When I started this, I was told that almost all websites/blogs, etc. don’t last longer than a year, that most people start a site, get all fired up about them and write all the time for a month or so, but then they lose steam and end up abandoning them just as quickly. 

And what do you know, it’s been over a year and I’M STILL HERE!!!

Granted, I’ve not been exactly prolific in my writing, but given that there is so much mindless drivel online, on television, coming out of people’s mouths, I felt it best to write when I actually had something to say. 

Compared with years gone by, 2007 probably wasn’t that exciting.  The highest point had to be when, on the first day she was available, we found this really little sprout of a kitten who had four long white legs and little else, and on that day she became Miss Daisy Peanut, our daughter/kitten.  She was one ‘experience’ as a kitten, smart beyond belief, able to climb ANYTHING, so shy that Dale and I were the only humans she wouldn’t hide from, always ready to go at 4 am, and the goofiest and most hilarious thing we’d ever seen.  Sure, there were times when I’d wish ‘when will she grow up and be a cat and CALM DOWN,’ but it was a wonderful wild ride while it lasted.  She IS a cat now, her belly has largely outgrown her legs, she’s a lot more mellow, and we occasionally yearn for the time when she was such a huge source of entertainment.

The lowest part was probably when I got really sick in July and had to have emergency surgery to have my gallbladder removed.  There were complications because the stone was so large, my surgeon didn’t speak English well, I couldn’t eat, I got stuck in the hospital for 5 days, it was awful.  They made it sound like the procedure was routine and no big deal; I think they inaccurately underplay the organ’s importance, and I don’t agree with that.

We did manage to get ‘off the rock,’ ie leave the islands for a bit.  Unfortunately, my hometown was on fire (literally), but the rest of it went well and was all too short.  The time when we are able to move to the Pacific NW permanently cannot come soon enough.

On my parents ’Let’s Get Sarah Back On Track’ project, I have held down a job consistently for a year and a half.  Sitting at a desk 8 hours a day answering phones…well…it gives me time to do pursue other things that have NOTHING to  do with actual work.  It could be worse.   

So that’s what happened, and I’m still here.  And the next time I think of something worth sharing, I’ll post it here…