Happy Merry 2009 Reflection

Posted under Being RSG by Recovering Straight Girl

Santa came the other day. I’m not sure why he gets so much damn credit when really he doesn’t do much of anything except fly around drinking eggnog with reindeer and eating cookies. It’s the mothers who do all the bitch work for him and really I’m tired of it. I was Santa’s Bitch for the entire last week and decided that next year, he’s going to have to find a new assistant. Screw him.

He did put some cool things under the tree for the girls like roller skates and helmets and knitted boots. They girls were happy enough. My dogs were the best to me though; they bought me that super cool karaoke thing from Costco that I wanted; they are such nice dogs.

Overall it was a good holiday. I always wanted to have a Christmas Eve get-together and this year I talked Cher into letting me do it. We had just a few friends over–three couples who were without their kids for the evening (which is so hard…) and a few derby friends and my family. It was a lovely time and totally worth the hours I spent cooking and cleaning–totally worth it. Mikayla played some Christmas music and we sang carols; our friend Beth played guitar and we sang more songs–some were very gay. Very gay but very fun. Next year I hope to do it again. You should put it on your calendar.

The New Year is just around the corner. I wasn’t anticipating 2009 being a great year because I have a theory about odd numbered years, but 2009 surprised me. We had a lot of great things happen in 2009 and before I start thinking about 2010, I wanted to make sure I reflected on the great things from this year.

Cher got drafted to her team, the Guns N Rollers!

Cher and I vacationed to Ixtapa, Mexico in January on an Olivia trip and had a wonderful time with wonderful women from all over the world.

I went to San Francisco and saw my friend KP from High School.

I turned 40 in March and my wife threw me a fabulous party.

I started writing my column for Just Out, Living Out Loud.

We took our family to Hawaii.

In July I went to BlogHer09 in Chicago with Melissa Lion.

We visited the museum and saw some paintings.

I took my kids camping.

My oldest daughter broke her first bone,

Started High School,

Went to her first formal dance,

And got her learner’s permit.

My Middle Daughter joined roller derby,

My Youngest Daughter took first place in her ice skating competition. Yes, she was Wonder Woman,

Cher and I went to Seattle, Vancouver BC, and the San Juan Islands over Labor Day weekend,

We went to the Oregon Coast for Thanksgiving,

And while we were there, I wrecked my car,

It’s still not back from being fixed. $5,000 in damage, thank god for insurance.

I completed three more terms of school and managed to maintain a now 3.97 GPA (damn A-)

Mostly we spent a lot of time going to derby events and doing derby stuff,

and hanging out with our fabulous friends,

This year, I made the greatest new friends, spent time with the greatest old friends, grew a lot emotionally, had amazing new experiences (got my first tattoo, had my eyebrow pierced, took a ride on the back of a Harley, discovered the beauty of gin, and much, much more.)

I know that I neglected my blog (a lot) and I know that many of my readers have moved on (I understand) but I hope to make more of an effort and take this blog to a bit of a different direction in 2010. I’m so, so grateful to all of you who email me and friend me on Facebook. If you want to be my friend on Facebook, please do, just let me know who you are so I know you’re not a serial killer.

My next post will be about what I hope for 2010. This post is a gratitude post about the great things in my life from 2009. Thank you 2009, you will be hard to top!