The year had a tumultuous start--I decided to quit my job in February, but then gave it enough thought to make myself put up with it until my contract was over in June. That gave me time to find another job which is in my home county. It's practically a miracle. What I do is so specialized that I was afraid I'd have to move to McComb or Oxford because those were the only openings I knew of when I started looking. Instead my local school district created a position for me. I'm still amazed when I think about it.

I had to have two surgeries this year in March and August and while both were necessary and I certainly felt better after than I did before, I think two surgeries is more than enough for one lifetime, never mind a span of 6 months. My goal for 2007 is to stay out of operating rooms!

The people I work with now are all very nice and the atmosphere is different than where I was. The superintendent said more to me in one week than the last one did in 6 years. To tell you the difference--the old super didn't even say, "Welcome back" or "How are you feeling" when I came back from my gall bladder sugery and I was about 6 doors down from his office. The new one sent me a potted plant and called me to see how I was feeling when I had the other surgery and I'd been at that job less than a month. That's how different they are as people!

I had a fabulous year for concerts. I saw Bon Jovi in Nashville, Tampa x2, Ft. Lauderdale/Hollywood, and at Giants Stadium x2. I saw Keith in Tallahassee and Atlanta and Brad Paisley in Birmingham. The best part of the trip to Jersey was being able to meet so many people: Kathleen, Paul, Kev, Matt, Thierry, Amy. I got to visit with old friends Karen and Yvette on the Florida trips and meet Debbie from Biloxi (I don't think she ever posts here though). I got to meet Lori from who posts on Backstage when I went to Atlanta.

There's still a lot of stuff going on that I'm not happy about in 2006, but I can't bitch too much about a year that landed me a job 11 miles from my home.