Mighty Moments 2011 pt. 1: Loss, nightmares and toenails

2011's almost done and I can't help but think about the things that happened over the year. Was this year a good one or a bad one? You can tell only by the memories you make.

This is my attempt to count down the Mighty Moments of 2011. I'm posting the worst ones first, because I want to remember what I went through this year. Also, it's the challenges and hardship that make someone stronger. Somehow, I think I did.

So here goes...

10. One of the scariest dreams of my life
A dream isn't a real memory (or is it?), but this one was so damn scary I can't forget it. I was one of those dreams where I woke up with the chills. The dream starts out with my ex's parents waking me up and congratulating me because I got her pregnant. All hell breaks loose from there.

9. The craziest flight delay
My Boracay trip with my high school buds had a crazy ending because of the delays we had going home. Our flight back was pushed to the next day, so we ended up moving to a creepy resort. When that next day came, we found out in Caticlan airport that we had to change to Kalibo. I curled up on my bed when I finally got home.

Ok, this doesn't do justice to the tedious waiting we endured.

8. Blood exam
I had a blood exam to check out how my health was going. Found out that I was a few points over the normal levels of cholesterol and uric acid. So that means watching what I eat, less of the that oily tasty goodness and more of sad bland food. Ignorance is bliss indeed!

7. My big toenail breaking off
This happened in one of our company outings this year. We were playing beach football and genius that I am, kick the ball with my bad toenail. For the ugly visual click here.

6. The sh*ts of my life
Food gone bad means stomach gone bad. It was signal #3 in the toilet and had to work from home for a week. If you're sick and want more details, click here.

5. Got NTE'd for the first time
This was the first major work blunder I had ever since going back to Wideout. I was at Bangkok with Anj and my boss asks if my reports are done. I knew they were done, so I said they were done. They weren't. My boss made me write my own NTE (notice to explain).

4. Kulit gets lost
Anj's parents gave me a dog we could use as a guard dog for my dad's new farm. So after a month of getting attached to it in the house, I finally let him go to do his job. After a few months, the workers there tell us that he's gone missing. Never saw him again. I hope he's in a better place.

If you find this dog please return him to me.

 3. My Peruvian guinea pig Joonie dies
Second pet tragedy on this list, my pet guinea pig Joonie dies from what I could only describe as loosing it. After a few months of putting his cage in the garden we found him dead in his cage, biting one of the bars. I guess this was more of a lesson for me to be more responsible when taking care of pets.


2. The long December
This was probably the most tiring december I've had in my life. Work was really busy with trying to fix things with our clients. It was such a long checklist of things to do, we had to Google Doc a spreadsheet just for it. Also, I made another reporting error this month which sucked. All that plus a lot of drama, made for a very very long December.

1. Shirley Dies
After a good long life our family shih tsu Shirley dies from I don't even know what. Must have been something really bad because a lot happened to her that should have killed her before. Falls, cars and freaking time wouldn't even kill her. Even though she became damn stinky and cranky, she was still my dog and it was a really sad day when she passed.

Back when I was thin and she was not smelly.

So these are worst Mighty Moments of 2011. Had to deal with a lot of mistakes and loss. I'm glad though that there was a lot to learn from these experiences and pets live on in our memories. Nightmares stay nightmares, and it's time to live out dreams. Looking back, it doesn't feel so bad. I feel good now that I can laugh about these moving on.