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Monday, December 30, 2013

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I don't plan an exhaustive rundown on all of the highlights / lowlights of 2013.

Highlights of 2013

  1. Reaching our 20 year wedding anniversary.
  2. Reaching 3 years / 1096 days sober.
  3. Seeing the following in person:
    • The Harlem Globetrotters at the iWireless Center with the entire family
    • Shinedown / Three Days Grace / POD at the iWireless Center with Kevin
    • Multiple Iowa Hawkeye basketball games with Alex
    • Shinedown / Skillet / Papa Roach / In This Moment /We as Human at the US Cellular Center with Alex
    • Multiple Iowa Hawkeye football games with Alex
    • Saxon & others in Cedar Falls with Kevin
    • Bayside in Des Moines with Megan
    • Gene Hoglan drum clinic with Alex
  4. Playing not one, but TWO gigs with Lou's Classic Ride.
  5. Completing another excellent year at my employer.
  6. Achievements of the kids: 
    • Alex earning a spot on the Iowa City West freshman basketball team 
    • Megan earning a spot on the Iowa Ambassadors of Music European tour.

Likely Highlights of 2014

  1. Reaching our 21 year wedding anniversary.
  2. Reaching 4 years / 1461 days sober.
  3. Seeing the following in person:
    • Skillet & others at the iWireless Center with Alex
    • Bayside, if they add an Iowa date in 2014 with Megan
    • Metallica, if they tour *anywhere* close to Iowa.
  4. Playing more than two gigs with Lou's Classic Ride
  5. Completing another excellent year at my employer
  6. Achievements of the kids: 
    • Alex making the Iowa City West sophomore basketball team. 
    • Megan going on tour in Europe with the Iowa Ambassadors of Music tour in July 2014
  7. Completing the reconversion of my 4000ish CDs

Lowlights of 2013

  1. Numerous funerals and wakes
  2. Experiencing a hard drive failure with my 63,000+ music files
  3. Not producing music reviews
  4. Not seeing friends nearly enough
    • not an exhaustive list, but off the top of my head
      • Serbi
      • Brian Rock
      • James
      • JR 
      • Phl
      • BSS
      • Kevin
      • Todd Eadie
      • John / Yvonne
      • Bill / Debbie
      • Dave / Cindy
      • any member of the MMC group

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