Yeah, I always try to remember this when I get "depressed" so to speak. I'm really pretty lucky. We all are. I feel pretty stupid complaining about something as mundane as being in traffic when there are small children living with terminal cancer or living in an orphanage because their parents don't want them. Thanks!
11 Found my career. home life is great. Family is perfect. Wrote some good stuff. got to hang with AB for a while. Dubya. Boise State undefeated. Texas in a BCS. Astros stretch/playoff run. Texans improved. Rockets more exciting. Kick ass year.
Actually you had a 4.333333. 8 X 3 = 24 4 X 7 = 28 24 + 28 = 52 52 / 12 = 4.333333333 not to nitpick though...
Between the penis enlargement, free Viagra, free iPod, $35 million gift from a Nigerian prince, and thousands of HOT SLUTTY SLUTS XXX HEERE, I had a great year.
probably a 6 i'm in my 2nd year in university and starting to feel the pressure, mostly financially as i haven't taken a student loan yet. also lost quite a bit on gambling - haven't really had a hot streak for about 6 months. grades are so-so, family's still not so great (my parents divorced recently and all that goes with that) and i think i'm missing a nut, so yeh, i don't know. just kind of sucks right now. but it could be worse...so i'll give it a 6.
I think I'm just glad I survived it.. blessings, misfortunes and all.. I went through two gut wrenching breakups, but now I find myself in a relationship that I genuinely enjoy.. I kicked major butt on my grades, and I'm well on my way to graduating (one semester left, YES!) and going to grad school.. my brother got engaged and bought a house, which is a terrific feeling, but my grandmother is now on her deathbed.. You take the good with the bad, and I really feel optimistic about 2005 as well.. 8.5
Solid 9, maybe even a 9.5. The year started off great, then it dragged on a bit during the summer and continued through the fall. About mid-November things really started looking up and now I have a great job, and school is going well. I made a new friend and now we're very close. Hopefully I get my car working again and maybe add a female into the picture (Maybe older than 17, we'll see) in 2005.
Tough... First half definitely a 10, as I met my soulmate. There was a period of about a 0 for a while though, as my dog/best friend of 12 years got terribly sick and passed away. Rest of the year, pretty mediocre but nothing too bad, solid 8.
Let's see... at least I didn't lose any members of my immediate family this year. So it already has 2003 beat. Job - decent. Better progress on research. Classes going well... kind of automated by now. One problem with "bad apples" in one class this fall. At least I should have this job for the foreseeable future. No one else wants to teach these classes, or is willing to teach that many at once. Money - not great but getting by. Relationships - OK. Still with Ferdinand. Didn't kick him out of the house. That has gotten somewhat better since he finally got a job. Friends - might be going better. Had been better during the middle of the year - however, you know how people change and just turn into somebody you didn't think they were, especially people in or around college. Nothing ever stays the same. Might be better now, but I still don't have a life. Music - Percussion was going very well in the spring, but not so much now. We need to get our percussion ensemble back together, if anyone is still interested. I guess they have better things to do. Piano is going quite well - started practicing seriously about a year ago and have already gotten to do several cool things with it. Looking forward to more. Physical fitness - not that great. Probably no worse than last year, but still need to lose a little weight. Overall... I don't know. I think I'll have to have a little more time to look back and reflect before I can really give it a number. Right now I feel like I'm in the same place as last year. Maybe not really. Maybe I just haven't seen it yet. I just hope I'm going in the right direction, and won't come across as some pathetic person hoping to stay young and trying too hard... long story, but anyway... hope I didn't waste my entire 20's.
4.5 Lost 3 cats in the last 3 months. Business has done well and I'd enjoying my new bands a lot. Other issues have come up that have really brought the year down. Probably would've been more like a 7 or 8 if not for the last 2 or 3 months.
4. Not really a good year at all. Lots of medical issues to deal with between me and the wife, lots of insurance problems, etc. This year I've had to deal with quite a few tough situations, which has made me realize more than ever that I'm an adult now and that sucks. I really miss the days of not having much to worry about. The good thing is that I've managed to keep a fairly positive attitude through these various problems, and I know that 2005 will be a better year all the way around.
8.5 Finally got something going with a lady I have been chasing. Another year gone by with out any real problems.
