Happy New Year!!
Well...Christmas is over and I'm here pecking away at the keyboard while the Rose Bowl is getting ready to start. I was able to visit the kids today and now my dinner is cooking. Things seem to be peaceful and for the moment...stress free. Now would be a good time to reflect on the past year...the good and the bad.
One of these days, I'll either move all my files to this laptop, or fire up the old one so I can upload some pics. One of these days.
I have to start with the 2 people , without whom I would probably not be around to write anything. They would be my brother, George, and my main man and voice of reason, Will Hallback. I've interacted with many folks over the past year, but these 2 have been the sturdiest of rocks I relied on (or cried to). My personal issues have been varied and some quite severe, and these guys have responded within minutes to provide aid. I can never repay them for the support they have given me...the best I can do is offer my sincere thanks.
Work has been good and I'm continuing to learn new things almost daily. It has been an exercise of patience at times, but overall very rewarding. I have looked into positions in other divisions of the Company as far away as Alaska and in Florida. I peek at Nevada too...lots of opportunity there...hahahahaha. Who knows where I will end up this time next year?
I have made several new friends, through work and through WOW. If I tried to mention them all, I would surely miss one or two. The ones who really stand out though, for whatever reasons are: Fjaweru/Zoqui, Nightsmoon, Michedica, Morgatha/Piobhorror, Erised/Enived, Eltsorro, Drclal & Msclal, Dew(in all her forms!), Distructor...the list could go on. These folks (some don't play anymore) were not only fun to play with, but fun to banter with during game play. It's fascinating how relationships develop within the game...helping with quests and achievements or general fussing about things out of our control...what class is OP (they all are except mages!), and so on. Amazingly enough, I've grown close to a few of the above mentioned folks...discussing their kids (we have a lot of couples in our guild), schools, parenting, "adult" subjects (heh heh),...etc. And one, whom I won't mention by name, I owe so much to. If any of my in game cronies actually read this thing...they may know who I'm talking about. This person was a beam of sunlight piercing the grey clouds of my horizon (oh puke!), showing me that, yes, there is some hope for me. Thank you! Not that this person also caused me some grief as well...the pros outweigh the cons. Christmas and New Year's Day were both pretty much saved by this one person. That's it..no more to be said.
I'm done...dinner is ready. Looks like a good game. I think we may raid tonight. So...2010...what do you have in store for me?
Posted by mrchipper at January 1, 2010 05:44 PM