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msbelle - May 15, 2009 9:15:20 am PDT #19710 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

5 years

- 2 new jobs (including leaving non-profits)
- drove route 66
- took first cruise
- saw Yosemite
- hosted Nilly
- traveled to Isreal, saw Nilly again
- had first surgery
- traveled to Africa
- GOT MAC!!!
- survived surgery on Mac

DavidS - May 15, 2009 9:24:42 am PDT #19711 of 30000
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."

These are good lists. I'd forgotten some of the details.

Kathy A - May 15, 2009 9:25:05 am PDT #19712 of 30000
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil

Sophia reminds me: paid off credit card and got new car (paid off 60% of that).

beekaytee - May 15, 2009 9:27:58 am PDT #19713 of 30000
Compassionately intolerant

Wow, I really am coasting up to my 50th. So much less has happened in the last 5 years than in the previous. Ought to do something about that.

Lemme see:

  • Entered into a relationship with the wrong fella
  • Survived mono at 44...not fun
  • took a job for the sake of a job that, while stable, ended up being a bad plan
  • Became the doggy lama, which I love
  • Ended the not!smart relationship
  • Reclaimed my given name...an important transition
  • Saved some hearts
  • Became more comfortable and more confident in my work
  • Developed perhaps the best, most significant friendship of my life
    • Considered shuffling the mortal coil but that same friend saved me
  • Gained weight and discovered I need to permanently break up with wheat and corn

Sue - May 15, 2009 9:29:58 am PDT #19714 of 30000
hip deep in pie

finished masters
bought house
went to Washington and NY and met Buffistas
got new job
taught myself to make pie

There are some significant things there, but I don't feel measurably different. I think I spend more time dwelling on what hasn't changed than what has.

megan walker - May 15, 2009 9:37:14 am PDT #19715 of 30000
"What kind of magical sunshine and lollipop world do you live in? Because you need to be medicated."-SFist

In the last five years I:
Taught at three different colleges in three different states
Hosted two French teenage girls in my 1-bedroom apartment in Brooklyn for 2 months
Moved from Brooklyn to the Eastern Shore of Maryland
Discovered my colors and revamped my wardrobe
Watched my sister be diagnosed with the same cancer as my mother, with much happier results
Left the Ivory Tower to work for The Man
Moved to San Francisco
Went hiking in West Texas, Oahu, Southern Utah, the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, and Big Sur
Welcomed more incredible in-laws to the family
Lost the 20 pounds gained since my surgery in early 2004
Finally applied to The Amazing Race
 Paid $20000+ in student loans

msbelle - May 15, 2009 9:42:07 am PDT #19716 of 30000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

I am about to make a kick-ass filing system. Color-coded and all typed out labels. YAY!!

erikaj - May 15, 2009 9:42:55 am PDT #19717 of 30000
"already on the kiss-cam with Karl Marx"-

I haven't done very much.

shrift - May 15, 2009 9:43:27 am PDT #19718 of 30000
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty

shrift! The name of your company does not contain a comma, correct?

You are correct. It does not contain a comma!

-t - May 15, 2009 9:44:30 am PDT #19719 of 30000
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration

I just bought a label-maker. I am kind of excited about it.

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