Putting the final nail in 2001...

2001 started off as a bad year. It continued as a bad year. It became an even worse year in September and it ended as a bad year. Notice a trend? And I'm not talking just for me personally (sorry, no details, if you really care, you can ask), but also for a lot of people that I know and even several who I don't know. As I sit back and think about 2001, I really cannot think of any good things for this year. Actually wait... after a lot of thinking, I can think of only one good thing for this year... that the INS approved my Permanent Residency petition. That was a definite positive event, but other than everything else I can think of that happened in 2001, was lets just say, not-so-positive.

So I'm genuinely glad that 2001 is gone. So far the first two days of 2002 haven't been a sea change from 2001, but I'm more positive about it. I spent the first two days filling out a form on the web and clicking a button that I hope will result in creating a change. It's amazing that that one click on "submit" can make such a difference. Now to wait and see what happens. But regardless of what happens, the one good thing is that 2001 doesn't exist any more. And when I signed the date on the papers and checks I signed in the past two days, writing 2002 is a whole lot better.

So happy new year to all....