A look back...

I've been wanting to do a post about my 2008. Been thinking hard about it. But can't come up with how to do it without being cliche. So, I guess I'll just roll with it...

2008 was full of a lot of CRAP. I felt a lot of pain both physically and emotionally. The physical, a reoccuring pain in my gut that after a dozen or so tests still has not been diagnosed other than it could be adheasions. Untreatable. That on top of the fibromyalgia makes for some painful days. The emotional, one aspect I decline to talk about, but one biggie is being taken for a ride by some supposedly close friends then dropped and used as a weapon by those same people. My good nature and loyalty used as a weapon against other people who have proven to be REAL friends. Nothing hurts me as much as using my friendship. Especially against me and other friends.

More crap, I was laid off. I had the good fortune of being given 2 months heads up. But didn't even get ONE interview/prospect in those 2 months. So, August was my last month of work. Then....

Mid-August...T.S. Fay. The storm that wouldn't leave. My house...FLOODED. The water came 16 inches up the wall. We lost EVERYTHING. Cabinets, furniture, clothes, shoes, yarn, TV, computers you name it. THANK GOODNESS for flood insurance!

Even more crap, Nov. 7th Shannon was in a motorcycle accident. An OLD FART made an illegal left hand turn into oncoming traffic..that oncoming traffic being Shannon on our V-Star Classic. Totaled the bike. Shannon though rolled over the old fart's hood and stood up. Apparently untouched. Until he coughed hard a week later, and CABLOOIE! Back went out. Herniated disk between L4&L5. Old Fart's Geico didn't want to pay for the medical bills so we retained a lawyer. Not to make any $$ mind you, just to get the bills paid. As for the injury, he's on muscle relaxers and Percs and seeing a neurologist and chiropractor.

So...Thats the major crap, now onto the GOOD STUFF!

I have reconnected with some WONDERFUL FRIENDS!!! The kind of friends that I would take a bullet for. A few of them would do the same for me. In fact, some of us have taken some verbal bullets for each other many many times over the past year. I take my friendships very seriously. I genuinely love these people. Enough sap.

I have made some new friends as well in the later part of this year. Friends that are in the LGBT community and I will be joining in helping to get more of a presense here in Brevard County.

As for the flood damage, good things came from it. Like the old song says "You find out who your friends are". 30-ish people came out over a few weeks to help with the clean-up and re-build of Capt. Jack's and the MIL's house. Also a good thing...ALL NEW STUFF!! I got to pull up the carpets and tile the whole house (which I had been wanting to do for months)! We got all new furniture and new electronics. A new 46" Samsung 1080 120 mhz LCD TV (HA HA J).

As for the motorcycle accident, Shannon is back to work and the day after Christmas, he found a 1998 95th anniversary ed. Harley Davidson Sportster on Ebay for an outrageous price and in great condition! And since we had put the $$ from the other totaled bike in savings acct, he bought it. We are now Harley owners. Too bad it came at a cost.

Soooo thats the major points of my 2008 in a nutshell. Most of the people reading this will already know these things about me. But I made you look!! LOLOL