Well, I made it to 2009! Whoot! Anyways, a lot has happened and I am hoping that the new year will be easier and more… looking for the right words… happy. Last year I said good bye to my mom and that was one of the hardest events of my entire life. We had the Christmas holidays here in Virginia and it was a lot of fun. Dad came back from Colorado and Doug and Rosa came from California. I thought that there would be more tension but I was happy to find that there were only scattered incidents. Be fore the holidays I went into the doctor and decided to not schedule surgery on my shoulder until after the beginning of the new year, which I have since done. Unfortunatly it is scheduled for the day before Karma’s birthday. She wasn’t too happy when she found out but I think that she’ll be okay. I got to spend New Years with Joe, Craig, and Heather. We had a good time and I was glad to get some what out of town for a bit. Work is going well, but we are all feeling the pressure’s of the upcoming Inauguration. For myself, I will be at work… yay! Karma and I are doing well in the new (or not so new) apartment and we have exdpanded our little family to include two syrian gerbal’s. Their names are Jane (for Jane Austin) and Lizzie ( for Elizabeth from Pride and Prejudice). Karma has read the book and watched the movie with me a number of times and really enjoyed it. That’s it for now!