You are not missed.

Now that everyone has gotten theirs out of the way (and I’ve overcome my annoyance at reading them), here’s my 2009:

• Learned a bit of Hindi, and made a friend on the internet (hi, Vishal!)
• Switched personas from 13th century French to 16th century Rajasthani Hindu (this is the happiest decision I’ve made in the SCA ever)
• Entered my first ArtSci competition, and did passably well (I shall have to be flashier next time, as I want largesse; I am that shallow)
• Sat with my brother in the deepest median on a highway in Arkansas, waiting for a tow truck to come dig him out.
• Used up two jars of ghee
• Developed a taste for Indian sweets
• Lost 10 pounds
• Lost two elderly cats (well, actually my parents lost them, but they were family pets when I was a child)
• Witnessed my husband get his very first speeding ticket
• Sewed my first bit of garb not from a ready-made pattern
• Block-printed the fabric I used to make said garb
• Turned a heel mostly by memory
• Kitchenered several toes, mostly by memory
• Saw Avatar twice (and then three times in 2010, already)
• Produced a short film
• I developed a deep and enduring love for Bollywood, and worked through an obsession with Hrithik Roshan (he’s a fine dancer, though)
• I helped a friend avoid arrest at DragonCon
• I made lots of new friends
• I accepted a deputy seneschal position for the South Downs
• I successfully arranged a site reservation for Red Tower
• Although I did not camp, I attended my first camping event
• Mastered spinning
• Went to my first sheep and wool festival

There was a lot of other stuff, most of which I don’t really remember. However, it was an okay year, except for that part at the end, which sort of sucked.

Here’s to 2010 and its potential for awesomeness. I expect to be un-disappointed.

So far this year I’ve taken on the mantle of Reservation person for Midwinter, so I’m off to a pretty good start.