2005: Good Bye

About five hours left in 2005.

I remember exactly where I was last year at this time. I had a 80s New Year's Eve party to go to at the Lazurs but I didn't feel like it. The holiday grumps had hit me hard. The winter had hit me really hard. But I went to the party anyways, although without a costume.

When I think about 2005, I think about that expression used to describe the month of March: 2005 came in like a lion and out like a lamb. 2005 started out rough, and I wondered how I would get through those difficult times. I found myself in a really, really bad situation and for the sake of my relationship with God, I had to do something I didn't think was possible. I remember sitting with Patrick, my pastor and my friend, at breakfast. When he vocalized what I knew all along, I told him, "This is going to break me." And his response was "Sometimes we need to be broken." And indeed, I was broken. And then something completely unexpected happened. In a moment of complete surrender, God threw me a curve ball - Timmy. Several weeks after that breakfast with Patrick, I sat in his office and he asked me about Tim. I told him "this can't be a coincidence" and he agreed it couldn't be.

I've spent this last day of 2005 hanging out with Timmy at his apartment. We watched the Flyers game with Neily. Actually, I fell asleep asleep during the second period but woke up in time to see the Flyers loose in a shoot out - bummer. Then we played some WPT. Unfortunately, Timmy just left for work. Yes, he is working tonight - bah humbug. In a little while, I will leave for the station and hang out with him at Glenolden to welcome the New Year. Shortly after the turn of the year, I'll head over to the Lazur "Nerd, Geek, Dork, or Dweeb" New Year's Eve bash where dancing and karaoke await me.

2002-sucked. 2003-great. 2004-sucked. 2005-great. 2006-suck? Nah. I'm quite optimistic it won't suck. In fact, I'm really looking forward to it.