2009 in Review

On New Year’s Day 2009, I posted a blog entry that reviewed some of the highlights of 2008, and listed a few expected goals and milestones for 2009. So now, a year later, it’s time to review what I said I’d accomplish in 2009:

– organize and enjoy a local inaugural ball

FAIL! We weren’t able to generate enough ticket sales to put on the local inaugural ball that we had in mind. We did instead enjoy a more intimate neighborhood fest, and enjoyed the inaugural activities on TV.

– run a Half-Marathon and a Triathalon

PARTIAL WIN! I did in fact run a half-marathon in 2009, with a personal best time of 2:10. And I even ran my second Marathon, last October in Baltimore. But I failed on the challenge of competing in our local neighborhood Traithalon. The swim portion really intimidates me. I was determined to carry this goal over to 2010, but the event has been cancelled by my POA, a decision I regret and opposed.

– paint the kitchen

WIN! Completed in November, so I pushed it as far as I could, but in the end got it done.

– take a trip home to Huntington Beach, CA this summer

WIN! We had a wonderful two-week trip home in August.

– send my oldest child off to college

WIN! Katie began at UMW in August and has completed her first semester with straight A’s.

All in all, pretty good. I guess most of those were easily predictable events, but still, we did them. Time to give some thought to what I’d like to accomplish in 2010. More on that later.