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Happy Leap Day! My my, how much has changed since the last time I wrote an entry on February 29th! Looking back, I see that last leap day, my beloved ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
cheshcat and I were struggling to save poor Foxy's life, and dealing with immanent threats to our jobs[*]. I was dating somebody highly incompatible, our darling Giles wasn't born yet, et cetera, et cetera, and so forth.
Recently, my belovedcheshcat started re-watching Heroes season three, to remind ourselves of what's what before we launch into season four. In one episode, everything takes place four years in the future. Given that this season started in 2008, that's basically like looking from last leap day into now.
If I could have had a sneak peak from then into today, what would I warn myself about? Not much, really. Overall, life is much better now than it was back then -- early 2008 was a particularly difficult and challenging time for us. I guess that I would warn myself not to get involved with anybody afflicted with borderline personality disorder. Also, I would caution myself to get out of a dysfunctional community before investing myself too deeply for my own good. Other than that, not much else to change, really. Most of the past four years have been pretty good... and there is reason to believe that the next four may be even better!
Guess I'll have to check back on February 29th 2016 to see how that prediction pans out!
[*] Retaliation for union organising for her, budget cuts from the research council for me. Ultimately, both of these threats did cost us our jobs but, thankfully, we managed to find better ones.
cheshcat and I were struggling to save poor Foxy's life, and dealing with immanent threats to our jobs[*]. I was dating somebody highly incompatible, our darling Giles wasn't born yet, et cetera, et cetera, and so forth.Recently, my beloved
cheshcat started re-watching Heroes season three, to remind ourselves of what's what before we launch into season four. In one episode, everything takes place four years in the future. Given that this season started in 2008, that's basically like looking from last leap day into now.If I could have had a sneak peak from then into today, what would I warn myself about? Not much, really. Overall, life is much better now than it was back then -- early 2008 was a particularly difficult and challenging time for us. I guess that I would warn myself not to get involved with anybody afflicted with borderline personality disorder. Also, I would caution myself to get out of a dysfunctional community before investing myself too deeply for my own good. Other than that, not much else to change, really. Most of the past four years have been pretty good... and there is reason to believe that the next four may be even better!
Guess I'll have to check back on February 29th 2016 to see how that prediction pans out!
[*] Retaliation for union organising for her, budget cuts from the research council for me. Ultimately, both of these threats did cost us our jobs but, thankfully, we managed to find better ones.
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