Last year was a rotten year. Despite having a really good first half (which included getting a promotion), the last half was so bad it more than made up for any good several times over. I haven't had a year this bad since 2001 (and I generally consider that my worst year ever). I feel beaten and worn out. I'm neither excited nor expectant about 2008. I have nothing on the radar to look forward to.

On the other hand, if everything goes right and nothing goes wrong (ha!) I can expect to graduate with my M.Div in the spring of 2010. I'm looking forward to that, of course, but that's too far off for me to get excited about right now.

My car mileage is 183,977. I drove about 25% fewer miles this year than last. Over the last two years, I drove almost half as much as the two years previous. Just doing my part to reduce global warming.