Goodbye 2008 ~ Hello 2009
The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire welcomes a new member today, Robert Plant is now a CBE. Now as much as I love History and consider myself to be extremely well read, I had to go look up what the hell a CBE was. Now I know. I have read t hat it is said to stand for 1. Covers Bloody Everything and 2. Commander. Do they give swords with that? Anyway, Plant is now part of this order for “services to music”. I congratulate Mr. Plant and wonder what his coat of arms looks like and do we now call him Sir Robert Plant ? What a time warp from The Song Remains the Same, bet they did not think they would end up as part of the Royal Order back then.
So, in a matter of hours here in the eastern part of the US it will finally be 2009. So much of last year was stinky to say the least, but so much was so great. I am not one of those revelers who stay up until midnight to see the ball drop ( can not imagine why anyone would stand in Times Square just for that ) nor do I party this night. It is just another night for me, and the only thing that will make me think about it being a new year is the fact that it will take me until June of 2009 to get the date correct when I write it on paper.
I guess it is due to my being older, these countdowns just remind me of the past, of what I should have done or not done and how I have fewer years left now to accomplish my goals. Now before you think I am being a total downer, I do love the newness of a new year. News Years Day is my sons birthday for one thing and he loves that the whole world parties on his B day 
. And I love that since it is January I have only three more months until the plants come out and the world once again wakes up.
My hopes for 2009? That I can be a better person than I have been up until now, that I am a blessing to those who cross my path and that I can truly know peace and happiness.
