The Decade List or How I Remember the '00's

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Jenni over at Absent Minded had the fabulous idea of making a list of memorable moments in the last decade being that it's the first decade of the new millennium. Thinking this was a great way to spend a Monday night, I decided to play. 


The Decade List:

• I graduated from high school.
• I graduated from college.
• I lived in Bremen, OH; Detroit, MI; Warszawa, Poland; Alexandria, VA; Farmington Hills, MI; and Dearborn, MI
• I met the other half of my soul
• I married him.
• I became the proud parent of a turtle named Sir Rupert Sheldon
• I adopted Mr. Reilly Patrick - my fave pound puppy!
• I worked about a million jobs.
• I was laid off...twice.
• I changed my name.
• I had two passports issued to me due to said name change.
• I lost a grandparent.
• I lost a good friend to stupidity and a shotgun.
• I laughed.
• I cried.
• I was the shoulder for others to cry on.
• I watched the WTC fall in the middle of campus with about 100 others.
• I joined a sorority.
• I hung out with fraternity boys that I now consider some of my very best friends.
• I watched so many friends get married and have babies.
• I watched a good friend get divorced.
• I made friends for life.
• I lost friends due to no fault of my own.
• I voted in historic elections.
• I watched my country go to war while living in a country that was violently opposing the war.
• I contributed to the saved lives of countless greyhounds.
• I learned more about myself than in the previous decade.
• I maintained a 19 year friendship with my Best Friend even though we haven't lived in the same city for more than 4 months in the past 10 years.
• I met my hero, Steve Yzerman, more than once.
• I have shaken hands with past and current sports figures, including Mr. Hockey.
• I watched the Stanley Cup Banner raise to the rafters in Joe Louis Arena.
• I watched #19 retired to the rafters in Joe Louis Arena
• I was in attendance at Superbowl XL in Detroit; the 2006 World Series in Detroit; the past four Preakness Horse Races at Pimlico; and countless other sporting events.
• I've traveled around the US, Poland, France, Germany, Luxumbourg, Italy, Czech Republic, Austria, Turks and Caicos, US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and the Bahamas
• Most of all, I've lived, I've loved and I've laughed.

What's your list?

Here's to a spectacular next decade!

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