Radvent Day 1: Remembering

Okay, so technically today is day 2, but I'm starting from the beginning and I'm going to do day 1 and 2 today. I don't have much time right now to remember, but I do have time organize, so I'm going to go do that, then come back and do the blog for day 1 and day 2. For now, I'm just going to put down the writing prompt for day 1 and be back later to update :) (here's the link to the site where the idea comes from: http://princesslasertron.com/tag/radvent/)

What were you doing five years ago today? As the holiday season began? Where were you? Who were you with? What did you want? What did you have?

All right, so I have time now that I'm at work and bored. So I wasn't sure what I had done 5 years ago, so I actually went back to all my myspace blogs to check it out. See, I dated The Marine for a few years, and those years tend to all blend together as nothing really changed in my life in general, as I had the same job for the whole time that we were dating, and I also had pretty much the same friends the whole time. 5 years ago today, I was planning on going to his house in Indiana for Christmas, my first and only Christmas that I have spent away from my family. I was living in Abbotsford still. All I wanted was to marry The Marine. I still had my beautiful car, which I miss so much now and wish I had never got rid of it.

I know all this reminiscing is supposed to make me feel better, and if it had been almost any other Christmas, I'm sure it would have been happy, but this one makes me depressed as it was the last time I remember being happy before The Marine and I broke up a couple months later. Things weren't great, but I had a lot of hope for the future at this time. Unfortunately, it all came to naught, but that's life. I'm mostly happy where I am currently, as I'm becoming what I want to be. I'm sick of school, but I'm happy to be moving towards becoming a teacher. And I'm also extremely happy that I am going to be home in 17 days as I can't wait to be done school and not have to worry about it.

Anyways, that was a bit more depressing than it was supposed to be, lol. On the bright side, I'll be home soon, and that's what's keeping me going right now :)