A Long December

Well today is my last day in the office until early next year. So... here's to the year, and here's to the next.

In all 2011 has been a long year, after many massive changes in 2010, this has been a year of rebuilding and stabilizing in many ways. So a big thanks to all who have played their part, no matter how big, no matter how small.

While today's song, "A Long December" is a rather melancholic tune from the Counting Crows. But I'll pick it for today because of the hope that it promises. It's amazing how quickly the time passes, day by day... and year by year. But, we hang onto hope because it's all we really have.

A long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can't remember the last thing that you said as you were leaving
Oh the days go by so fast

And it's one more day up in the canyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
If you think that I could be forgiven
I wish you would
(Na na na, etc. yeah)

The smell of hospitals in winter
And the feeling that it's all a lot of oysters, but no pearls
All at once you look across a crowded room
To see the way that light attaches to a girl

And it's one more day up in the canyons
And it's one more night in Hollywood
If you think you might come to California
I think you should
(Na na na, etc. yeah)

Drove up to Hillside Manor sometime after 2 a.m.
And talked a little while about the year
I guess the winter makes you laugh a little slower
Makes you talk a little lower about the things you could not show her

And it's been a long December and there's reason to believe
Maybe this year will be better than the last
I can't remember all the times I tried to tell myself
To hold on to these moments as they pass

And it's one more day up in the canyon
And it's one more night in Hollywood
It's been so long since I've seen the ocean
I guess I should
(Na na na, etc. yeah)

I'll be heading off to the coast for a few days over Christmas and simply hope that the year to come was better than the last.