A look Back at 2007

What a year 2007 was! It was arguably the best year of my life! Although there were some tragedies to speak of (most of which I have not mentioned on this blog), I have never before been as incandescently happy as I was this year. Christmas was EXCELLENT! Your girl got her BEAUTIFUL ring and is in constant show-off mode (grin). So, I shall now attempt a month-by-month analysis of the year that was:
January:
My second month of blogging, and carrying on about how much I was looking forward to C2k7! My younger cuz gets married, and I laugh at the notion of the same happening to me any time soon.(who's laughing now...) On a more somber note, my Uncle suddenly passed away due to a massive heart attack. Rest in peace, dear Uncle. On a more encouraging note, it was at the end of this month that Dave and I had our fated msn convo (could I be any more corny than using ethereal terms to desribe an IM conversation)
February:
DUH! Carnival, falling hard and fast for Dave, and blogging endlessly about it (as I obviously still am).
March:
The high from looking forward to Carnival becomes the high from reminiscing on Carnival. Also, Dave and I go "official".
April:
My first failed attempt (and dashed hope) at surprising my boyfriend for his 25th bday. Judging by my reaction to this (practically bawlin down the place), if I had any doubts about how much in love with him I was (am), they were eternally removed...
May:
When that job lost me. And I made a quick retreat back home for three weeks!!!
June:
Came back to face the fire - and found out I have the BEST roomate anyone could ask for!!
July:
I sat for the CPA exam (7/7/07).
Again, somber note: One of my best friends in Trinidad suffered an unimaginable loss: her beloved younger brother was gruesomely murdered. I remember leaving him a hi5 message shortly before he passed - and we joked about how each not takin de other on, but how we still love each other. I pray he knows in his heart I meant that...
August:
A better job found me!! I didn't too like the means of attaining it - and I pray God forgives me. But nonetheless, I am grateful! Also, Dave and I start discussing our future (4 months into the relationship)
September:
I forgot that Labour (Labor - damn Americans who claim they speak "English") Day is a 3-day weekend holiday that I could have taken advantage of to surprise Dave (*sigh*). Ah well. I also found out I need to retake that section of the CPA exam...
October:
Miami Carnival - an experience I liken to steak vs hamburgers... compared to Trinidad Carnival... eh... It was indeed a last minute decision, one that I was more or less glad I made - I got to lime with my cuz whom I haven't seen in YEARS... plus some of his friends, who knew who I was by referring to me as "dave, dave, dave!"
November:
Got to see my sis for the first time since Mother's Day (visited for Thanksgiving). So it was three of us again, complete with verbal battles and food no-one cooked. Oh yeah, and Dave pops the question... leaving me with the burden of updating the family lol. However, telling dad was not as bad as I dreaded... yes, I told him..
December:
2007 ended just as it began, with love and loss. Two relatives, one young (my cousin) and on my dad's side, the other older (my Uncle) and on my mom's side, succumbed. My cousin passed in early December, with the funeral held (out of all days) on my 25th birthday. Surprisingly, I couldn't think of a better way to celebrate. My Uncle passed a few days after I arrived in Trini from his second massive stroke (he lived, and died, in Trini as well). The ceremony for him was on Christmas Eve. I love and miss you both. Both times, the family came together - and it is those times I truly treasured. Lighter note: The news of the engagement had long spread, and there were notes of congratulations and "Uncle Johnnie" shots all around!! And all bore witness to that cute little rock ;-)

So that was it! The Year of Surprises - some pleasant, some not so pleasant. Yet the year was full of love, and I am thankful to God that I have lived to see it all! May 2008 be a year rich in blessings to all!!!