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Damn, that was a hell of a couple days. New Year's eve party, New Year's party, New Year's after-party, waking up behind that Chinese restaurant with a stab wound, the hangover, the hospital visit.....well, I'm recovered from the New Year's hangover/stabbing. Ol' Merle's back in fightin' shape and ready to kick some ass!

Just....gotta get some aspirin in me. Not a young man anymore. Can't exactly...bounce back like I used to.

I accidentally made a third place setting at our table on Christmas. John and I were having a nice meal--he cooked, I watched--and I found myself putting three plates out. Without even thinking about it, and accidentally. I didn't understand why.

Then I dreamed last night. In my dreams, living with my dream-husband, I made a place at our dinner table for The Doctor on every special occasion. I suppose I'll always be the girl who waited, both here and there, whether I'm conscious of it or not.

There are certainly worse things to be in this world.

I am SO glad I got out of New York when I did. That Nor'easter sounds absolutely terrible right now. And I just get to enjoy being in the sunshine since the snow has finally melted away. Hopefully everyone is safe out there and there won't be any terrible tragedies from the storm.

Oh and Happy 2014, everyone! I'm hoping this will be a better year than 2013; I mean it's only been 3 days and I'm pretty happy with it so far.

Here's to a prosperous New Year.

THIS WAS TOTALLY UNEXPECTED BUT GUESS WHO ASKED LARA TO MARRY HER AND GUESS WHO SAID YES!?

(okay obviously it was LARA who said yes but seriously omg you guys I have a freaking wedding to plan and aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah!!!!!!!!!!)

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE THIS YEAR IS GONNA BE AWESOME!

So far, this has been a fucking fantastic year.

I had a welcome surprise today. Just in time really. For the past few months my gifts from the dreams have been..on the fritz, you could say. I lost them completely. I gained some other gifts but they weren't as...nice.

One of the kids had a compound fracture after losing control of her horse. I was able to repair in minutes and I haven't been able to do that in so long that it's a real feeling of relief!

You know what?

I think it's going to be a really, really, really brilliant year!

I'm so glad the holidays are over. Pulling festive things from people's orifices was just getting old. Let's get back to mundane things like Hot Wheels or remote controls, guys!

Night practices at school are starting to get to me. It's 45 degrees out and I'm in a cheer uniform. THEY'RE NOT WARM. AT ALL. I'm going to freeze my butt off, and then how will I jump? Jumping is sort of integral to cheering!

And I want awesome dreams toooo, I keep dreaming and it's just basically me but in SoCal and going to a different school. San Romero, we're the best! I keep humming cheers for another school under my breath, then I have to remind myself I go to Creekside. Derp.

I dreamed that the CPS guy assigned to me and Nani was ex-CIA at Roswell. But he helped me keep my dog when the Galactic Federation wanted to keep him. So, that works.

Stupid Galactic Federation. DOWN WITH INTERGALACTIC BUREAUCRATS!

Three days in and already I'm having a wonderful year.

The plants that I ordered arrived. Of course, this is the worst time of year to be doing things in the garden, but after cleaning out half a yard of dead plant material (thank you, again, Snow, for killing my garden) I've decided that a little magic will help. And it's not cheating.

So I'll be growing my own tea. Proper tea, not the herbal tea I was blending before.

I may be a bit biased, but I had the most wonderful New Year's Eve Companion in the whole world. Who cares if we were in bed by eight? Chocolate cake and Martinelli's are all I need to be happy on NYE. And she's a very cheap date.

Here's hoping that we get a little more sleep this year. Though, I'd give up sleep entirely if it meant I wouldn't have to have these horrible dreams about

I'M ENGAGED! I'M GETTING MARRIED! I'M SO EXCITED! I have to start planning! I've got to design my dress and decide on venue, caterer, flowers... DJ or band? SO many decisions! We should probably pick a date first.

In my dream, I was asked to be part of the Avengers by Captain America. How nice.

I am so glad that we're not living on the east coast. They're buried by snow over there. No thank you.

The holidays are over, right? I can safely come out now?

I officially loathe them. I've just decided. Even if my kid is really cute, it's a complete nightmare. Not looking forward to doing this again next year. And by then I'll have a seven month old. Good grief.

Four more months. I can do this.

I'm restless and can't sleep. This is ridiculous.

Well that figures. I leave NYC just in time for them to get an epic snowstorm. Heard the Bronx got 11"! Shame I missed it. Would have been nice to see real drivers knowing how to deal with inclement weather.

So, I'm back from Scotland sans one boyfriend. Something came up and Gendry had to stay in Scotland to help his parents. He doesn't know when he'll be able to come back, which kind of sucks, but I understand.