# The highlights & lowlights of your year

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highlights-lowlights-of-your-year/644815>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [December 22, 2012, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highlights-lowlights-of-your-year/644815 "2012-12-22T06:02:34Z")\
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**Author:** ![eenerms](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/cdc98d/32.png) [@eenerms](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eenerms)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highlights-lowlights-of-your-year/644815/21 "2012-12-23T16:28:59Z")

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Highs:  
Left Austrailia for the the States, but not before we saw The Great Barrier Reef.  
My husband decided NOT to go back to work in libya(after leaving Sept 10)  
Had great trips to Chicago, Carmel by the Sea, and Seattle.  
Put up Christmas decorations for the first time in six years.  
My husband is around all the time.  
Lows:  
Husband without a job for three months, with nibbles but no bites for expat jobs.  
Not being able to go to Italy to live, see above.  
A friend I’ve know for thirty years has cancer.☹

( my husband is around all…the…time…;))

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**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highlights-lowlights-of-your-year/644815/22 "2012-12-23T16:31:13Z")

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> [@Zoe](#):
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> **Monstro** , I’m pleased to read that things are going better for you!

Thanks, **Zoe**! I am sorry to hear about the cancer.

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**Author:** ![LavenderBlue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e95f7d/32.png) [@LavenderBlue](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LavenderBlue)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 4:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highlights-lowlights-of-your-year/644815/23 "2012-12-23T16:32:52Z")

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I held a copy of my first book in my hands on August 20th.

My mom died on June 20th.

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**Author:** ![misstee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/958977/32.png) [@misstee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/misstee)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highlights-lowlights-of-your-year/644815/24 "2012-12-23T17:38:55Z")

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> [@Zoe](#):
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> ```
> Finding out how much my husband loves me
> Finding out how much I love my husband.
> 
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I love this “high”.  
Lows: Hysterectomy in January. My son had oral surgery in March. Knee surgery in July  
Highs: Discovering how compassionate my children are when they all helped me through the recovery processes. Learning that my son has made an impact on someone in our community- enough of an impact that the person paid his down payment for a trip to Europe. Earning my AA, moving on to work toward my BA.

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**Author:** ![dalej42](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/67e7ee/32.png) [@dalej42](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dalej42)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highlights-lowlights-of-your-year/644815/25 "2012-12-23T17:42:36Z")

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Moved across the country to Chicago for a new job and outlook on life: Good  
Pay increase with new job: Good  
Bad? Got mugged and had a nasty flu this December.

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**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 5:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highlights-lowlights-of-your-year/644815/26 "2012-12-23T17:59:33Z")

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> [@panache45](#):
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> I bought a new Mac Pro, with four 1-TB hard drives and 16M memory.

OOPS! That should have been 16G memory.

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**Author:** ![RandMcnally](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/b782af/32.png) [@RandMcnally](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RandMcnally)\
**Post date:** [December 23, 2012, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-highlights-lowlights-of-your-year/644815/27 "2012-12-23T19:03:13Z")

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Mine happened within three days of each other. My wife and I found out we are expecting (one more month!) and my grandfather, who I was really close to, died three days later.

What’s cool is my last conversation with him was telling him that we are having a baby. Not bad.

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