New year, new beginnings

So, I keep telling myself that I am going to blog more and keep up with it and I really want to but there is always so much going on that I forget to do it or I am too tired. So I am sorry to anyone that likes to read this and find out what is going on in my life. I have been slacking on my blogging and promise to try and write more, as it is a new year. So much has happened since I last blogged that I do not even know where to start. The month of December was really busy. I worked long hours and was constantly running around but all the hard work paid off when I saw the kids/ parents faces when we delivered gifts to them. A typical day for the last two weeks of December was Chris and I would come in at like 9am, head to the HOP and fill the van with gifts, bring them to Vincent House we unloaded, organized and then wrapped gifts all afternoon, stopping for like a five minute lunch or to help out in pre-k. After lunch we would go to the HOP again and get more gifts. We then would either drive around delivering presents, calling parents to come get them, or spend more time wrapping. In between all this we had our Holiday Party, a field trip to the ice-skating rink and finally a trip to see Santa at the mall.All in all it was a great week just very busy.
I then got a great surprise when my mom came to pick me up and Krystal a good friend of mine was with her. It was awesome to see her and to catch up with her in the nice five hour car drive. Home is home. It was amazing to see my friends especially the girls. There was the usual issues with the family and I let it get to me on New Years Eve causing a little bit of drama but luckily I have the best friends in the world so everything is good now.
I came back here on the 1st with Krystal driving me, which was again awesome. She is one of those friends who I may not talk to that often but whenever we do its right back where we left off. So it was back to work on the second, it was a great day hanging out with Chris, Bridget and Maria. We cleaned and planned for the next week. Then off to retreat. Retreat was at Alverna Heights, which was beautiful with all the snow. It was a nice way to get back into the swing of things with the roomies. It was a reorientation and allowed me to look back on what I want to get out of this year. I had set high expectations of this year, despite trying not to and now that it is already January I had to look and reflect if I am meeting them. There is definitely room for improvement. The problem is that there just never seems to be enough time in the day. I want to give a 100% to my job and then community, dinner and prayer and its after 9 to make a phone call, write a letter, read etc. I am just going to work on prioritizing and doing what is really important.

So I officially am really bad at this blog, this one entry has taken me almost a week and I have not even wrote much. Ugh, its been an amazing weekend but I am exhausted more will come soon I promise.