I think it is important to acknowledge the badness of 2010 fully, because I will appreciate each good thing next year so much more! I will look back at this list and realize how much worse it could be (I hope). I also acknowledge the Good parts, which were so good!
This horrid year:
- I had nearly 7 months of continuous tonsil pain and exhausted the medicines I could take, got eaten alive by gnats and got an abscess in my throat
- a caretaker who was supposed to be kindly driving my grandpa around stole his credit cards and checks (and used them)
- My Great Grandmother (and Best Friend) had a heart attack, had her lung punctured by an incompetent Dr, was denied food by mean nurses/Dr's, and then died
- two days before my Great Grandma died, my mom's dear family friend Susan was found dead in her home. She was only in her early 60s and it was a great shock, she'd been a part of our extended family for as long as I can remember!
- my only Grandfather died a month later, suddenly after a bout of pneumonia, and the jerk nurses handled it terribly (Sutter lacks bedside manner completely!)
- My mom got laid off and has not had work for almost a year
- My brother got laid off because his stupid boss was a jerk, and now he has to work two jobs non-stop
- at grad school I found that I am the oldest, fattest, and slowest... and that I'm once again the target of bullying and exclusion from cliques that I thought I'd left behind me in the 8th Grade!
- My parents house got broken into and the thieves stole her car, her jewelry from her wedding, her inventory for her new beading business, our Christmas presents AND they kicked our old crippled dog!
- my father got into a car crash on his way to pick me up from the airport
I know there are many other crappy things that happened this year too, but I can't remember or list them all... which is probably a good thing.
Good things that happened this year are:
- I had a GREAT job with a company that I love working for: Good bosses who gave me time off when I needed it, paid me well, treated me well, and I even had BENEFITS for the first time!
- I got to spend my birthday in Las Vegas with two of my besties, and we partied till 4 am! which I'm not sure we can ever do again... we are getting old~
- I got in to Grad school, with Stephie Sue there to help me celebrate!
- I got to see Monument Valley in the snow and fog, and in the summer with a double rainbow!
- I got to be with my Great Grandma her last week, and got to tell her I love her before she died
- I had many great trips home and elsewhere, and spent lots of time with my family, parties, dancing, etc.
- I found a cute little apartment to live in
- I made a couple of really great friends in Grad school and survived my first semester
- I GOT MY TONSILS OUT
There are lots of things to be thankful for, and I can't wait till all the exciting stuff next year that I just KNOW will be good!
