Arrividerci, adios, see ya, old 2008, pal old friend! It’s been a tremendous year- and a long one, at that. So long, in fact, that I keep messing up my own timeline when I’m telling a story to friends. This gypsy is coming up on 4 years in one place at one job…. holy crow. My wings are rusted, milky white roots are shooting out the bottom of my feet and I don’ t know what to do with this nagging urge to rent a Ryder truck! But, I’m staying put… for now.
I went to Minneapolis this week and spent 4 days with my best friends. On Monday, my parents came down to hang out with me. They own a cabinetry business up in the North Woods but most of their business is in t he Twin City area so they were on a run to pick up parts, drop off a large unit for a kitchen they are doing next week, and to go with me to my favorite Vietnamese restaurant, Kindho’s. Best Friends invited the whole pack of us to eat dinner at their house, which I so greatly appreciated! The folks, for all their city based business, aren’t comfortable just “hanging out” with me at a coffeehouse or something. We played Farkle (awesome dice game), had a couple of drinks, and ate way too much food.
Everybody in my life gets weary of me trying to move back to Minneapolis- including my sweet partner. She tells me we ain’t goin’ nowhere- no way, no how, not a chance. Well, shoot. That really puts a damper on my Ryder truck rental plans.
The year was trying. Plenty of people were greatly affected by the economy and the crisis in the mortgage industry. My job has somehow been spared. Thank God, right? The beginning of the year there were 7 people on my team- now it’s just me and my last Primate. Two people moved to new teams, 1 moved to Arizona, 1 was laid off, and 1 was given the axe. So, I might actually make the 4 year mark at this place after all. Hmmm.
