No Business Like Snow Business

I think my new year's plans have been cancelled by default-- Matt and I were planning to visit with Laura who's back in Clifton Park from Alaska for a little while... but the news just said that Albany got a foot of snow yesterday and is expecting another 9 inches tomorrow.


Sigh.


If anyone has an alternate plan, tell me quickly!

Congratulations Are In Order

Hooray for Kate and Ryan! They're engaged...

and it's all because of me!! (Just kidding!)

(Sort of. Heh.)

I'm so excited for both of you! Yay!!

Happy Holidays

Time really does fly... even when you're not having fun. So the year is almost over, and as such, I've been doing a lot of reflecting back on all the stuff that happened and didn't happen. If anyone's interested, here's a brief list:

-spending time upstate with Matt, his family and friends in January, the highlight of which was a weekend at Ryan's apartment (the part where I introduced Ryan to Kate, not the part where I cried for a couple of hours because I was drunk and stupid)

-throwing a 56th birthday party for my mom and all of her friends at her favorite Chinese restaurant

-cutting a vacation with Susan short and rushing back to NY from Florida for my mom's kidney transplant

-freaking out again as my mom's health deteriorated to the point of loss of consciousness... from a urinary tract infection, and then feeling the amazing relief that came with her recovery

-helping to celebrate Mel and Brian's wedding as one of the bridesmaids

-summer vacation in the mountains with Matt, Ryan and Kate... ah, sweet relief

-passing the intermediate care class at work and enabling myself to care for patients who require cardiac monitoring

-going to Laura's sister's wedding in Albany as Laura's date and getting to stay in the honeymoon suite the night before (heh heh heh)

-going to Spain with Susan... awesome, as expected

-taking my very first romantic hot and sweaty 9-hour bus adventure with Matt from Syracuse to Boston (blech)

-learning about Kate and Ryan's engagement (that I set them up for!!)

-planning with my parents for my dad's cardiac catheterization and open heart surgery which'll be happening just after the new year

-working A LOT


And while the list of things I've done and accomplished isn't too long, there really were only a few things I didn't manage to get done:

-buy a property and move out/live by myself
-go on a road trip with any of my friends
-go on an international vacation with Matt
-visit Laura in Alaska
-start working on a Masters degree

All in all then, I guess it was a pretty successful year. I probably wouldn't trade too much of it... things flowed naturally and honestly helped to shape me a big into the person I am today (doesn't that sound like a high school graduation speech?). Life is pretty good, and I'm glad I'm a part of it. Though I do think that it might be a bit better if it were a bit more boring. But who's counting? :)