I made the acquaintance of tequila on New Year's Eve. I never understood tequila before. I thought it was alcohol. Nobody explained to me it's liquid goodness. I wouldn't drink it every day, (maybe just on the weekends), but I had to say good-bye to 2009 with a bang.

What happened in 2009? What did I do that made it so hard?

1) Quit job. (The "recession" is not a myth.)
2) Contracted swine flu. (I'm pretty sure, I didn't get it in Mexico, though, I did travel there weeks before the epidemic began.
3) Attempted to write a book. (There's a reason why writers have, historically, drank and smoked themselves to death).
4) Fell in love with "the wrong type of guy." (This has happened in past years).

Would I have done anything differently?

Yes. No. It's too late, anyway. It's now 2010. Hello, new age. Please be kind.

Just for today, I can celebrate a new decade.