YESSS!!! FTW!! I totally set them up!!!

Well, she hasn't replied to my email yet. You all are jumping the gun big time here.

Sorry, Tom. I'm sure she will, though.

Hopefully not jumping the gun...just yaying for the possibility. Go you with the connecting!

And yay Jon for the setting up.

Any movement is forward, in a case like this, eh? Whether it reaps its potential as something beyond a notion, or simply serves as practice.

so it seems I may have met someone that I might find attractive and who might seem nice. so, hey 2008 end and 2009 beginning - that would be kinda awesome.

2008 saw:

• my 33rd birthday, and since 3 is my lucky number I have decreed this to be "my" year
• my first relationship in 8 years
• wonderful continuing mutual support between my sister and me
• a drug combo that actually seems to be helping me
• continued work suck, now with added instability

I need to make some big changes, and 2009 may be that year. Then again, I've been saying that for 5 years now, so who knows.

I wish for strength to make the leap, and wisdom to recognize the opportunity.

my wrap up comes tomorrow because I don't like you 2008. I really don't.

My regret today is that with all the stuff that's been happening, my dear, patient, and very very deserving Seekrit Santa's package is just now going in the mail. I am sorry I dragged you to slacker status with my sad self!

Similar to what I said in my LJ ...

My 2008 can be mostly summed up with "Writing. Must write", with occasional sprinklings of "Iiiiieee, words gone!" Peoples, I wrote a book! I'm still a bit astonished by that thought. Oh yeah, and I turned 40. Which doesn't really feel any different than 30 did, so far.

2008 also included travel (mostly to Disney theme parks, which made me happy, but was not Pete's favorite choice of destinations), visiting friends, seeing a lot of concerts (MCR, Peter Murphy, Cobras, SOM, Amanda Palmer, and I'm sure I'm forgetting a few), and feeling more comfortable in my day job.

2008 was also the year of ... oddball media opportunities for me. There was the Microspotting interview), the MSDN Channel 9 video interview, the photo in BUST magazine, and writing for the TOKYOPOP Gothic & Lolita Bible.

2008 included a lot of concern and worry about friends who were having rough times (and hoo-boy, is that an understatement).

So! 2009! The year my book is published! (Why yes, I am cherishing fantasies of the GCS book becoming a best-selling hit. I don't know how likely those fantasies are, but they're nice daydreams.) I fervently hope and wish that 2009 is better to all of us than 2008 was. Even if you had a pretty good 2008 (as I did), I hope 2009 is better.

2008 was fairly good to me...

It was my first full year in California. I've gotten more into the rhythm of life here, although apparently I'm still very "East Coast". Part of that rhythm meant walking a lot, and in San Francisco that often does mean uphill both ways; consequently, I managed to lose 20 pounds in the process. Yay, hills!

I also managed to visit L.A. twice (thanks Kristin and Drew!) and finally see Hearst Castle, which I've wanted to do since a family trip out here way back in high school. I hope to see a lot more of the state in the coming year, especially Yosemite.

I also reconnected with NYC friends by road-tripping through Southern Utah and Northern Arizona. The National Parks there are true wonders of nature and a hiker's paradise. I highly recommend them to anyone wanting to get back to nature.

I continue to pay down my crushing grad school debt, but, through budgeting, feel a lot better about it and can see the light at the end of the tunnel.

After a major work crisis and a hashing out of issues with my boss, work has improved significantly and I'm hoping to manage a decent raise, even with this economy. We'll see.

Most importantly, my sister seems to have turned a corner and our relationship seems back on track. I guess she has finally forgiven me for moving out here. Another we'll see.

With the year ending, I find myself very thankful for the Buffistas, especially those here in the Bay Area who have made me feel so at home.

Hopes for 2009: a decent raise, a fabulous new apartment, and, most importantly, a date.

This year had one big dark event--the death of my niece. This put several months into a very sad place for ma and my whole family. There was also a lot of bad health--my FiL has severe lung problems, my Uncle is battling esophogeal cancer, and my mom has glaucoma and cataracts and is fighting to retain her sight. Failing health in older relatives was a constant worry and will remain so.

It also had many small but good events--my mother's 80th birthday party, getting another (and awfully adorable) dog, a Crowded House concert which was one of my favorite live events ever, making the decision to try to go back into teaching, and waking up next to my husband every morning.

And we also had one big great event--the election of Obama which I hope leads to a better 2009 for all of us.