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Hello 2009! I’ve been waiting to see you.

As I walked up our street tonight, the layers of snow and ice sparkled in the light of those old lamp posts. Some parts are grey, but the ones at the top from last night’s fresh fall looked like a soft, welcoming bed of white glitters. I’ve always been one for signs and I took it as a personal sign of HOPE for the new year. Hope for you, 2009.

2008 has been long and arduous, like a black Mt. Everest that I never committed to climb with a heavy backpack 10 gallons too much for my size. It was that heavy to carry and I’m glad I can put it down to rest along with the bones of climbers who’ve passed away, along with their dreams of setting foot on the peak. I don’t want that. It’s not my mountain to climb.

So yes, it’s good to meet you ‘09. Here’s a little kiss and a smile. We’re going to have an AWESOME year!!!!!!

I’ll get this out of the way.

Perhaps, one should evaluate if one has a life. If you have so much time to nitpick on somebody else’s life — you need to get a life.

If you have too much time to meddle with someone else’s life — you need to get a life.

If you don’t have other things to talk about other than a trivial thing that is not even your business — you need to get a life.

If you talk as if you have a right to say anything to anyone just because you feel like it — you need to get a life.

If you feel the need to dump your own personal frustrations on somebody else just because you had a bad day or your life sucks — well, isnt’ it obvious — you need to get a life.

If you think that your world is the entire world and that is all that matters — you need to get a life.

Do you really think that your life is much more interesting than the collective sum of everyone else’s? — GET A LIFE.

My point is, if it hasn’t come across clearly is:  GET A LIFE.

It’s the fucking new year. Grow up. Get a life. Mind your own business. Perhaps, WORK on your life. Do not work on mine. That’s my job and I’m doing a pretty damn good job. I’m pretty happy with my life. Are you? If you’re not…why don’t you get a life and be happy with yours first before dipping your toes in my pool.

Sorry, folks. 2008 needs to end and these things have to be said.

Ok, really, 2009…off we go!

I think I’m done with 2008. But it won’t pass me by so fast and so smoothly. Ok, fine. I’ll live through it. I was going to put “The Last Days of Torment” as the title of this post, but you know what? I’m beyond that, as with other emotionally and psychologically crabby things of 2008. I’m done being affected, bruised and wounded.

I just read a couple of hours ago the daily message from The Daily Motivator about “Now Is Your Moment”. You know, okay, I will agree!

I’ve always been accused of being one who cannot take a compliment or a shining moment without trying to take the spotlight away from me. I need to learn to just basque in it! Now is my moment. I’m trying, see?

2008 has been one hell of a ride and I’m glad I’m about to close that book. 2008 has been a year of new experiences, challenges, sicknesses that I never knew I would have, issues that baffle me, deeper friendships and well, I don’t want to rehash them now. And if one more person asks me to rehash The Hell of 2008, I might have to toss them a cheap bottle of champagne.

Onto other things…this is something I’ve done for many years — The Mayfly Project, which is a yearly year-ender (haha) wherein you summarize your year in 24 words. The key is brevity.

Here’s my 2008 in 24 words:

Found forever love,
then found myself

Found casual friends,
turns out they’re the real gems.

What’s your 24-word 2008 summary? Please share it. :)

And well, that’s my goodbye to 2008. HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!