I received a phone call from a blocked number the other day. I thought it was you. For no other reason than if this was four months ago it would have been you. Two missed calls– blocked–one after the other. I racked my brain to think of an alternative. Who else would call me a little before 9 p.m? My bank–who also hides their number–don’t call that late to harass me.
It must have been you, I hoped. Or maybe I didn’t. I don’t really know.
Days later it occurred to me that it could have been Zara. Earlier that day I had asked for a pair of black boots. They told me they would call to confirm if they had them in my size.
Now a pair of black, flat boots that are not too pointy and not too round are hard to find and so naturally I was confused.
Did I want that blocked number to have been you? Or my boots?
There was simply no choice.
I wanted the boots. I chose shoes over you.
I think we can now safely assume that in leaving me, you left me beautifully unbroken.
A new year cannot really feel like a new year until the previous year has been dissected, right? So here it is. 2009. (2008 can be found here)
1. What did you do in 2009 that you’d never done before?
I refused to stay down. I refused to give up.
2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?
I don’t remember making any resolutions per se. I did have a list of things that I wanted to do. I didn’t do all of them. I’m just going to have to add them to my 2010 list. I may not be a closer, but I’m definitely stubborn.
3. Did anyone close to you give birth?
Yes! My sister. Nephew Number 2 smiles all the time and is just as adorable as Nephew Number 1.
4. Did anyone close to you die?
No. Knock on wood.
5. What countries did you visit?
None. None. None.
6. What would you like to have in 2009 that you lacked in 2008?
A BOYFRIEND. DO YOU HEAR THAT UNIVERSE? SHEESH COME ON. ITS JUST GETTING RIDICULOUS NOW.
7. What dates from 2008 will remain etched upon your memory and why?
August 17th, 2009. I was dumped. I cried. It sucked. And then life carried on as usual.
8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
Finally–after three years back in Greece–I got a social life. I’m hoping that this will continue in 2010.
A song I discovered through Ashalah at 11:20 p.m on December 31st, 2009.
(Thanks lovely lady! It made my New Year’s Eve all that more special!)
17. Compared to this time last year, are:
a)happier or sadder?
b)thinner or fatter?
c) richer or poorer?
Happier, thinner and [still] poorer.
18. What do you wish you’d done more of?
Exercise. Actually, I don’t wish I’d done more of it; I wish I’d actually done it.
19. What do you wish you’d done less of?
Crying. This was a real sob-fest of a year.
20. Did you fall in love in 2009?
Yes. And lets not speak of it again.
21. What was your favourite TV program?
A really, really tough category. I’m a TV whore. So I’m just going to go with the one I watched the most: The Daily Show.
22. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?
I don’t hate anyone; not even my soul mate’s new girls. (Yes, plural. I’m a TV whore and my soul mate is a man whore. Fucker.) Although, Glenn Beck would definitely go on really fucking gets on my nerves list.
Hi, welcome to my blog. I'm so pleased to see you. I'm Hope. Well, not really. I am Ms Eleni Zoe. Except that's not true either.
The only truth you need to know is this: I write about me but I hope you will feel that I am also writing about you.
That's all I can do: be real and hope to get real back.
Hope Quotes
"I may be without MAN but gagging for marriage I am not. So, her attempts at making me feel bad have not been very successful.Her attempts at pissing me off, however, have succeeded beyond her wildest ambitions. I have wanted to grab her by the shoulders and shake her until the belief that a relationship is the only real defining aspect of a woman plops out of her head. I have wanted to then stomp on it with my freshly pedicured single feet."
