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Wednesday, December 31st, 2008
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9:28a - Week 52
I had anticipated being alone at work this week, able to get some reading done and some drawers cleaned out. However, that is not the case. Everybody is here. Phones are ringing.
I'm off the rest of the week. Then it's two weeks of work and then another three day week. (I'm not risking life and limb to come in on Inaguration Day. The world will be heavy with crazy.)
But we will take a few minutes to think about the last year. Speaking about being heavy with crazy, this was it.
It has been:
51 weeks since my last birthday and our first anniversary.
50 weeks since my diet was painfully and irritatingly reset.
48 weeks since I took my brother out drinking for his 21st birthday and I started talking about government bailouts
46 weeks since I avoided going to the UBSPI Auction, as the immediate past president, so I didn't overshadow the new officers. They raised a ton of money without me.
45 weeks since Barack Obama won the Maryland Primary.
39 weeks since we gave my mom a picture frame that said "Great mothers are promoted to grandmothers". It took her a moment to figure out what that meant.
36 weeks since the first hints of my displeasure at work (friends only) rose their ugly heads.
34 weeks since we went to Disneyworld.
33 weeks since we started the Month of Weddings.
31 weeks since Fishy the Cat died and we decided it was best if her sister Pudge continued to live with Aunt Toni.
29 weeks since we became suburbanites.
28 weeks since I became one with the joys of lawn care and home maintenance.
25 weeks since the search for a new job began to gain momentum.
20 weeks since we started looking for a day care provider.
18 weeks since I quit my job and we threw ![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif) blythefishya surprise baby shower. Totally unrelated events.
17 weeks since I discovered load bearing caulk and significant water damage in the new bathroom. A month later, we got TubFitter, as I was not trusted with another bathroom project. It only takes one 18 month bathroom project and you're labeled for the rest of your life.
15 weeks since I started the new job and the world didn't end. Totally unrelated events.
12 weeks since I got a new cell phone with - get this - a camera. Who ever heard of such a thing?
9 weeks since Project Nougat came to a conclusion, and my time as a perpetual slacker and professional narcissist came to an abrupt halt.
7 weeks since we were told that the world changed. It already had, but took two weeks for the rest of the world to catch up.
5 weeks since we first ventured to having dinner outside the house with the baby. Five Guys hamburgers never tasted as good.
4 weeks since she met her great-grandparents.
2 weeks since my first appearance before the Prince Georges County Planning Board.
1 week since baby's first Christmas. I was almost completely forgotten. I am okay with this.
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