No, I’m not popping the question today. (Universal Pictures)
Happy February 29th!
Whether you like it or not, we Earthlings are blessed with one extra calendar day every four years thanks to Pope Gregory XIII. Since 2016 is evenly divisible by four, well, you can figure the rest out.
How do I plan on celebrating this bonus day? Oh, brace yourself for some exciting plans:
Recovering.
Apologies to The Simpsons.
I’m ready to push 2015 right out the damn door!
I repeated the above mantra to myself for most of December.
The last several weeks haven’t been kind to me, and I haven’t shown my best self throughout most of them, either. Based on those events, I had convinced myself that 2015 was a dud.
Except…it wasn’t.
After I took the time to reflect on the year that was, I realized that I was being, for lack of a better term, idiotic. Sure, I’ve hit a bit of a rough patch, but overall? This has been a year that was all too kind to me.
So what positive things happened for me in 2015? Let’s take it from the top:
The holiday lights of Grafton Street, Dublin.
Last week, my younger brother cheerfully declared that he’s officially in Christmas mode. He’s even started shopping for gifts!
I didn’t share his enthusiasm. In fact, I told my brother that I was dreading the holidays.
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