Vroooom!

It is the dawning of a new year, a new decade. I'm sitting here at the starting line, perusing the empty road before me and wondering what and where the tricky parts will be located. I know there will be some because there always is and almost always they come at me seemingly out of nowhere. The course I have just completed had quite a bit of black ice and a couple of the bridges I had to cross looked so rickety, I felt sure they would collapse (and take me down with them).

There were a couple of bridges that were burned on that last road, too. There is still too much smoke from the fire for me to tell if they are permanently destroyed or if it will be possible to rebuild them. If the old HP brings me back to them on my journey this year, I'll take a closer look and be able to tell. If rebuilding is possible, I'll confer with the construction crew and pay better attention to the Architect. Maybe it just needs to be built of stronger materials or be a different type of bridge. Maybe a draw bridge! Those are my favorite. They can accommodate almost anything. I wonder why I don't build more of them.....

A few more trees lining the road would be nice, too. The big leafy ones are the best. Ever notice how you can play peek-a-boo with the Sunlight when you are under a big leafy tree? The leaves, the breeze and the clouds join in to give the feeling the Sunlight can't see you for just a brief moment. But you always know it's there. That's part of the fun, knowing the Sunlight is always there.

What about the flowers!! Were there any on your past road? Those flowers were stunningly beautiful and there so many different kinds and colors. And their scent? Heavenly! Plus it stayed with you a really long time. Thinking it over, the gardens were planted where I found the sharpest curves. I had to slow way down to stay on the road, or I'd have plowed right into them. I'm lucky I have good brakes. My accelerator tends to stick.

Everyone is lining up at the starting line and I'm sitting here lost in thought and not paying attention. I thought this was going to be a funny posting about 2009 in review. ( A friend mentioned that she hates those and they make her want to puke. Is that an invite to give her another "Year End Review" or what?!!) Instead, I end up writing a post that is perilously close to being warm and fuzzy!!

Apparently, the old HP is planning on running things this year, too. And while it is true that I slipped on the black ice, I didn't fall. I got bruised, but nothing got broken. I lost some things, but I'm coming to peace with those losses and I found some things, too. Best of all, I stayed clean and sober. Since the old HP wants to be in charge again I'm going to go ahead and follow Him. Ready? Set? GO!

Have a good and sober day.