December 31, 2005

• Today is my 46^th birthday. Happy birthday to me.

  
  

   

  
  

  I don’t think I’ve ever been so glad to see a year finally leave. 2005 was a pretty messed up year all the way around when I look back on it. Let’s see … I crashed my bike, broke my wrist, almost had to sell the house because of a crooked mortgage company, five people I was really close to died, 2 got in to bad accidents (that was just in the first 4 months of the year) and my wife was diagnosed with clinical depression.

  
  

   

  
  

  Other than that, it was a great year.

  
  

   

  
  

  While I try not to dwell too much on things negative, I do feel it’s good to be honest about what happened and how I feel about it. That was 2005 in retrospect. All things considered, 2006 is looking to be a whole lot better.

  
  

   

  
  

  So what was the good stuff in 2005? Well, I healed up really well, my bike got rebuilt, I was able to mourn the loss of my friends and relatives who passed on, I didn’t get the flu, I still have my home, my job and my health, good friends who care about me and a wife that loves me. So really, regardless of all the bad, I feel like I’m a pretty healthy and wealthy man.

  
  

   

  
  

  Not to mention all of my online friends who still visit my blog (even if the updates are few and far between).

  
  

   

  
  

  Tonight we’re having a taco and tequila tasting with some good friends and I’ll probably ring in the year by myself after everyone has left. Not a bad way to close out 2005, to be sure.

  
  

   

  
  

  So here’s a glass to you, my friends. May 2006 be a year of peace happiness and prosperity to you and yours.

  
  

   

  
  

  DG

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