So 2009 is expiring where I live.
The year was shaping up extravagantly 12 months ago. We were expecting our second baby soon. My ship had just come off a spectacular (for SSBNs) patrol, and had won the squadron Battle “E” and even the Omaha Trophy. I was due to rotate to a nice shore duty soon.
In my volunteer efforts, KDE 4.2 was shaping up to be a fantastic release of the KDE Plasma Desktop and associated platform software. I was even going to get to visit my family in the upcoming 2009 summer and reconnect with a lot of people I hadn’t had a chance to see in awhile.
As it stands though, 2009 has been a massive heartbreak. Good riddance to a horrible year. Here’s hoping 2010 can’t get any worse.