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.
Mal ,'Safe'
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Happy New Year, Eastern Time Zone!
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.
Happy new year, y'all!
2011 was pretty good. Work started to move in the direction I wanted. I went to France with the local fangirl contingent (Dr Who and baguettes ftw!). My remaining family stayed reasonably healthy and I was pretty much done with the executrix work for Dad.
On the downside, I learned that I had an inner ear condition that put an end to my flying lessons--lessons I loved to distraction. So summer 2010-summer 2011 ended up being my year of flight, rather than the start of a longer hobby. Now I'm in the market for a new love. I'm not sure what 2012 will be the year of, but I'm looking forward to finding out.
Goodbye 2011. Let the screen door pummel you.