vinito
12-31-2004, 06:29 PM
OT: (sorry, wouldn't let me edit the subject heading)
I'm probably not alone in this. The past year has just been crappy once I weigh it all out. It should go without saying that one should always look for the silver lining and have a sense of humor. I try to do that.
Then Christmas comes to top it off. Unfortunately my family apparently has a family tradition where one or the other does their best to get thrown into jail on Christmas eve. Sometimes it has been successful (four times that I can remember). This year it was pretty close - the cops arrived but they let it go. I'm glad the out-of-town company has left and various wounds, both physical and psychological, are beginning to heal.
Funny, my mom showed a newspaper article to two of my brothers last week. It was about how the holidays are an emotionally charged powder keg for some groups of people. It offered some simple helpful tips, like - try to be thoughtful, try to stay relaxed, take three breaths before joining in an arguement, etc. She showed it to the manic brother and he interrupts her and says (in his typical machine gun tempo) "yea, yea, I read it already. No problem". The belligerent brother barks out "yea whatever. I don't need to read that crap. Maybe I'll read it later". I guess those of us that didn't need the advice are the only ones that are willing to pay attention, and maybe that's why we don't need the advice so badly.
Glad Christmas is over. Glad this year is closing.
(By the way, I'm not looking for sympathy here. Just reflecting. I expect the next year to be much better).
So here's my alcohol-free toast:
Thanks to you all for almost always http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net//wink.gif making this forum a positive experience for me over the past year. I wish you all a better upcoming year even if 2004 was good to you, but especially if it wasn't. Tomorrow's just another day, but it's a good time to mentally turn a corner and look at things with a fresh perspective.
Happy new year. May it be a good'n.
Vinito
[This message has been edited by vinito (edited 12-31-2004).]
I'm probably not alone in this. The past year has just been crappy once I weigh it all out. It should go without saying that one should always look for the silver lining and have a sense of humor. I try to do that.
Then Christmas comes to top it off. Unfortunately my family apparently has a family tradition where one or the other does their best to get thrown into jail on Christmas eve. Sometimes it has been successful (four times that I can remember). This year it was pretty close - the cops arrived but they let it go. I'm glad the out-of-town company has left and various wounds, both physical and psychological, are beginning to heal.
Funny, my mom showed a newspaper article to two of my brothers last week. It was about how the holidays are an emotionally charged powder keg for some groups of people. It offered some simple helpful tips, like - try to be thoughtful, try to stay relaxed, take three breaths before joining in an arguement, etc. She showed it to the manic brother and he interrupts her and says (in his typical machine gun tempo) "yea, yea, I read it already. No problem". The belligerent brother barks out "yea whatever. I don't need to read that crap. Maybe I'll read it later". I guess those of us that didn't need the advice are the only ones that are willing to pay attention, and maybe that's why we don't need the advice so badly.
Glad Christmas is over. Glad this year is closing.
(By the way, I'm not looking for sympathy here. Just reflecting. I expect the next year to be much better).
So here's my alcohol-free toast:
Thanks to you all for almost always http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net//wink.gif making this forum a positive experience for me over the past year. I wish you all a better upcoming year even if 2004 was good to you, but especially if it wasn't. Tomorrow's just another day, but it's a good time to mentally turn a corner and look at things with a fresh perspective.
Happy new year. May it be a good'n.
Vinito
[This message has been edited by vinito (edited 12-31-2004).]