Saturday, December 31, 2011

Welcome 2012!

Dear 2011,
Good Bye.  Don't let the door hit ya where the good lord split ya.

I started the year in bed recovering from knee surgery.
When I was strong enough to get up and about on a couple of crutches I found my Road Glide Custom was stolen right out of my garage.
During a big company event I damn near broke my neck thanks to the crutches and the blizzard and almost took out my boss in the process as I fell to the ground.
I then got the flu and had to endure a cross-country flight back home from the big company event.  I just wanted to die.

All of that was just in January 2011.

Things only got exponentially worse from that moment on. 2011 was, without a doubt, the worst year of my life.  However...

As this year comes to a close things are already looking up.
  • My pulmonary docs know how to care for my lungs to hopefully keep me out of the hospital.
  • I am mobile again and feeling strong.  I know I will drop all this added weight from the accident, and get out and do the things I love to do once again.
  • I've got my amazing Dykes on Bikes family all over the world that has always been there for me.
  • My NYer friends have never left my side and it's been amazing to see Coyote so many times this year.
  • My beautiful niece makes my heart swell to the bursting point every time I see her cute little face or hear her beautiful little voice and giggle.
  • Finally, my involvement in San Francisco politics and the San Francisco LGBT community continues to grow.  Happy New Year to all my new friends on the SFPD Chief's LGBT Community Advisory Forum.  I'm really looking forward to all the wonderful things we can do for the most beautiful city in the country.
2011 really sucked, but it feels like I hit rock bottom so hard that the bounce back up is heading straight for orbit.  The end of 2011 has been so beautiful and I can feel that momentum continuing throughout all of 2012.

Happy New Year everyone!
Love,
Becca