OK, so 2009 wasn't so bad. It wasn't so good, either but I hesitate to say good riddance to it lest that gesture jinx me for next year. So, hmmmm, a little reminiscing?
January: This was the month my fascination for taking pictures of dead birds was born. And my favorite guy turned 200.
February: My fashion sense sunk to a whole new low. Previously just oblivious to trends and labels, in this month, I took active steps to defy good taste. On the bright side, there was our Burns Supper, always a highlight of the winter if not the whole year. And a Sussex Spaniel won Best In Show at Westminster.
March: Oh, the High Holy Month. Parades galore, the Philly Phlower Show, more dead bird photo opportunities, and my abduction by aliens a pipe and drum band.
April: Wow, this was a big month. I got new shoes, went to band camp, and finally got a photo published in a major magazine. Look out Nat'l Geo, here I come!
May: I made my debut with the band! This might also have been the month during which I accidentally put the litterbox lid on backwards one morning after cleaning the box, which meant that the door (aka the only opening) was facing the wall in back and couldn't be accessed, and when I got home from work about 12 hours later both cats were sitting in front of the box with their back paws crossed looking at me saying "YOU IDIOT" with their laser beam stares. But I didn't get any pictures of that so you'll just have to imagine how funny it was.
June: I think it was around this point that the scales for 2009 really started tipping away from the "Sweet" side to the "Sucks" side. I did get another good dead bird photo. Actually, we had a bunch of good days on that vacation but it is still that illness I got that defines the week for me.
July: Oh, wait. There WAS a month worse than June. I was still sick, we cancelled our summer family vacation, our band came in last in our first competition, I fainted after a hot parade. That is all.
August: Technically, I got my new car in July (the 31st) but didn't begin enjoying it until August. Here, at December 31st, I'm about to turn 15K miles . . .
September: We're tipping back a little towards the "Sweet" side this month. Murphy adopted us, for one thing. She is still here daily, but after a miserable failed attempt at getting her to be an indoor car, we have decided to continue living on Murphy's terms, with her firmly outdoors. And no thanks to Facebook, I was reconnected with a friend I'd thought long as-well-as-dead. Miraculous Finally, a new tradition was started.
October: Well for starters, I died. Then I went to Virginia for a few days. And then I died again.
November: Perhaps the toughest month of this year. But I met some really awesome people and shared some very important stuff and gained heaps and heaps of wisdom. These are the times that give us the most reason to be Thankful. As I truly am.
December: Fast month, busy month, but I managed to enjoy it for the intended reasons without going crazy. And another new tradition was born!
So, good times were had, but on the whole? This sums it up:
So 2010? We're ready for you.
BRING IT.
I hope you kick 2010's ass and enjoy every last second of it :)
Posted by: bekah | January 02, 2010 at 12:28 AM