Alternate Universe - Snow My Goodness!

Almost 1.5 months into the new year, and all is well. I've managed to maintain quite a good attitude during the minor ups and downs the last few weeks have brought. And I'm not alone. More than one of my friends and family have pointed out that they just seem generally "better". It's kind of creepy - in an Alternate Universe kind of way.

Now, by "better" I do not mean that all of life's problems (big and small) have miraculously been solved. However, many people seem to be somehow handling things, well, better. Collective new and improved mindset?? Well, if there was a meeting, memo or magical spell cast - it slipped right by my consciousness. Whatever mortal, spiritual or cosmic mechanism has allowed some of us to feel not quite so overwhelmed, frustrated, angry, sad, etc., etc. lately - I thank you. We are grateful.

On a related note........I am also grateful to the powers that be (pun intended) that my electricity has remained on during the recent attacks of Snowpocalypse and Snowmageddon. Outside my door tonight lays more than three feet of snow, fallen in two storms in five days. It is now officially the snowiest winter in Washington DC history! The last several days has made the 21" that felt at my house back in December look like nuthin'! Television reports all full of commentary from locals who've never seen anything like it! See - Alternate Universe!!

Oh, and have I mentioned that my teenage son and I haven't had a fight in weeks???? AU.........

Movin' On

You know you've gone too long without posting on your blog when you cannot remember your password to log in to your blog. D'oh! (props to The Simpsons)

Well, friends, I am ever so glad that 2009 is over. What a craptastic year that was. * A clusterfuck of pain, lies, illness, death, confusion, fear and full-on mental exhaustion. Therefore, on December 31, I took 2 Nyquil, 3 Bourbon and Diet Cokes and was asleep by 9:00 p.m., determined to piss off the remainder of that 365-day long nightmare and begin anew the following day.

2010. Eleven days in and so far, so good. All things considered. Refraining from making a formal New Year's Resolution, I am striving to not let things (read: other people) bother me quite so much. Please stop laughing. Yes, if I should accomplish this, I may become unrecognizable to many of you. If you need me to, I will wear a name tag so you can pick me out of a crowd of folks walking around happily unfazed.

Let's see how it goes, shall we?



* One lovely exception to this was celebrating the 20th anniversary of best-friendship with Tallulah!