So many end-of-year commentaries I've read are focusing on the end of a decade (but i wonder: how is THIS the end of the decade? isn't the end of '10 the end of the decade?) (but i digress ...)
Today a friend on Facebook posed the question: "What do you remember about 10 years ago that seems so different now?" He was referring mostly to tech stuff ... like: 10 years ago we were using VHS tapes to watch videos and catch up on our favorite television programs, and we bought CDs and used Walkman's, and now we download music to our iPods ... that sort of thing. But I realize that 10 years ago to today feels even more radical than that techie stuff for me: 10 years ago I was living in Berkeley, and I celebrated the New Year with two of my good friends with champagne and munchies by the fireplace in my living room.
Now I live in NJ and it's snowing and cold (and for those of you who read here regularly-ish, you know how much i HATE the cold ...) ... but I will be celebrating tonight with a sleepover with the Beaners making and decorating cookies (and making a mess, i'm sure), playing Wii bowling and trying (and hopefully failing) to stay up until midnight. Chaos, cuddles and cookies ... what could be better?
I definitely miss CA, but this takes the cake. (and the cookies)
Life is good.
Hope yours is too.
some of us (me included) NEEDED that to be the end of a decade. ;) Happy 2010, Deb!
Posted by: Marilyn | January 07, 2010 at 12:19 PM