Good thing it's the last day of the year!

I wrote the first part of this in an email to my wife this morning...



I am so frustrated. The train was 11 minutes late this morning, and since I only had a 6 minute wait for my connecting bus, I had to walk 20 minutes to work instead of 5. As I stood at the train station and wallowed in my frustration, it set off a kind of “year in review” thought process. (It wasn’t very pretty, at least not in the mood I was in.) I got on the train, and my Zune locked up on boot up, and now I can’t get it to reboot (a problem I later learned is being called the Zune 30 Midnight Meltdown). Not helping.

Here’s the short version of my review:

Since being out of work last year, my budget and credit rating are in the toilet, and going down fast. Debts up to my eyeballs, and just when I think I see the light at the end of the tunnel, I get a notice of garnishment from a debt I couldn’t manage while out of work. Not helping.

My car is headed for the junkyard, (not currently drivable) and I still owe a TON on it, adding weights to my sinking credit rating and budget. Not helping.

I have had health scares this year requiring hospitalization and a slew of new meds. I lost 20 lbs this year, but I am still in the super-obese category (I never thought of myself that way, but that’s the correct medical term). I get winded just walking and I’m SICK OF IT!! But then that gets me down, and what do I want to do?? Eat. Yeah, not helping.

Yes, we had a great Christmas vacation, but upon return to real life, the same problems were still there waiting for us.



Now that I have had some time the let it all digest (and deal with the ensuing acid stomach), here is what I would add as an addendum:



I also know that I have many blessings to be grateful. I have a good family, I have an affordable place to live, I have a good job (and survived the recent layoffs), I have a great ward at church with a fantastic bishop, I am reconnecting with many old friends and acquaintances on facebook, etc, etc. In spite of the things that could be improved in my life, I have a good life.

While I know that 2009 will start rough for me, I am looking forward to it improving, and expecting it to do so!

I know...it's a bit cliche' and even cheesy.

It is what it is.