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I did it.

I survived 2008. Not that I really thought I wouldn't survive, but it is always nice to know that you've made it through another year. I thought about doing some sort of retrospective of the year past, like one major event from each month but I couldn't think of anything cool that happened in February so I gave up. On the other hand, I can say with absolute confidence that 2008 has been the best year I can remember in a long time.

I made a Facebook page. Since 99% of my professional contacts (and a good number of real friends) use Facebook rather than MySpace I decided I'd give it a whirl. I do have some friends on there, but I am using it for professional contacts. I'll likely put very little of my personal life/information on there. I hesitated even putting my Pure Romance business on there but decided to. Mistake. It got people sending friend requests that I do not want on that page. I promptly deleted it as a job, network and email address. It isn't that I don't want to be "friends" with other PR Consultants, but PR isn't part my professional life and therefore doesn't have a place on my Facebook.

Every year since I've lived alone I have made kielbasa and kraut on New Year's Day. Every year except this one because when I went to the store today (I always go on NYD, too) they were out of kielbasa. There were no other options since I'm not much of a pork fan to begin with and I definitely don't know how to cook anything else. Plus, pork is difficult to cook unless you know how to do it. Clearly I know enough to know that I don't know how. Needless to say I left the store with 3 bags of chips (they were buy one, get two free!), some colby-jack cheese, some pasta salad, Pepsi and mini Snickers ice cream bars. Based on this shopping trip alone it's obvious why I'm a model of perfect health.

I have been playing my Wii a bit more frequently over the past week or so. I bought some new games and I've had a lot of fun playing them except for the fact that anything that moves too fast (the 3D type stuff) gives me the sensation of vertigo and I have to quit before I puke. It is a horrible feeling and doesn't easily go away.

So what does 2009 hold for me? I'm not sure yet, but if it is as good as 2008 was I'll be very satisfied at this time next year.

Cheers, and I hope you all have a great year.