a blur of a year

i don't think i ever realize how lucky i am.

i just got home from my THIRD vacation of the year. first cancun (march), then hawaii (april), now florida this past week, and then i have a FOURTH (and final) vacation during christmas break to taiwan for a week.

many people are always asking me where i have the money for all of it. to be very honest, i don't have money at all - just the little that i was making this past year, but i guess i believe a little too much in treating myself right.

i think it was this that made this past year such an awesome year for me. after graduating from nyu, i anticipated life sucking post-college years, what with having to live at home and all that, but it worked out better than i thought. as much as i had fun and went out during my undergrad years, i did SO much more this past year. perhaps it was cos i didn't have to worry about school for the first time in 18 years. or maybe my mantra of "work hard, play hard" just turned into play all the time, but either way, i've been so blessed with what i've been given, not just material goods, but with the people in my life as well.

now i'm embarking on working full time as well as taking grad school classes full time...not sure how that will play out, but i'm hopeful that each year will be bigger and better than its predecessor :)