My 2007 New Year's Experience

I flew out to Chicago on Friday night to visit some folks for the New Year's wuffmeet.

The flight out was fun, as Chicago got quite a bit of snow that day and was all backed up. So we sat in Philly for about an hour, then after we landed we got to sit around some more until a terminal and a ramp were freed up for us. The entire story is chonicled in my Twitter. I have vague memories of meeting duncandahusky and takaza at the airport sometime after midnight and not getting to bed until WAY too late that night. :-P

I then spent the rest of the weekend at Wuffmeet, having 3 solid days of fun, and returned home last night. At some point during the trip, we headed over to The Westin in Chicago. It is a really sweet hotel and I think it will make a fine venue for Midwest Furfest in 2008.

I don't have much to say about 2007 other than that it was a very positive year. Many aspects of my life just got better and better, and I saw some good things just continue to build on themselves. I guess you could say it is a kind of compound interest, if you will. A few high points that stick out:

- Paid off the last of my student loans

- Sold my car. This helped my cash flow quite a bit, and was a great way to say "screw you" to both the auto and oil industries.

- Got a Pro Account on Flickr and uploaded over a thousand photos. Photography has always been a hobby of mine, and Flickr made it very easy for me to share this with others.

- Attended a number of furry conventions and got to do a fair amount of traveling.

- Saw that I was starting to gain weight and was able to reverse that trend after paying more attention to what I ate.

- Went to the beach for the first time in several years.

- Opened an account with Vanguard and took more control over my retirement funds. (Ameriprise's website is just awful)

I haven't yet had a chance to upload my pics from either The Westin or Wuffmeet. I'll try to do that tonight.

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