Happy New Year (urgh decade)!

It is a brand new year — heck, it is a brand new decade!  I have been doing what most people do around this time of year — reflecting on my accomplishments of the last year and was a little disappointed.  So, I thought to make myself feel better, this is a new decade, where was I ten years ago.  Ten years ago, the year 2000, what was I doing then and what am I doing now?  In no particalur order (as I have no order to my brain what-so-ever):

Year 2000

• Just graduated from Columbus State University with my degree in Computer Science.
• Three years into my software development career at TSYS.
• Turned 23 and freshly divorced from a two year marriage (way too young)
• Moved to Atlanta from Columbus to further my career and actually do client/server development — no more Assembler!  BEST CAREER MOVE!
• Traveled to Europe for the first time (England and Ireland) and fell in love
• The year I first came out (to friends and family)

Year 2010

• Working at Turner Broadcasting as a web developer
• Bought a cute bungelow almost two years ago (this August, wow time flies)
• Turning 33 (yikes – I hate odd numbers!)
• In a great relationship, it will be two years in March
• Traveling once again to Europe (Greek/Mediteranean cruise)
• Having my family over for MY first Thanksgiving (breaking the old traditions!)

I feel much better.  I am in a better place all around.  So when you think you haven’t accomplished much in a week, month, year…take a minute and reflect.  I bet you will see how much you have grown.  Each day adds to a week which adds to a year which adds — you guessed it — to a decade.  You can not have one without the other!

I am one lesbian looking forward to a great new year (urgh…decade!)

Happy New Year all…