My b-day was Monday.  I had bought a bouquet of stargazer lily's which smell wonderful, and some chocolate cake. I worked that day and didn't mention it.  I did hear from a few friends and my sis, and my parents took me to a restaurant of my choice where I'd been taken since I was a child.  It was nice.  They had margaritas and I had a virgin strawberry one. Went home and watched TV with mom, which I enjoyed, and opened a gift from her.  It was one of the few times in my life, if ever, that dad offered to do something for my b-day.  He doesn't usually. Happy New YearIt's nice to have some invites to a couple parties and an AA dance, but I tend to stay home for holidays as I don't like to be on the roads with drunk drivers.  Anyway, a night in bed sounds nice.   I guess I'm becoming a bit of an old lady. I'm enjoying my job as admin assist of a college radio station where I volunteer.  I love my boss. She even asked if I could feed her cats this weekend and she offered to reimburse me for my time.  It feels good to be trusted and valued and helpful. I thought of how I'd made good changes this year. I stayed soberI kept in contact with my sponsorI found other meetings where my ex isn't and attended themI got out of bad relationship with himI stayed out of other bad relationshipsI worked doing good jobsI am almost out of debt (one payment to go after 7 years paying off!)I got made a big dent paying off some personal debt to momI connected in some meetingsI've stayed in Al Anon I got to lead an Al Anon meeting yesterday and the section in the book we read fit me Uncannily.  It was incredible (I love the book From survival to recovery).  I am glad to be able to go to those meetings.