41 and counting....

Wow - a year has gone by. Sitting here listening to Christmas carols again - my uncle would say I've gotten into a pattern - argggghhhh!!! So why the yearly blog? Well, I can't sit down without saying a lot, and I don't have the time to sit down and say a lot. So, my new resolution for my forties, to blog shorter and more often - let's see how we do....

Pheww... There's a lot to say, we (all of us) are in some dire circumstances, I haven't talked to anyone who doesn't feel that way. Got a call from my fairy godmother tonight (can't put in words how nice that was), she owns a small business, and they aren't doing well, surviving, like the rest of us, but not doing better. Sister the same, everyone's having a tough time, and its palpable. Oh, I have a lot of hope, as I always do, but it's becoming more difficult to stay positive. Oh, I don't expect this whole thing to last that long, but it's still hard to sit here at the very nadir of the 21st century and have a lot of hope.

Of course there's always the inauguration, we're going - I don't care if there's 3 million people, it's going to be a part of history! There's a lot of hope there, nothing unrealistic, but just the feeling that the hope and excitement that was so evident on November 5th will bring the country out of the doldrums. I won't get started on how Bush is doing his very best to bring this country as low as it can go before he leaves office, but merely wondering - and hoping - and I guess more importantly trusting in America. Which I guess is a good feeling afterall, I haven't trusted in the strength of America for a long time....