Happy 2006 all. I think it's 2006 anyway. The Times Square ball looked like it had 2004 on it last night tho. It confused me. So I'm home now. Not much sleep last night so I'm totally spent today after my 3 hour drive home. No traffic on the way home too. YAY! Got a good view of the Chicago skyline. Ok, enough of that, on with the 2005 year in review for little ol Kath...
January - Well I'm gonna say this happened in January even tho it happened on December 30th of 2004.....I got my first tattoo. Thought about what I wanted and where it was gonna be for YEARS. I knew it was gonna be something to do with my sister Lynne and I didn't want it someplace on my bod that would "expand and contract". My fear was I get something I totally love but it would be on an area of my body that would look like somebody stretched it like Silly Putty if I gained weight. And, vise versa. I settled for between my shoulder blades. Safe place. So that is where my Lynne guardian angle is.
February - Even bigger event than getting my first tattoo....I bought my very first house! SIGH! 'nough said
March - The Illini went on a wild run to the Final Four. Like everyone else in Shampoo-Banana, I was glued to the tv everytime they were on. I do have to admit tho. Those 2 hours during the game were the BEST times to shop in this town. NO CROWDS!! The streets were deserted. Weird as hell.
April - I moved into my house! Got another tattoo too. Same scenerio as first tat...where to put it that the Silly Putty situation would not apply....ankle...So that is where my Chinese character for "family/home" is....And yes, I made absolutely sure that is what the symbol meant!
May - Hmmm...what happened in May?.......nothin...
June - Hmmm....anything exciting in June?....uh, no
July - I bought a motorpickle. A used 1989 Kawasaki Vulcan. I love it!! Is it March yet so I can get it out of the shed???
August - Went to a Melissa Ferrick concert here in town then came home just in time to have a car straddle the median in front of my house and take out a light pole. Sounded like a bomb when off just as I was getting to sleep. Called 911. Watched the 3 girls leave the scene of the accident. Real exciting.
September - Hmmm......go to October
October - Became a Great Aunt again. Conor was born on my neice Libby's birthday on the 24th. Maybe ma/pa will remember a birthday date on their own now.
November - Had a birthday. Damn thing comes around same time every stinkin year. Damn it!
December - The holidays suck. I was in a bad mood. Had to escape to Chicago to get over it.
Now it's January again. Ya never think about it when your in your 20's but as I look back on the 43 years ya'll have been lucky enough to have me around, every year goes by faster than the previous year. I feel like my life is going too fast and I can't take it all in. It's probably cause I work too much and can't jump off this merry go round and take a peek. I feel like I have wasted the past 5 years by working my life away. I suppose I have. Maybe 2006 will bring me love and total happiness.....I'm looking forward to it but not expecting it.
Let 2006 begin....