It's the New Year's Meme!

It’s tradition! The New Years Meme!

1. What did you do in 2017 that you’d never done before?

*thinking*  I'm sure there's something...

2. Did you keep your new year’s resolutions, and will you make more for next year?



I believe that I mostly did. I just can't even this year. 

My resolutions for 2018:

To be determined at a later date. Like, 2019.

3. Did anyone close to you give birth?



Nope, no new babies this year. 

4. Did anyone close to you die?



Yes, a good friend at the end of 2016 and his father just a few months ago. An aunt we weren't close to.  It feels like I'm forgetting someone and isn't that awful?

5. What countries did you visit?



"Oh Canada, our home and native land.."
(This is not my favorite question...Let's try: What trips did you take?  Well, none but we went on a few fun roadtrips!)

6. What would you like to have in 2018 that you lacked in 2017?

Peace and contentment

7. What dates from 2017 will remain etched upon your memory, and why?

The day I unexpectedly lost my job in March. I'm still not recovered from that experience and don't know that I ever will be.  The day of Kevin's procedure now with some time passed I can see the humor of it and not the initial worry.

8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?



Putting one foot in front of another each day. Not running away to Canada.

9. What was your biggest failure?

I'm grateful that I can't think of one but this year as a whole felt like failure.

10. Did you suffer illness or injury?

Not this year!  I'm on a two-year spree!  Go, me!

11. What was the best thing you bought?
Although upset at the time because it was unplanned, my new-to-me Durango.

12. Whose behavior merited celebration?

Anyone who has made it through this no good, awful, terrible year.

13. Whose behavior made you appalled and depressed?



He Who Shan't Be Named and the people who support him.

14. Where did most of your money go?

Sigh...bills....life...

15. What did you get really excited about?
Dude, I got nothing.  I mean, I started a new job but i wasn't over-the-moon about it.

16. What song will always remind you of 2017?

In Case You Didn't Know   This is the ringtone Kevin has set for me.  Almost thirty years in and this song is still relevant.

17. Compared to this time last year, are you:


– happier or sadder? Meh

– thinner or fatter? Same-ish

– richer or poorer? Meh

18. What do you wish you’d done more of?



Read...where did all my reading skills/time go?  I suspect the interwebs.

19. What do you wish you’d done less of?



Worry.

20. How did you spend Christmas?



Eve - at my parents with an excited four-year-old who has discovered the joy of Tag!

Day - Next door, immersed in children's excitement and food

21. Did you fall in love in 2017?

Every day.

22. What was your favorite TV program?



I'm rewatching the entire E.R. series and have fallen in love again.  Same with West Wing.

23. Do you hate anyone now that you didn’t hate this time last year?



"No. I'm not a hater. It's a waste of time" is my standard answer but this year He Who Shan't Be Named is on the list.

24. What was the best book you read?

*scanning bookshelves*  I read a series by Nora Roberts that I wasn't wild about and put in the donate box.  See question #18...

25. What was your greatest musical discovery?


The combination of Shazam and Amazon Prime Music. For example, I just downloaded Greatest Love Story by Lanco after hearing it on the Canadian country radio station.  Oh, wait. No. The Dear Evan Hansen soundtrack.  But if we're being honest, it's still Hamilton.

26. What did you want and get?

A job, even though it didn't turn out to be what I wanted.  Focusing on gratitude here because I'm lucky on that front and need to shush.

27. What did you want and not get?

I didn't go to Vegas this year and I was more disappointed than I thought I would be.  It's not that it's *Vegas*, it's time away and time spent with friends.

28. What was your favorite film of this year?

Batman Lego Movie, because I'm six.

29. What did you do on your birthday, and how old were you?

I had birthday cake for breakfast, worked in the morning because new job (booo), went to lunch with Kevin then bought Christmas decorations I didn't need on clearance at Michaels.  I watched Doctor Who for the remainder of the day and had taco Tuesday for dinner.  This is my last year in the forties.

30. What one thing would have made your year immeasurably more satisfying?

Peace and contentment, I'm saying it again because it's so rarely out of my grasp and I don't like it.

31. How would you describe your personal fashion concept in 2017?

I'm going to quote an old coworker "I'd like to get as close as possible to wearing pajamas to work yet still look appropriately dressed."

32. What kept you sane?



 Kevin. Lucy. Mochas.Television.

33. Which celebrity/public figure did you fancy the most?

It's a tie this year: Patton Oswalt because he's amazing and Wil Wheaton because he is also amazing.

34. What political issue stirred you the most?



the whole gawdamned gawdawful thing.

35. Who did you miss?



My former co-workers.

36. Who was the best new person you met?



I am rebuilding a friendship with one of my high-school best friends after being separated for years by distance/life.

37. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2017:

Everything I think of sounds trite or from a Dr. Seuss book.Let's go with this: Things are rarely what they seem, plan accordingly.

Me at the End of 2017                                                                      Me at 12:01 am 2018