I almost *always* forget when it’s my blahgiversary. I’m not sure why I remembered it this year, even though the number ends with a zero. errrrp… Actually maybe I did forget. According to my first EVER entry, it was yesterday. It’s okay, Snooty the Manitee’s 65th birthday is much more important than my 10th blahgiversary.

Many moons ago, I thought that I would have something edifying to say on my 10th blahgiversary. But I don’t and anyway, I’m a day late because of that Snooty thing. Maybe some statistical type stuff would suffice instead?

When I began my blahg, it really wasn’t a blahg in the true sense of the word. It was more like a journal. You can read more about why I started it here. I “rolled my own” back then, that is, every day, I dived “under the hood” and edited the html myself. Comment functionality was beyond my capabilities. On June 2, 2006, I started using wordpress and this was one of my posts that day. (It’s okay, nothing blew up.)

What has happened since I began my blahg? Lemme see… I lost my brother (top photooo) in 2005 and the three folks in the bottom photoooo — Grandroobly (2006), The Commander (2012), and Radical Betty (2009). Mouse graduated from high school (2005). Both beach urchins graduated from college, Liz in 2006 and Mouse in 2009. I quit my “job” with YAG (2005). I reconnected with Uber Kayak Woman (2006). (Oh not that we were ever estranged, just busy and living on opposite sides of the country.) We (aka the C Fam) rebuilt the cabin at Houghton Lake (2004-05). I got a job (2007) after years of schlepping along without bringing in much income and wondering if I would ever have a *good* job again. I did get one and I am still there…

Tumultuous decade? I think most decades probably are. Lots of bad stuff but lots of highs too. Mostly a lot of one foot in front of the other kind of stuff. And a lot of driving!

I actually have something fun to write about on my sorta 10th blahgiversary! I worked from home this afternoon. Guess why! Because every single blasted toilet in my cube farm OVERFLOWED late this morning. I could not believe how fast the parking lot emptied out. The Blue and Only Toilet worked just fine today. I wish I could say the same about the cable modem, which I had to re-a-start [again] this afternoon. Again. Aaaarrrggghh.

Here’s to 10 more years. If I can stand myself that long…

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