1.11.2006 |  New Year's Update

posted by Jon
12:34 | SAY SOMETHING |



It is a well-known cliche that winter is a down time for a lot of people. It's when families come together in all of their disfunctional glory and when a lot of us singles wish we weren't single. This is not a post about family problems or wanting to have a girl. My family life is healthy and while it's true that I die a little each day I go without the exclusive presence of a female, this year's winter has been difficult for other reasons.

I can narrow it down to three major events. There are many other things that have occured, but without these three things would have been relatively easy.

1. Losing my wallet. It's been recovered, but I have already had most of its contents replaced. That was a HASSLE.

2. High-profile presentation at work. I've never liked presentations, and this was the biggest one I've done yet. I can deal with this amount of stress on an average day, but this timing was a little screwy.

3. The Incident. A little embarrassment and a huge amount of stress is what I got out of this. For those of you who know the details, no, I have not yet had it taken care of but I am doing everything within my power.

So yeah. The first two are over and the third is almost done. Things are back to quasi-normal. I've also made a list of a ton of things I've been wanting to get done for a while (kind of a short New Year's resolution quick-sheet - stuff I can get done in only a small amount of time and with unextraordinary effort). I've knocked about half of it off, so I'm feeling very productive right now.

However, I'm still reeling from the effects of everything so I am short with pretty much everybody right now. I'm not asking for forgiveness, because everybody pretty much deserves it, but I need to tone it down. I think a little Cayenne Cafe and the new LOST tonight will help.

So yeah, that's been my winter so far. Oy, I'm tired.

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