ooh, fling while on vaca with parental units?! You have gonads of steel, man!
'Day' is a vestigial mode of time measurement based on solar cycles. It's not applicable. I didn't get you anything.
River ,'Out Of Gas'
Goodbye and Good Riddance 2009: So long and thanks for all the fish.
Every year we watch the Charlie Brown special, do the Snoopy dance, wish everybody a Merry Christmukkah, and thank our Secret Santas in the good riddance thread. Which is this one, in case you were wondering. Oh, and 2009? Don't think we've forgotten about you
Strix - Dec 03, 2009 6:52:23 pm PST #32 of 549
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
sarameg - Dec 03, 2009 6:53:09 pm PST #33 of 549
It's not the first time. I'm demented. Or something. Broken??
eta: I haven't managed to leave the country without doing...somethingsomething. It's expensive. And usually of poor planning. But fun!
meara - Dec 03, 2009 6:56:04 pm PST #34 of 549
I was about to say, sara, you're getting into practically a HABIT there, with the parents, and the guides, IIRC...
sarameg - Dec 03, 2009 6:56:42 pm PST #35 of 549
Shut it meara, I know! eta: and I HOPE this one was a little different.
Laga - Dec 03, 2009 7:01:02 pm PST #36 of 549
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
Suddenly I feel like taking a tour with my parents.
sarameg - Dec 03, 2009 7:02:21 pm PST #37 of 549
And that was 2001. Or so.
Burrell - Dec 03, 2009 8:06:19 pm PST #38 of 549
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
2009 has been a mixed bag so far. I don't think I can post about it yet, not until I know what December brings.
Glamcookie - Dec 04, 2009 12:23:44 am PST #39 of 549
I know my own heart and understand my fellow man. But I am made unlike anyone I have ever met. I dare to say I am like no one in the whole world. - Anne Lister
2009 has been a total rollercoaster year for me (and DW), and it has revolved primarily around having a baby. I started the year off by doing a round of IVF and getting pregnant after months of trying with IUIs. Then I miscarried at 5 and a half weeks and had to have a D&C. Then I did an FET (frozen embryo transfer) and got pregnant again. At around 17 weeks, I got bad test results on the baby and freaked out. Ended up that baby was perfectly fine. Now I am due in a little over 2 weeks with my baby boy. I am hoping to end the year with my healthy, beautiful son in my arms, which will cancel out all of the bad and make 2009 my personal best year ever.
Other good stuff includes DW and I staying employed during a rough economy, our bond getting stronger because of all the baby stuff we went through, and general good health.
Other bad stuff includes DW's uncle's sudden death in May and the continued emotional and financial fallout for DW's mother from the death of DW's father back in January of 08.
Gris - Dec 04, 2009 4:21:44 am PST #40 of 549
Hey. New board.
I've had a really good year. The best I've had in AGES. Thanks, 2009. I'll miss you, though I have hopes that 2010 will be pretty fantastic too.
Scrappy - Dec 04, 2009 7:44:12 am PST #41 of 549
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
I LOVE sarameg's year!
My year was up and down. My beloved Uncle succumbed to cancer after years of fighting it. That was bad, but seeing extended family at his funeral in Chicago was lovely and there was lots of time to comfort and enjoy each other.
I really wanted to go back into teaching and spent a year in prep and passed all the State tests required (which was freaking HARD, man). Then California went broke and the program I was interested in was canceled. Still employed at my present job, though, and I do like it, so that's a consolation. DH's freelance writing gigs are less than last year, but enough to keep us afloat.
A cousin I grew up with and shared friends with went into rehab finally, and there was much rejoicing. She now seems to have fallen off the wagon again and is putting her husband and kids through hell. So there's that.
Got to go on AWESOME trips to Montana and Tennessee this year and hope for more article-underwritten motorcycle travel next year. Travel is fabulous--FREE travel is even fabulous-er! I have lost 9 lbs and have 20 more to go--much due to taking up Pilates this year, which is both challenging and supportive and has me exercising muscles which I didn't even know were there.