Randal and I were reminiscing about what we were doing ten years ago and how we marked the end of the first decade of the 2000s. I thought back to where I was in December of 2009 and then remembered that I had done a blogpost to close the decade. It was fun to look back on it and the one constant of my life... I have no idea where life will take me in the next ten years. So. Ten years ago, I had recently moved to Phoenix. I was lonely, but working at my first job that really paid well and I was really a grown up. I filled my days with reading, educational activities, and actively seeking and securing solid friendships. I embarked on self-improvement projects and worried that I would never meet the right person and would never get married. And today? One, it will be a miracle if I get through this blogpost in one sitting without a kid calling me.* But, as for the rest.. We have relatively recently moved. I have not worked in the last year and have struggled with not ge