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The Big Four-Oh!
Wednesday, January 9th, 2019When I turned 30, if someone had told me that my 30s would be harder than my 20s, I would have listened but shrugged it off. As they say: hindsight is 20/20. I came into 30 pretty good, but nervous. I already knew I would be leaving the old house. Outside of that everything was […]
2017: Gooch Year 38–The Lost Year
Tuesday, January 9th, 2018I haven’t written one of these birthday wrap-ups in a couple of years. Here’s the summary of those missed years.: 36 (2015): Happy to have a job, met someone who I seriously fell in love with, moved her in to my apartment, Bermuda cruise, she moved back home and that sucked a lot. 37 (2016): […]
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2012: Gooch Year 33 – Trying Times
Thursday, January 10th, 20132012. What can I say about it? Well, there were ups and downs as with any year, but it seems like there were more downs. I lost my only grandfather after Thanksgiving. Also learned that mom is diabetic, just like my father, so now I definitely have to watch for it The big lowlight of […]
Birthday Weekend
Tuesday, January 11th, 2011Somehow, I got to have a nice long birthday weekend. It started Thursday night, when a good friend of mine took me out for sushi last minute. Friday, was another last minute dinner date with a friend that I hadn’t seen in a while. Saturday was dinner with Mom (Outback has a very nice ribeye […]
2010 Is Here . . .
Monday, January 4th, 2010. . . and with it, the end of the holidays and the return of the daily grind. No more short weeks (well at least for 2 weeks). Hope everyone had a good holiday season and is ready to get back it with much vim and vigor. Oh who am I kidding? I don’t want […]
Christmas 2009: Goodbye Great Grandma
Wednesday, December 30th, 2009This year, Christmas had a somewhat somber mood due to my great grandmother’s passing. I went down to North Carolina last Tuesday with 2 of my cousins. The ride down was good with good conversation. For the most part, the traffic was good until you got into Virginia. I’d say we lost a good hour […]
Sad Weekend
Monday, December 21st, 2009This past Saturday morning I learned that my great grandmother passed away peacefully. She was 94. My mom called me while I was out shopping early to get in before the snow and told me. I am sad at the loss of her but not overly grief stricken. She had a long life, even if […]
The Day After
Thursday, January 10th, 2008My birthday was quite cool. I got the usual things that happen like my grandmother calling and singing Happy Birthday. There was dinner at Charlie Brown’s with Mom and Jo. Jo surprised me when I got home from work with a Carvel ice cream cake and balloons (as she likes to say I’m a big […]