Hello it’s me…

I was wondering if after all these weeks you’d like to read, a blog, by Yab?
That was an Adele inspired poem. If you’d like to hear more you can go to my youtube channel and here me singing the full version…
 Jk. I don’t have a youtube channel. Seriously, I don’t, so stop trolling.

Ladies and Gentleman, this is Mambo # five...

I really wanted to incorporate that into this blog somehow but I wasn’t sure how so uh… there ya go.

Ok folks, so my series of hiatus will hopefully cease to a halt because this year Santa Baby brought Yab a young babuh mac!

The clouds parted and said, "let there be more Yab."

I will admit,
this was the first year in Yab history that there were no Christmas blogs, which was probably a good thing because I felt a bit like a scrooge this year…
I mean that’s not new. Read Yab blogs of Christmas past and you will see the trending bah hum bug.

This year it was tres hard to get in the christmas spirit with the lack of snow and cold. Clearly the world is ending and everything is melting… “Omg Yab are you dumb? It’s climate change, duh.” “Omg are you dumb… Did you forget about the hole in the ozone layer? YEAH IM SURE ITS ALL SO NATURAL.”
I keep saying all the sudden it will be -3 degrees out and people will poop their pants. A this point, it’s January and still 50degrees so I no longer have any theories for life.

I digress-
So over all christmas was just lovely. The past couple weeks I have been a one-woman-traveling-band +Koko and it’s been oh so fun.

I went to Portland, Oregon a week before christmas to see my beloved Big, Uhlishah. *Fun fact I started a sorority in college and we were founding members.*
  The west coast was super fun, Alisha showed me all the good eats. I was not only there to see Alisha, but I also saw my beautiful wonderful cousin and together we traveled the the magical land of WACYPAA.

This was my first ever AA conference and boy it was a trip. I was really just observing and taking it all in. It was awesome and a cool experience to meet a bunch of west coast people too…. very different. I’ve always wanted to leave philly- oh and I will- but I’ve also realized I’m a bitter cold bitch, and all that sunshine maybe to much for me…
Portland’s a nice compromise with all the rain though. But those Cali Kids, are just a tad to chipper.

I’m super excited for EACYPAA in NYC in February.
PSA -If you're sober and you live on the east coast, I will be trying to recruit you to this. Thats's if I haven’t already.

Ok so there is a reason I’m writing today, December 31, the last day of 2015… Guess.
Did you guess it?

New Years Resolutions

So of course I, Yab, will not commit to just 1… let’s say, 6 for 2016.
So, working backward,

6. Read more, always a goal that can be improved upon.

5. Get better at kick boxing and make a full commitment to it- I started kick boxing this year, but right as the holidays approached, so now that there dead and gone,

I’m ready to kick some ass

4. Focus on mediation- at the end of this year i have started to explore meditation more and it has been a great experience. To really get good at mediation and see the full benefits it needs to be practiced daily.

zen koala

3.Make writing and blogging a priority- I make no money off this blog- well that’s a lie, I have acquired 30 dollars. I can’t even access my big bucks till i make it to 100.
I started this project as a way to expose my writing to the world. For me fuck lab has a been a total self exploration and expose into my life. If I don’t make a daily commitment to write, just like any artistry, my craft will never be perfected. This is entirely personal and no one but me will see the benefits but I thank you once again for taking this journey with me.

2. get to work on time and slay it- this has been a struggle for me…. throughout my life. If I can conquer being a morning person, I will take over the world in no time

1.My main new years resolution, dental hygiene. I have not had anything bad happen this year, or really ever- knock on wood. I never had braces, no cavities. I just feel like it’s something I could improve on. Like flossing… Who daily flosses? HMM that’s the goal.

Here’s and cheers to 2016.
May it be better than 2015, which shouldn’t be too difficult.

OMG AND LADIES DON'T FORGET YOUR GLITTER TONIGHT, GLEAM AND SHINE.
xoxo #groundedbyglitter