First off, I apologize for the title.  It’s how I feel, though.

Secondly, 2010 will always be a year I put down in my “strongly dislike” column.  Sure, it had its good moments, but I would say that was only 25 percent of the year.

Let me break down the good stuff first:

Family

My wife and kids have remained pretty healthy this year.  Amy and I have grown closer, especially at the end of the year. She has been a calming and solid force throughout some tough times right now.

Sports

My awesome alma mater kicked off the year by beating the snot out of U of Texas for the national championship.  My employer ended the year #1 and will play for the national championship in January.  Both teams produced back-to-back Heisman winners, so that makes my home state look pretty sweet all around.

Ghostbusters

The Alabama Ghostbusters literally exploded with memberships and charity donations.  We did a TON of events and simply had a great year altogether.  I’ve made a lot of great friends in the group.

I got to see Tom Merrit and Veronica Belmont again at Dragon*Con.  Always a highlight of my year!  Plus, tons of GBs from around the country came and made it an awesome experience again!  We are co-hosting PKE Surge next year with our Georgia Ghostbusters family, as well as other awesome GB fans.  It should be an absolute blast!

I finally got to hang out with Ernie Hudson (“Winston”)!  We ate dinner with him, and I got to spend a lot of time with him.  He really is one of the nicest guys I’ve ever met.

Thank you, Mattel, for giving us awesome GB toys (despite you draining my wallet).

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Some family and friends have asked what I’d like for Christmas.  To keep it simple, click here for my wishlist on Amazon.

Before heading to bed, I’d like to toss a couple of things at you, if you don’t mind.  The Alabama Ghostbusters are holding a Thanksgiving food drive this Saturday in Hoover.  You can find all the details at http://charity.alabamagb.com.  We’ll be there in support of the United Way of Central Alabama.  Please come out and help us feed those less fortunate for Thanksgiving.

Also, we’re still raising money for our own Ectomobile.  We have a spectacular piece up for auction that will hopefully put us at our goal.  It’s a stained glass art piece entitled “Bustin’ Makes Me Feel Good!”  You can check out more about it here, or go straight to the auction here.  It ends Saturday, November 27 at 7 p.m. CT.

I was all set to go back to work today, but last night threw me a major curve ball.  You ever have one of “those” nights? You know, all nasty sick and stuff?  Yeah, had one.

I woke up several times very sick.  I won’t get into it.  It’s a clean blog, right?  Anyhow, I apparently caught a wee bug, and it did me in.  So, I’ve been around the house all day trying to recoup.

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*Blows dust off blog*

“… Hi.” – The Joker upon seeing Harvey Dent in the hospital in The Dark Knight

Been a little while, right?  Life has been busier than ever.  Working 60+ hours a week is taking its toll, but it’s a necessity.

I have all next week off for Thanksgiving, at least from one of my jobs.  That will be nice to sleep in all week.  I’ll still do some work from home because we’re on a tight deadline for the website rollover.  I’d like to get it done so I don’t have to work through the Christmas break.  I’m so close I can taste it.

On top of work, some medical issues have come up for me.  I don’t want to get into it on here, but please keep me in your prayers.  Nothing overly major at the moment, but they could progress into something much worse if I don’t work on them.

I’m so ready for some time off.  I always seem to reach this point every November.  I’m ready to take a breather from everything extracurricular, too.  The first weekend in December will be my last for those things until late January.

I thought I had a lot more to say, but apparently I don’t.  I’ll end on this note:  The Alabama Ghostbusters will be raising money for the National Multiple Sclerosis Society for a few months.  My Montgomery team needs $150, so I ask you please give a little if you can: http://main.nationalmssociety.org/site/TR/Walk/ALCWalkEvents?team_id=223209&pg=team&fr_id=15983

Time for bed.  Another extremely long day is around the corner.  Much love and peace to you.