Happy New Year!

I don’t know if it’s because Christmas and New Year’s landed on weekends, but for some reason I feel like 2012 snuck up on me. These pictures are the views I woke up to on January 1st after a quiet night in Merida. Our vacation is still in full effect, but I wanted to share this beautiful blue sky before I get sucked back into normal life.

By the way, I committed the ultimate photography mistake and forgot my camera charger, so these pictures are courtesy of my iPod.

I absolutely love the holidays! Not just the holidays, I think I’m infatuated with the whole season of fall and most of winter. I don’t know if it’s because the majority of people are in a festive mood or if it’s some subconscious childhood memory. Either way, I find a lot to be happy about during this time of year.

This year has been filled with ups and downs and all arounds. I’ve decided to take a little sabbatical (the month of December) from blogging so I can have just one thing fewer on my plate. It’s strange that even though this is the first time I’m doing this after 3 years of blogging, I feel a twinge of guilt. In a way it’s good because it’ll motivate me to make it up to y’all when I start again in January

In the meantime, you can (re)discover my top viewed posts of all time:

Is forgiveness overrated?, Haitian Squash Soup, and Looking for fashion don’ts in Caracas – Part One.

I wish you and yours the happiest of holidays (Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukah, and Happy Kwanzaa)!!! See you in 2012!