A Time Consuming Survey

Sometimes all that’s important in life is a comfortable pair of old shoes. Pen and ink doodle, 1979.

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Himself: He had fun playing new computer games. Leapt out of bed this morning….the fink. Herself: Ate too much dinner. To cold to get out of bed this morning. The Holiday: Enough. Balance: Quiet times all by myself with a couple of books in hand. Quiet times with G.

There's no excuse for me. I like to do surveys. I like to bare myself to me as I always learn something new. Here is a survey from Equanimous via BeakerUK. I shan't bore you with the whole thing, but if you wish to read all the answers go to Day Tripper on OD:

• 4. Did anyone close to you die?
  Yes, Duck in April. I am so grateful he was in our lives. I think of him often with gratitude.


• 8. What was your biggest achievement of the year?
  Retiring….which turned out to be the best thing that ever happened me and led to all my other blessings.


• 10. Did you suffer illness or injury?
  You know how it is…..I kept wearing out in bits and pieces. Nothing major…..here a hip, there a finger, and finally another finger. In the end, the other wrist won too.


• 11. What was the best thing you bought?
  Retirement. I bought that with five years standing at baseball games. G thinks it’s the stove….but the stove isn’t done yet. It still has a black top that’s supposed to be blue.


• 12. Whose behavior merited celebration?
  My eldest daughters fourth year into sobriety and second semester of college when she seemed to blossom at last.


• 17. Compared to this time last year, are you:
  i. Happier or sadder? Vastly happier.
  ii. Thinner or fatter? Vastly fatter tho still wearing the same sized clothes.
  iii. Richer or poorer? Vastly poorer thanks to the market collapse.


• 18. What do you wish you'd done more of?
  Bought Ford. Watercolored with a bigger brush. Had more sex. Leg lifts even if the doc said not to.


• 26. What was the best book you read?
  Nothing has been a real keeper this year. I miss several of my fictional heros such as Miles VorKosegian when his author moved on to less entrancing subjects.


• 36. What political issue stirred you the most?
  Oh My Gawd…….please. I am so grateful the Shrub is out of office and dreams are back in. Now we can only hope.


• 39. Tell us a valuable life lesson you learned in 2008.
  Trust anyway. No matter what happens, trust. Hope is not a four letter word. Love is all important.


• 40. If you could sum up 2008 in three words, what would they be?
  Really good year!