Goodbye 2009
The end of a year and start of a new one, usually things go out quietly… One year rolls into another one, you can’t tell the difference and almost forget that it happens until you sign something and write the year date wrong. More has happened in the last 10 days then has really happened in the rest of 2009. My brother and his girlfriend had a baby, just a few days before Christmas. Jayeon and I announced our engagement, and just a day after, Jessie, the family dog was taken ill and had to be put down.
A few days of absolute joy, surprise, laughing and cheering as well as inevitability, incredible sadness and loneliness.
Jayeon and I haven’t made any dates yet, but it’s likely we’ll be married here in the summer of 2010. We won’t have anything high-key, you know us.
I want to congratulate Mark and Lindsay again, and wish the best for them and their baby.
I will miss my dog, terribly; I wrote a small document (13.3MB) with some memories of her.
Looking forward to this year… So many great things planned.
Wow, congratulations on the engagement Paul! Sorry I’m lousy at keeping in touch regularly with facebook etc., I do love following all your adventures in Korea! All the best for 2010! :)
Siobhán P
4 Jan 10 at 03:24
Aw, Paul!! Congratulations to you and Jayeon! I really wish you all the best, you seem such a lovely and loving couple who treat each other very well. I have only logged on after a few days absence and seen this entry and I had no idea about the other two items of news either. Fabulous news about Mark, must ring the new granny now…..And so sad about Jessie. I know all about losing a beloved family pet and can really empathize. Well, in a world that can be so cruel to animals you can take comfort in the knowledge that your pet was in receipt of so much love and pampering. X
Deirdre Judge
4 Jan 10 at 05:27