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[anigo]

Well. Actually it's only quarter to nine so there's a bit more counting to do, but just thought I'd pop in to wish everybody a happy new year.

The year was odd. Ended poorly and will start poorly but I start my new role on Monday and I have never been so heavy or in so much debt, so believe it or not I'm optimistic that it will be easier to go up than down.

Happy new year all. In glad you're (virtually) in my world.

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[fyremaven.livejournal.com]

Happy New Year!

I was at work 12-31 and 1-1, so it was like I never left. At this time of year people are either overdosing on things because their life is so miserable and they don't like seeing everyone else happy or busy drinking themselves into oblivion and then driving into a crowd of people or (my personal LEAST favorite) beating or stabbing or shooting their loved ones to death because they are a giant ass hole.

I guess it's weird, most of my friends always think I'm this sappy optimist who never sees the bad stuff and only views people in a positive way, but the reality is, I see so much bad stuff that "normal" stuff looks GREAT by comparison.

I was just thinking about that because I have a young niece who is battling depression and now they are trying to diagnose her as bipolar which I'm not sure you can at that age, anyway they want to medicate her for it. Her life is hell (she is a type I diabetic, poorly managers by herself), her friends are flakes (again,, SHE chose them), and her family life is crappy (parents divorced and not too civil about it.) Instead of focusing on all the positive things in her life she keeps saying she is "bored, and doesn't want to live anymore" or she doesn't "see the point in living."

So frustrating to hear someone say that, I'd dearly love to take her with me to work for a 12 hour shift so she could help me care for the 19year old who is on daily hemodialysis due to poorly managed diabetes, or the guy who was walking down the street and was hit by a drunk driver and now the person has no legs.

Oh wait, I was just going to say "Happy New Year." I'm sorry. I get carried away when I talk to you, I guess.

Thanks for listening.
*hugs*

[anigo.livejournal.com]

Oh please. You know I love your ranting/rambling. Have at 'er girl!!!

I'm a firm believer in a person is responsible for their own destiny but the environment they grow up in has a lot to do with how much in er strength they have to own up to that responsibility.

I have my own opionons on your particular situation and I'll keep them to myself though I suspect they're similar to yours.

And you're neither overly rainbows and unicorns nor overly thunder clouds and dog poop. You're a realist that can see good things where they are, knows there are always weeds between the flowers but you keep rolling up your sleeves and you keep on trying to make the world a better place regardless.

You're ok in my books.

[fyremaven.livejournal.com]

Many thanks! I appreciate your non-biased opinion. :D

I've always thought of myself as a realist but too many people lately have been throwing the "you're such an optimist" line at me, I had to explore it a bit.

*giant hugs*