what's in a name

When I was in high school I sometimes I hated my name. There were at least 8 other Michelle's in my school and that was just in my graduating class. We really didn't have an identity- not the way everyone else did. We were always "(insert random name here)'s Michelle". Or they just called you by your last name.

It only got worse when I found out my mom named me after the uncreative Beatles song (just kidding, I do love the song). It's crazy the number of people that will start singing the song you're named after. I wasn't happy being part of the status quo of child naming. I wondered why she just didn't name me "Lucy" or "Rita" if she liked the band so much. Something, anything that wasn't so effing common.

As an adult, I know my mom liked the Beatles so much, she named her only kid after a song she liked. It makes me pretty proud and her a pretty cool lady.

Of course, I went out and did the same thing. Except I choose a character on a TV show. Dark Angel was a show I really liked before I got pregnant and this is where B's name comes from. The kid thinks it pretty cool that she's named after a fictional character on a TV show that was cancelled before she was born. She's counting down the days until she can watch the show and see this person she's named after herself.

Surprise! It's a New Year

2011 couldn't end quick enough for me and it was probably  one of the longest. It was the year that tested my strength and sanity and I've only recently begun to feel somewhat like my old self.

It was one of those years that I found out who I can really count on and there aren't enough words & thank you's in the world to show my appreciation. Laughter is sometimes the best medicine and those people have not lacked with the humor.

It was the year I realized that some people in your life are so self-centered they can't even grasp that other people in the world exsist or have their own things going on in life. It was also the year I decided I don't want them in my life anymore.

It was the year I knew that you can't ever take life for granted and you never know how quickly life can change. You appreciate the little things in your life, like jumping in puddles with your baby.

But 2012 is already off to a promising start. I get to spend the first day of the new year with the most important person in my life. One of my best friend is getting married and another is having a baby, so I get to be an auntie again!! :)

I've decided to make 2 very small resolutions this year: to live for myself and make my mom & daughter proud of me.

I have plenty of things I want to accomplish this year and they're all goals I hope to achieve:
- B & I are signed up for the Race For the Cure this May; it's something that's pretty important to us
- blog weekly and finish my book
- read as many books as possible because my bookshelves have been screaming at me
- catch up on all my shows, starting with Sons of Anarchy. My goal last year did not happen!

I have a feeling 2012 is going to be a pretty interesting year for the most part and it's going to be a good year.  Happy New Year, everybody!!