I feel like I’ve been out of it when it comes to the excitement surrounding the new year. I’ve seen bloggers and friends write blog posts and Facebook statuses declaring their New Year’s resolutions with enthusiasm.
I wish I shared their fervor, but I feel like a bit of a Debbie Downer over here since my mind is just thinking, “Welp, it’s January 2013.”
In an effort to drink some of the New Year’s Kool-Aid, last night, after I turned off my bedside lamp and rolled over to try to go to sleep, I let my mind wander and think about what I’m looking forward to in the coming year. One word immediately popped into my mind: Weddings!
Yes, 2013 will be the year of weddings! Right now Ryan and I have five weddings on the books (I’m a bridesmaid in four and he’s a groomsmen in one), so our 2013 will be packed with wedding festivities and fun times with some of our closest friends. I’m thrilled to watch some of my very best girlfriends say “I do!”
The brides-to-be:
Big events coming up in 2013 (in chronological order):
- ZOOMA Florida half marathon
- Miami half marathon (I may have a conflict with this race, but I’m really hoping to run it with some of my girlfriends!)
- NASM exam
- Family vacation to Machu Picchu
- Laurel & John’s wedding in Orlando
- Dad’s 60th birthday
- Michaela & Kyle’s wedding in Colorado
- Minda & Clark’s wedding in St. Augustine
- Ryan’s 30th birthday + Terry & Janelle’s wedding in New Jersey (same day!)
- Merri & Pete’s wedding in Tallahassee
Plus lots of fun bachelorette parties that haven’t made their way onto my calendar yet!
Lunch
Lunch today was another simple one-bowl meal.
- Chicken sausage
- Scrambled eggs (made with a splash of milk and mozzarella cheese)
- Collard greens
That’ll do it!
Questions of the Afternoon
- What is one thing you’re really looking forward to in 2013?
- Have you ever experienced a “year of weddings” when a bunch of your friends or family members got married within the same year?
I have a friend who went to 11 weddings in one year. Insanity!
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I’m looking forward to my own wedding in July and being a part of a friend’s wedding just 2 months prior in May! Then come September I move to Athens, Greece to be with my husband who plays basketball over there. It will be quite a year for me!
11 weddings in one year IS insanity!! Weddings are lots of fun, though. You’ve got lots of fun stuff on the books for 2013….looks like it’s going to be a fabulous year for you! I’ve got a vacation to Panama City/Destin coming up and my 2nd marathon on the agenda.
2013 looks like its shaping up wonderfully for you! I’m especially looking forward to a very close friend’s wedding in February in Udaipur!
I looking forward to continuing a journey towards health and watching my 14 month old son grow. If God has other things in store for us… we’ll take them with open arms. It looks like you have a lot to look forward to! Happy 2013!
I never have high epecatations for the new year but they have turned out well thus far. Happy New Year 🙂
I’m currently experience “the year of babies” haha! It’s funny because I’m younger than most of my current coworkers and many friends, so I’m not at that point myself, but it’s exciting to see it happening for others 🙂 Enjoy the weddings! And you’re going to Machu Picchu?!?! Hope to hear more about those plans soon, what an amazing destination!
Machu Picchu is so amazing! I went there in 2011 and fell in love with Peru. The food is so so good! The seafood in Lima is the best I’ve ever had and I grew up on the beach in Florida!
I had a coworker who was a bridesmaid in 6 weddings last summer!
I love weddings – what a fun year for you! We have a pretty big year ahead of us with our first baby due at the beginning of April, and my husband starting a new job. I’m quite excited to see what our life will like in a year from now!
11 is a lot! The year I got married was a year of weddings. I think I went to at least ten that year. This year I’m looking forward to hiking the Colorado Trail. Can’t wait!
that sounds like a blast! i hope you enjoy your hiking trip! will you be blogging about it? i’d love to follow along!
I definitely will be! To be fair, we’re not doing the entire thing. We only have two weeks so we’re going to do a 150 mile section. Since I’ll be away from civilization, I’ll probably do several recaps of the trip when I get back. And I’m sure I will be talking about it constantly leading up to it 🙂
My wedding is this summer! I have only been to one wedding (the one I was a flower girl for when I was3!) so this is exciting!!!
i was the same way when we got married! i had not attended a wedding in YEARS. congrats to you and your husband-to-be!
