Cheers to 2011 and Glorious Sundays

There is a Charles Aznavour song called Je hais les dimanches (I hate Sundays) that, when I was a child, I used to relate to so much because nothing exciting ever happened on Sundays. It meant the end of weekends filled with toys, make-belief games and play dates with friends and classmates, and the beginning of a long week of school, complete with the ever so dreaded homework that goes along with it. I remember watching my parents and thinking that adult behaviour was so boring on Sunday, as they caught up with the last of the errands and laundry and prepared dinner in slow motion.

I have long since understood the pleasure and sweetness of those relaxing, glorious Sundays. Having had to give up on them for a certain period of time, I now welcome my new and improved schedule with grateful open arms and have wonderful plans of days filled with relaxing playtime once more, although now I can enjoy them with a side of mimosas!

Most websites that I follow add posts to their archives an impressive 5 times a week, though rarely on Sundays. My plans for 2011 are quite the opposite. I cannot guarantee 5 posts a week but I wish to write more often, and especially on Sundays as to me, a perfect finish to a weekend off involves sitting by the fireplace with my computer and a folder of interior design photos ready to be sorted and analyzed in great detail.

I haven't made any resolutions this year. A million things are about to change in the next few months and, being a creature of comfort and habit, I dread it as much as I look forward to it. I hate change but somehow, as life sometimes has a way of laughing at you, a.k.a making you face what you fear head on, it's all happening for me veeery shortly: there is a major move in the near future for my little family and I, a commitment to a full-time, heavy school load, followed by a potential new career, or at the very least, a change in jobs, and a financial burden like anything I have ever been willing to take on. Breathe....breathe...breathe....!

Needless to say, the stress level is rising high enough for me right now. No need for new resolutions on top of all that. Instead, I have made plans to write here more often, but not with the intention of discipline and research in mind. I want to do it because I find it relaxing and fun and that it reason enough for me.

I don't have a specific post today. I just wanted to pop in and share my plans with you, let you know that you can count on more posts for a while, if you so choose to follow them. And I wanted to wish you a Happy New Year while I'm at it. Cheers to 2011.