is cute and it is good that you have one, but as a "non-mom" I don't really care about the details.

* I'd like to travel to more big cities.

* Heck, I'd like to travel more in general.

* I need to write more.

* I need to write better.

* If you're going to run out on your kids then at least have the decency to leave them ALL behind, rather than saying, "I'll take you two, but I don't want you three."

* When it comes to reacting around someone with memory loss people tend to think, "I don't want to offend or confuse him, so I'll just stay away." They do not realize that doing such only offends and confuses him further.

* I find it offensive to be too politically correct.

* I hate conspiracy theories.

* I hate feminists.

* I hate wimpy women who NEED to be "taken care of".

* I REALLY hate women who dress up as "sexy little girls". BLECH!

* A lot of innocent children were horribly murdered this year. I am not okay with that!!!

* Taking away alcohol didn't stop prohibition. Taking away guns will not stop tragic murders.

* You shouldn't feel bad for pulling yourself out of the mud when you've done everything you could to get someone to join you.

* It is never, ever, ever a good idea to think, "I will never be as sad/lonely/hurt/ as I am right now."

* It can be a good thing to reconnect with someone from your past.

And finally...

* It is not that people DON'T change, it is that people WON'T change.