Well, as some may know, I had a pretty funky holiday to the cap off the year.
I was SUPPOSED to fly out to Indiana to visit with the fam but a monster snow storm blanketed the Puget Sound area and kiboshed my trip home. Not only that, it effectively shutdown the city, since A.) Seattle-ites have NO idea how to drive or deal with winter weather (well, mostly) and B.) the city of Seattle REALLY has no idea how to deal with severe winter weather. Put it to ya this way, there are TWENTY SEVEN snow plows in ALL of Western Washington (I think). The end result, of course, is that nature was tasked with "clearing" the roads. Sigh. So not only did I miss my flight, but I was effectively sealed in my home along with most of the city. However, all was not lost. For one, I had my good buddy Bo to keep me company. And it may have been kismet that I missed the trip back to Indiana, since little Bo developed a nasty infection on one of his paws and had to be taken to the vet. Dont worry, he's perfectly fine and back in top, furry, shape but....I wonder what would've happen had I not picked him up early from the sitter. Hrmmm. Three legged dog much ?
Anyway, the setback caused me to miss only the second Xmas away from my family, ever. We're a pretty tight knit group, the Nattam clan, and holidays are ususally held in pretty strong regard. So missing Christmas can feel pretty odd. However I made do. My good friend Gautam was kind enough to have me over for Christmas dinner, got some snowboarding in with my c0-workers Niles and Alex (more to come, interesting activity snowboarding), and capped it all off with what ended up being a really fun New Years, probably the most fun New Years I've had in...ages ? Nice dinner with friends, watch the ball drop at a rowdy Irish pub, and then run off to meet another group of friends at another bar. Everybody's happy :) Doesnt sound like much, sure, but there was more to it, and it's always nice to be able to ring in the new year with good friends.
All in all, looking back at 2008, I'd say I had a heckuva year. Not to brag on myself or anything, but I made some interesting (profound ?) progress over the past twelve months. Bought a house, got a dog, got back into the social mix (yeah), had a ton of fun at work and was able to develop my skills furthur (I think and hope), got into oil painting more, pursued personal art projects at home. And I was able to end the year in such a way as to at least allow for some intrigue going into 2009. That's how I'll leave thatfor now :P
How did 2008 treat y'all ?
Like a thief in the night
7 years ago
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Pretty fantastic for me, I graduated College got a job and got to hangout with your brother a bunch (I think that is a good thing). All in all not to shabby.
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