I am so jealous of your trip to Machu Picchu! I am looking forward to going to Germany in May and traveling as many place as possible while there and being in my best friend from colleges wedding in June!
A year of weddings sounds like such a great 2013! I’m looking forward to growing my freelance career and trying new foods. Trying to set one high and one low goal. 😉
From 2005-2010, we went to three weddings per year. Everyone always commented that we were always going to weddings, but really it just felt like more, because we had to fly (since we lived in Boston and our friends and family are in the south/midwest). However, I am now old (31) and there are no more weddings on the horizon! At least for my friends. Maybe some family members though.
A lot of my friends seem to be getting married this year or next too. I am most looking forward to moving in with my boyfriend and settling in another town and in our own place.
Wow – your 2013 sounds like my 2011! I am in wedding #7 this April, but have enjoyed reliving the experience each friend and bride-to-be! Have so much fun and good luck with your races!
P.S. I wanted to come home and do that Miami half so bad! Hopefully you get to 🙂
Oh wow! I thought my husband and I had a lot of weddings (and wedding festivities this year) with four coming up that at least one of us is always in – but we only have to travel far for two of them. Weddings are so much fun when you’re such a big part of them! (And even more special it seems now that we just married!)
One of my cousins is seriously the girl from 27 dresses. She’s been in something like 13 weddings so far, and the maid of honor in 4 of them (5 if you include the one coming up later this year). I told her she really should have all of us wear our own bridesmaid dresses to her wedding 🙂
Machu Picchu!!!!
My lunch was the same, but carrots instead of eggs! And that’s a LOT of weddings you’re in this year! How exciting!
You have so many great things to look forward to this year – snap out of it! 😉
I’m looking forward to running my first 1/2 marathon…eeeep!!
I’m getting married this year too! That’s definitely the thing I’m most excited for 🙂
I had NINE weddings last year! I was in two of them and my husband was in two of them. Twas a crazy year of engagement parties, bachelorette parties, bridal showers, weddings…So exhausting but OH so fun!
Not sure what I’m looking forward to this year yet. Two summers ago we had 7 weddings to attend and I was pregnant (7-9 months along) for all of them. Our son (16 months) loves to dance now and we joke that it was because of all the wedding dancing we did while he was in my belly!
Going to Ireland to see my family and starting Body pump classes 😀
Do you cook your collard greens any special way when you make that dish? It looks so good!
Looks like you have great year planned! I’m looking forward to a ski trip to Steamboat Springs, CO this next week and starting Best Body Bootcamp with Tina!
Wedding season is beginning for me. Three of my best friends are getting married and I’m a bridesmaid in two of them in June. I’m only 20, so this is a sign that everyone is really starting to grow up!
I finally attended my first wedding in August in Portland, Oregon and it was beautiful! My cousin just got engaged and her wedding is in June. The first one of the cousins to get married! I have a feeling that she’ll get the ball rolling, and before I know it everyone will be engaged all at once.
I had 3 weddings this past year and only 2 on the books for 2013. I have a feeling 2014 is going to be a “year of weddings” for me. Lots of friends that should be getting engaged pretty soon!
I graduate from graduate school in May! I’m super excited to finally be earning my Masters 🙂 I also have three weddings to attend this year…yes!
I’m looking forward to just something….different. I’m not too sure what it is yet, but (WARNING: This is gonna get cliche) I just want something exciting to happen, you know?
Check out my blog about running 1,000 miles in a year – I think it’s a pretty great resolution if I do say so myself: http://runningathousandmiles.blogspot.com/
I love going to weddings! I only have 2 this year that I know them and one is in Florida 🙂
Just out of curiosity, how old/ what is the age range of your friends that are getting married? Also how long have they been together (range)? Just wondering!
In one year from last June to this coming May I will attend 8 weddings! 4 of which I will be in and 1 of which was mine! It is quite the year of weddings for my friends as well. Good thing I love them!
The one thing I’m most looking forward to this year is marrying my best friend in July in Riviera Maya, Mexico! 🙂
My sister got married there this past July! It’s so beautiful!!! We stayed at El Dorado Royal. Best of luck!!
