I don't think my giftee will have received a package yet, and I live very very far away from everyone so probably won't get mine for a while. So I guess I'll do a year review...
I started the year off unemployed, but that's not unusual for an archaeologist. DH and I then both got jobs in Northern Ireland, which seemed like a good idea. Unfortunately for me, I kind of hated it there and got into that horible kind of sadness where you're crying four or five times a week for no reason at all. However, that job led to me, in August, getting the job I have now, in Cork. Which I love, and is everything I've ever wanted to do. And though it took some time, DH now has a job that he loves, even if it keeps him away from home a lot. We also had our first anniversary this year, so I guess the whole marriage thing is working out. Y'know, for now.
To sum up, some good, some bad, but ending on a high note.
Thanks, Santa Aurelia!
You're welcome! I was trying for a Very Erika Christmas mix. I hope it's all stuff you'll enjoy.
I played the mix disc yesterday...it was cool. Thanks again!
I went to the complex office and picked up my gift! I got Doctor Who magnets! They are made of win! One of them is the sign on the TARDIS, and the other is something in Gallifreyian (or whatever you'd call the writing system). I should check and see if it's the pocketwatch label. In any case, they are teh awesome!
Erika, I'm entering the wrapsack info and the bag needs a name. What should it's name be?
Well, my year was lame and uneventful.
But then, one of my sisters came down from Iowa to spend my birthday with me and we had a ball. Her spouse likes to shop and we like to browse for things to mock. We also sem to be psychicly linked because we kept doing things with no plan or spoken word in exactly the same way! It was hilarious.
I have 5 sisters and this is my favorite one, but we are nowhere close in age. I'm #3 of 7 and she is #6 but we get along so much better with each other than either of us do with any of the others.
And she bought me and iPod! So the year has ended nicely.
I don't know, Aurelia...Small Purple Justice?
Damn, I thought I could edit the name. Small Purple Justice would've been fantastic. I had put in Keith as a placeholder and now I can't change it.
Is it a bad thing that I read "Small Purple Justice" and think "That'd be a killer name for a drink!" Dunno what it'd have in it but it'd be small, purple and leave your head ringing in the morning. Mmm...
Well, 2007. You were an extraordinary year.
You gave land to me, who doesn't really believe in the concept of land ownership. You built me (mostly) a new house, when I thought I'd always be a vagabond. You gave me the legacy of my grandmother's hands, the generosity of my parents, the kindness of friends and strangers alike to make it happen. Thanks for that.
You also took my father's health. You took the life of a dear friend by means of rapid stomach cancer. You paved the road with struggle for my students, current and former. Probably future, too, now that I think about it. What's up with that?
You were capricious, but open-hearted. And in the end, if I spend 2008 in the house that 2007 built, I will not complain. My life is extraordinarily good right now, if mildly crazymaking. That's a trade-off I'll make any day of the week.
Oh, yeah, and you gave the Colts a Superbowl. Doubt if your counterpart's going to do that this year. And don't get me started about Cleveland.
2008, I hope you bring me many happy days in my new home with my SO. I hope you bring health to my family and joy to my friends. I hope you let me freaking breathe a little bit. I hope you allow me to survive a whole summer's worth of camp. I hope 2008 brings me harvest from my gardens, metaphorical and otherwise.
