obligatory wrapup

We packed a lot of year into 2015.

 

The year began under siege from faulty electronics, but the problem was found and fixed and our homeowners policy bought us a brand new microwave and kettle, and fixed our fridge,

 

and then, in no particular order:

 

I went to NYC with Delight for a tattoo consult, and then a few months later acquired amazing new boob tattoos and 7K+ people saw a picture of them on fetlife.

 

I had the worst bout of food poisoning I've ever had.  So did Light.

 

Light left a job and found a new one.

 

Abundance took a super-exciting offer at MIT and begins in a few days.

 

Our sweet grumbly dog grew increasingly old and bewildered and we eventually had to euthanize her.  her ashes have joined Princess and Funnyface's, and I have yet to order a picture for the wall of the honored dead.

 

Light and I went to the virgin islands with Hands and Hips and found possibly the best vacation spot ever.

 

Abundance and I took a massive road trip that brought us to Duluth and back.  It also involved me finally visiting the Shedd Aquarium

 

Light, Abundance and I sailed from one point in maine to a more northern part of maine.

 

Nephew #3 arrived on scene, with very little fuss.   

 

I re-learned to drive, and used this skill to begin babysitting Nephew #2 every Wednesday to my unending delight.

 

I cross stitched not very much, followed eventually by a lot.   I read nowhere near as much as I have other years.   I discovered audiobooks.  I read some books, cooked some things, went to some cons, went to a decent number of concerts, saw some movies, had exemplary friends.  

 

I turn 40 in a couple weeks, and have even sketched out the outlines of the impending (or already here) life-crisis.