I think every year is the year of weddings! Last year I had 15 (13 of which I went to), and so far I have 6 in 2013. I think I’m just at the age (mid-twenties) where people tend to get married so there are constantly new weddings to attend. Hopefully people won’t be tired of going to weddings by the time I get married 🙂
You’re going to have a crazyyyyyy year! That’s so exciting that you’re in so many weddings! I’ve only been in a few as a flower girl when I was much younger but I can’t wait to start going to more as an adult!
I was a wedding coordinator for 7 years as a second/third job, so each of those years was the year of weddings, but each wedding is super special, so I never got tired of it.
I hiked to Machu Picchu in 2008 and it was the best adventure trip I have ever had, enjoy it!
I think I’m almost at the age (28) where I won’t have as many weddings to go to. I have two sisters and two step sisters that aren’t married but I cannot see any of them getting married this year. I’m guessing 2014 at earliest for any of them.
I always seem to see the new year as a fresh start, hopefully that pans out this year 🙂 My husband spent some time in the hospital last year so it was hard to see 2012 as a great year. I’m excited to see him recover and I’m hoping we can do more as a family this year. I’m hoping to plan trips to Chicago, Denver, and Florida.
Looks like a fun year! I am still recovering from a 4-summer wedding (felt like a lot to me!) 2013 is a clean slate for me — although I’ve just resolved to run 6 races… so time to get those on the calendar. Happy New Year!!
That’s so cool you’re going to Peru!
I definitely know what you mean about not being all jazzed about New Year’s resolutions and such. I was always not enthusiastic about all that until this year. Yes, I am one of those bloggers with a list of resolutions that I’m all excited about. But most of the time, I’m not a resolutions person.
That is a LOT of weddings going on! To me, the “wedding” year was a 12 month period over 2011-2012 where a lot of my friends and myself got married. It’s madness but fun too.
I would say the biggest thing I’m looking forward to for this year is running my second half-marathon.
I love your addition of sausage to your scramble egg bowls. I would love to try this with Field Roast brand vegan sausage. I am sure that it would be AMAZING!
2013 will certainly be a year of weddings for me because my two best girl friends are both getting married. I am so excited to be a part of both of their special days!
Back in 2007, I had four weddings to go to. It was driving me batty and making me look at all the wrong guys (I REALLY wanted to get married that summer, too. Now, I’m thankful that I’m still single).
I’m glad they’ve been few and far between lately. Last one I went to was on my birthday (THAT was weird, let me tell you!), but I got to see all my favorite gal pals from college, so it was great.
This year, I’m looking forward to running my first 5K, publishing my second (and third, I hope!) book, and moving to Colorado. It’ll be a busy one!
You are one popular lady my friend!! My friend Mel – who you will hopefully meet at the bach party has NINE weddings this year!!! That must be some kind of record!
Wow you have a lot of weddings coming up! Love weddings – My brother is getting married in August so we’re getting ready for that!
Sounds like a great year ahead!
I’m actually moving to Cusco, Peru (gateway city to Machu Picchu!) tomorrow for five months so if you need advice on what to take for MaPi, things to do, places to eat, etc., let me know! I was there in July and loved it (hence the return trip) and I’m sure you guys will as well. When will you be going? Are you doing a trek? If you want to hike Huanya Picchu (you get a different view of MaPi), be sure to book tickets ahead of time. I wasn’t able to do it last time and am hoping to do it this trip.
Looks like you have a bunch of awesome things heading into 2013! Wow, lots of wedding for you this year! I don’t really know what to expect this year, but I’m hoping that things will be changing for the good!
I am looking forward to lots of stuff, my husbands 30th bday also, and family vaca to florida!
I love weddings. They make me feel so happy and hopeful! Yay for a year of love! 🙂
And thank for your kind kind words on my blog today, Julie. It means a lot to hear all the support and love from people who, while may have never met me, care a great deal. 🙂
I’m excited to see you pass the NASM exam! I’m doing it as well next yr (2014) ! Hope you do a little (or big) post on your studying for it and what you thought of it!
Have a good day, Julie!