So it's December 20 and I haven't done one bit of Christmas shopping. I don't really need to do much since I'm not married, have no kids and don't have a boyfriend to buy anything for. Which in my book is a score because that means more money in my pocket. Or so I'd like to think. I got a letter in the mail the other day from the DMV of California telling me my wages are going to be garnished because I have failed to pay my registration on a car I don't even own anymore and was registered in the state of Massachusetts 2 years ago. Like I mentioned before, when I moved from Boston I called up Audi to tell them to pick up my car because I didn't want it anymore. Stupid decision on my part but what are ya gonna do?!? I can't really say all the decisions I've made in my time are the best ones but I wouldn't be the rad person I am today if I didn't make a few mistakes here and there, and here, and there...So back to the wages being garnished...When I opened the letter I was like "WTF? You're serious. Story of my life! WAAH WAAH WAAH. Why can't I just catch a break once!" But then, as I sat there and pondered how I was going to handle the situation I started reminiscing. Reminiscing about my car (random, I know). All the good times we had during our last year together. Driving across the country and getting splattered with cow shit in the middle of Wyoming, busting an axle in Ohio and being stranded for 3 days, coming home back to Boston from Christmas in CA the day after a huge snowstorm only to find someone stole my windshield wiper off the driver's side, my first time driving in a blizzard (there aren't enough hours in the day to write details about that one), digging her out of 3 feet of snow with a shovel that has a retractable handle resulting in my taking a chunk out of my left ring finger with the first attempt. The list could go on and on. I miss my Margarita (that's what my sister and I named her somewhere between Las Vegas and Utah in order to make our 3000 mile journey a little more interesting). But then I think about my time without her and who I've become since giving her up and I'm proud. I only officially gave her up a year ago which has made me think about where I was then and where I am now. I don't even know who I was then, but I'm happy I've become who I am now. (that was deep, I know.) It's easy to hold on to the past and wish you had what you once thought was good, but if you take a little time to think about how you got to where you are now it's pretty amazing. I think everyone could use a little self-reflection. It might make the world a better place. And a little more easy to laugh at. Who knows what's going to happen with my wages, it's neither here nor there. If I've learned one thing in the past 365 days it's that everything will always work itself out. ALWAYS. I hope you all have a VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS and an even better New Year. And I mean it with the deepest sincerity :)
ROCK ON, YA'LL.
and yes, that's really Miss Margarita herself in the photo :)
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