Hmm. This decade ended with the worst year of my life.
I got passed over for promotion twice in 10 months, so I'll be a Maj until retirement.
My last 2 grandparents died.
I buried my younger brother and discovered that my Dad is a real jerk.
I hurt my knee and it isn't getting any better after a year.
I discovered I have an irregular heartbeat that won't ground me unless I bring it up again.
I had to put over $10,000 in repairs into my house, with another $10,000 needed.
I had to sell my first ever new car even though I still enjoyed driving it, and there was nothing wrong with it except that it won't hold 2 child seats.
My back hurts almost as much as it did before my surgery 6 years ago.
While dealing with the irregular heartbeat, I gained back 10 of the 20 lbs I lost in 2007.
I had the best job in the squadron, gave it up to help the career of another officer, but just 2 months later he went on a 1 year deployment so some guy in the reserves who already had that awesome job 2 years ago gets to do it again, while I do grunt work.
And those are the high points. It's been a crummy year, good riddance. The only good thing that happened to me this year was the birth of my second child a few weeks ago, on Dec 7. But that's about it. Almost everything else sucked badly. Worst year of my life, no question about it.
The next decade would have to involve thermonuclear warfare to be any worse. At least I should be drawing a pension halfway through this next decade, so the house payment will be covered.
