Happy New Year

As I'm lying here in bed feeling sorry for myself I looked back on my last year post of New Years wishes and resolutions. I've managed to keep a few of them and ignore others. I'm still as opinionated as all get out but what the heck, that is who I am.

I am living life as full as I can with some limitations but since I can't change those I have learned to accept them, wise aren't I...

I still miss my Mom terribly, this is the second Christmas and New Year's without her but I'm happy to be in Calgary with the offspring and family and enjoying all the grand kids. Wish I wasn't sick though.


I'm still not really nice to telemarketers, sorry...that's a character flaw but I did get myself on the new "do not call list". I'm still waiting for it to work though.

I have managed the garbage issue quite nicely in the end and find myself consuming a lot less. That's good for the pocketbook but probably not so good for the economy. Governments can't have it both ways in my mind. If you want me to buy stuff then you have to take the garbage that comes from the stuff I buy. If you don't want to do that or charge me extra for the garbage then tough luck, not from me. Of course if everyone was like me then lots of stores would go out of business. My little protest doesn't even put a dent in it.

I had a nasty experience with a walk-in clinic Doctor today here in Calgary that is really starting to turn me off the medical profession. He had four examining rooms and spent a total of five minutes with each person. At $37 bucks a crack that's just under 150 bucks for 20 minutes. He looked at me and told me I looked fine and would live. I'm not fine, I may live but I'm not fine. I have a particularly bad cold and had two days of intestinal flu and now after deigning himself to listen to my chest said yes maybe you have a touch of bronchitis. What an asshole he was. He gave me a scrip for an inhaler and sent me home.
I will probably not be awake to greet 2009 but it will get here with or without me. I wish all my loyal readers and friends a very Happy 2009.

Rositta