On my seventh birthday, I wanted a toy fire truck, and I didn't get it, and you were real nice about it, and then the house next door burnt down, and then real firetrucks came, and for years I thought you set the fire for me. And if you did, you can tell me!

Xander ,'Same Time, Same Place'


Goodbye and Good Riddance 2011: Maybe the even years are better  

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. 2011? Room for improvement. Srsly.


lisah - Dec 31, 2011 1:33:09 pm PST #298 of 408
Punishingly Intricate

2011 was a lot less change-filled than 2010 and that was a good thing. The biggest changes was to at work. I'm at the same company but was given the opportunity to change jobs when the contract I was working under (and performing many roles for) ended. I am realizing that my new job feels more like an actual career than any job I've ever had has. In a good way! I'm truly looking forward to seeing where I can go with this.

Bob is doing great. First year of marriage pretty much rocked. It's hard sometimes with him traveling back to IL for work a couple of times a month but it still seems like the best option for him workwise for now. So, we make do. And we really feel very lucky in so many ways. We have been able to pay down a bunch of credit card debt this year (mostly mine, frankly) and were still able to take an amazing vacation (really, best vacation ever for either of us!) and buy a new computer and new bikes. (The bikes were bargains, relatively speaking, but still.) My car is hanging in there and, fingers crossed, it will continue to hold on for a while (I'm really hoping to get at least 200,000 miles out of it and it's at close to 175,000 now!).

The elderly cats are also hanging in there. The diabetic one has had some health issues recently not directly related to diabetes) and is showing his age more than his brother. I need to take him back for some bloodwork after a couple of weeks of antibiotics (which he was a total bitch about taking) and see what comes up. There's a chance that what they are hoping was an infection may be something more serious.

I haven't been able to participate here as much as I'd like due to only being able to post from my stupid phone with a bad keyboard during the day but you are all in my thoughts a lot and I'm hoping that 2012 is full of awesome for everyone!


sumi - Dec 31, 2011 1:57:06 pm PST #299 of 408
Art Crawl!!!

Whew! Finally got my Secret Santa gift to the post office. Of course, I managed to get there with half the town.

What will we all do if they decide to close on Saturdays?


quester - Dec 31, 2011 2:25:47 pm PST #300 of 408
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

I mail stuff at the grocery store now, Sumi. I'm there anyway and it's open 24 hrs.


Polter-Cow - Dec 31, 2011 2:58:26 pm PST #301 of 408
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I haven't had time to write up a long post, but as I look back, I think I had a pretty good year. Raised over $6750 for charity, outspelled Adam Savage and Michael Chabon, was repeatedly asked to act in things (even without auditioning), gave my best performance ever, wrote something that was performed for a standing room-only audience, taught an outstanding cancer pharmacology workshop, visited London/Stonehenge/Bath/Edinburgh/Glasgow/Highlands, had the most expensive and best meal of my life, totally went to Comic-Con, interviewed Anisha Nagarajan and Rizwan Manji, met new friends and saw old ones, found a new online community, and more. Not to mention all the great books and comics I read, television and movies I watched, plays I saw, and games I played. I guess if the worst thing I can say is that I'm still single, I'm doing okay.


Zenkitty - Dec 31, 2011 3:06:04 pm PST #302 of 408
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.

Except for a couple trips to see friends, my 2011 was almost entirely forgettable. In 2012, I would like to do more things that are worth remembering.

Posting this after P.-C. only highlights how dull my life has become! AND I'm single.


Kat - Dec 31, 2011 4:06:32 pm PST #303 of 408
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

2011 has been a hang-in-there year. We had intended to move but delayed it one more year. Work has been difficult, but we're both working.

This has also been the first full year Grace has been home. She's gone through so many changes as has Noah. We've had a variety of changes, surgeries, and therapies. Sometimes this year has felt like one giant appointment.

In the coming year, we will have still more surgeries and more appointments. I'd love to finish my Masters as well as do some work to move more into policy from the classroom. I'll also have to re-certify my National Boards which sounds overwhelming. Did I mention we also hope to move?

All in all, I'm ready for 2012 to bring some, I hope, positive changes.


quester - Dec 31, 2011 4:09:22 pm PST #304 of 408
Danger is my middle name, only I spell it R. u. t. h. - Tina Belcher.

Here's hoping that 2012 is better for everyone, even those that had good 2011s.

I know I could use some good things to happen.


Lee - Dec 31, 2011 6:48:34 pm PST #305 of 408
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.

2011.

Well, it was a year, to be sure, and not exactly uneventful, between the cancer, and Perkins the cat, and the house, and other stuff. I'm glad it's over, but at the same time, I have to believe it is ending on a positive note, and putting me in a good position to have a better 2012.

It's certainly ending on a nice note too, watching Community with -t, with Perkins the Cat curled up next to me, months after he was supposed to be gone.


sumi - Dec 31, 2011 7:06:46 pm PST #306 of 408
Art Crawl!!!

Happy New Year, Eastern Time Zone!


Jessica - Dec 31, 2011 7:43:07 pm PST #307 of 408
If I want to become a cloud of bats, does each bat need a separate vaccination?

Happy New Year!!!!

This time last year, I was 40 weeks pregnant. In 4 days, I'll have a 1 year-old. So that's this year in a nutshell.