2009, overall has been a most triumphant year. As always there have been low points, but these have been more than balanced out by a few awesome adventures, the awesome people with with the adventuring has been had, and some pretty big and excellent changes. I thought I’d take this opportunity as the year draws near to a close to take a look back at a few of the awesome things that happened.
Like many good stories, this one includes — and in fact begins with — pirates. We all know pirates are the greatest thing since sliced bread, and so they made an excellent theme for the surprise party we held for Cara’s birthday near the start of the year. We got a great turn out with some excellent costumes, and a good time was had by all.
William and I gave Cara a ticket to SoundWave ‘09 as her birthday present. ‘Twas the day of rockening, and we both dared and won. A most excellent day filled with many awesome bands. William spent almost 2 hours (or was it a little over 2 hours?) in the merchandise line to score some t-shirts, and Cara was nearly trampled; not in a mosh-pit, but whilst sitting around having a drink.
A few of us had a random trip to Queensland when Steve found some cheap airfares available and booked for all those who replied quickly that they would come and had a great time visiting theme parks and just generally being tourists and not working for a few days. Points of interest included an ibis trying to steal my hotdog and seeing Vanilla Ice at the Hard Rock cafe.
…and still much more of the year, and some very awesome stuff to come. Part 2 to follow soon…