Cause tonights the night the world begins again...

Well here we are hours away from the ball dropping, its funny how in that ten second countdown you recap your year but as soon as you hear the "HAPPY NEW YEAR!!", your slate is clean and you're ready to start a new one.

I can honestly say 2012 has been a rocky year for me.  I did a lot of crying, a lot of laughing and a lot of reevaluating my life.  Somewhere in between the tracks of finishing my sophomore year, saying goodbye to my teenage years, change with friends and starting my junior year; I lost something .  A part of me that keeps me happy through the rough times and keeps my head up even when I feel like quitting.

 Quite frankly I hate this new Mary, she's kind of a bitch, pretty lazy and lets people walk all over her. So over the break I caught up on sleep, by losing wisdom teeth and sleeping through the 7 days I looked like a chipmunk.  I regained the fun in life by playing with my siblings and talking to my bro John, who has only flourished through his first semester at college.  I got outside to breathe the fresh Canajoharie air, and am ready to take on this coming up year,

and Hey...

I wasn't a total loser in 2012, I crossed an item off my bucket list "To fulfill a new year's resolution", yes ladies and gents I was a vegetarian for an entire year.  Many of you may ask what are my plans for 2013, I plan on adding chicken back in my diet (Dad's orders) but I did it!  I cut 10 min off my boilermaker 15k time.  I got a professional job working at a bank.  I met 50 new freshman, some baller residents.  I keep the same close ties with my old residents, or as Tomass prefers me to call them "friends" :) (believe me they are my friends, they still have my back)  My GPA continues to increase every semester.  I was a role model for 24 middle school girls at a summer camp that still contact me today to see how I am. I got a little in my sorority her name is Jess, shes pretty awesome if you ask me.  And...I set a new NEW years resolution, in the year of 2013 I want to be able to say I ran 1000 miles collectively through the year (not all at once I'm not any Forest Gump haha), I am doing this with one of my best friend, Karen. 

But tonight when I am counting down those 10 seconds and watching the ball drop, you bet I will have a smile on my face.  I got a good feeling about 2013 and it's definitely time to get the old Mary back.

Set some good new years resolutions!
Fingers crossed for a happy 2013,

Anybody with me?

I get by with a little help from my friends ..

This semester has been a mix of emotions, and once again I was in a depressed rut, because friends were being not so friendly, and "sisters" were being not so sisterly.  Nothing made anything better not sleep, not healthy food, not exercise,not Mom's care packages, and home only made me want to not go back to Clarkson.

There is just something about Clarkson this year that isn't the same

 .....

Until I got a surprise visitor yesterday, Michael!  One of my best friends from last year came up to visit the old brooks 3 gang, and got them all back together.  We all had a great night catching up with tons of laughs, leading to our old traditional Sunday RoBro Breakfasts.  Seeing my family from last year made me realize I have all these people that support me, and are my friends.  I don't have to see them everyday, or hang out with them every week for them to care about me, and they all know I care about them.  Sometimes you just need that reminder that even though things in life change, your family will always be there for you.

After an unreal weekend, I decided to call my mom to tell her about the visit.  She started crying on the phone (which in turn made me cry) telling me:

 "See Mary I don't know how you can be upset with all of these wonderful people in your life that care about you and are your friends"..."I understand that people hurt you but there is so much more to life, it truly is wonderful" 

and my favorite line "If this doesn't get you out of your rut, I am not sure what will"..  Which of course made me laugh, mom had to throw in her sarcastic remark, I think it's an Adams' thing.  But you're right mom, your right.  This got me out of my rut and I have less than 2 weeks before I head back to the glorious metropolis of Canajoharie.  

So here's to friends, the people that you meet that love you for who you are, not just love you because your related.

I think life is pretty wonderful too, mom.

Anybody with Me?