EbTheRedHead: Gearing up for the New Year!

I am currently reading "A Technique for Producing Ideas" by James Webb Young. It was based off the recommendation of the last book I read, "It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want to be." I've been reading self-help/ motivational books to help me stimulate my mind. Sometimes you get into the funk of a routine, and get lost in trying to achieve the goals you want for yourself. I feel it jolts my mind to be more creative, thus awakening my potential to try new things. Since it's an easy read and a very short book, I feel it will help me start off the New Year in the right direction.
I grew into a funk with my life when me and my ex broke up 3 years ago. It took some time for me to reflect on what happened. I never worked so hard in trying to something I treasured so much. But despite my efforts, our relationship ended, and I've been trying to figure out where to begin building my life again.
Everything seemed to slowly move to a new direction of singleton. I was finally beginning to feel myself again when my mom's husband got diagnosed with a terminal disease. This time around, I felt the urge to take care of my mom, but as the months went on, I started to get depressed. Seeing him suffer and watching my mom cry was wearing me down. I felt I was sinking again. Yet since I'm on my own now, I had my friends who tried their best to comfort me, and the rest I had to figure out on my own.
Blogging has been a source of output for me whenever I feel things are bottling up inside. It gives me the chance to vent, and get things off my chest. I never imagine how rewarding it could be. I will try my best to improve the content of my blog, but for now, it's sole purpose is to express my feelings on life. My life. I know I lack depth in my writing, and I promise I will try to improve on my skills to tell stories. But know that my freedom of expression is my right to come here and spill my guts. And to tell you that everything is going to be alright. I promise. There were times I felt so alone, but everyone at some point or another has felt the same way I did. I'm here to tell you that it will pass, and you will see your worth in a whole new light. Life is a blessing and it's important you learn to appreciate it's valuable existence.
Back to finishing up October events. Since we're coming up New Year's eve, I'm going to mention Halloween! I was super excited to dress up this year. It's funny looking back on it because I bought my costume when I returned from my trip to Paris and Italy. I wanted to get a head start. This year I was a French Maid! lol. Last year I was a Roman Empress, so it's only suiting to continue my travel theme. That Halloween weekend started pretty weak, since not many people were dressed up on Friday. I assumed because it fell on a Saturday this year, there would have been more people dressed in costumes. About 20% of the crowd were dressed up that night. I started out at National 27 for some cocktails then made my way to the Wit to join up with some friends who were visiting from out of town. We hung out there for a bit before we decided to go to Hub 51. Although we were disappointed in the low turn out for costumes, we knew Saturday was the day to go all out.
We started out at a house party around 9:30pm. We figured we could show off our costumes and take some pics. After a while we grew restless and wanted to head out and get into the action. There were so many people out! Lines were forming and it was barely 11pm. We decided to go to Mercer 113 since it seemed easier to get our group in. I had so much fun inside! We danced and joked around so much. I was having a blast! Some of our friends started to head home, so our group got smaller. We made our way to Ybar and it was insane in there! By this point it was already 1:30am. We danced some more. We walked over to Soundbar and that's where I said my goodbyes. I stayed there for a bit, but since that day was daylight savings time, clocks went back an hour at 2am. Once it was 3am, technically it just turned 2am. My feet couldn't handle it.
I loved seeing the goofy costumes that night, and I had so much fun with my friends, too. It was probably one of the most memorable nights this year. I'm glad nothing bad happened, (since Halloween can be a crazy night). I cannot wait to see what the new year has planned for me and my friends. Let the good times roll!