2005 Best/Worst Top Ten

As 2006 approaches, it's time once again for looking back and pondering the best/worst events of the year and what they tell us about life in general for that year. Every couple days, I plan (time permitting) to discuss one each from the best/worst list to give an idea of why it was chosen as such. So, here goes (in no particular order):

Best 10 Events of 2005:
10. moving into my first post-college house in U-City
9. being the maid of honor at Andrea's wedding
8. becoming an aunt again (my brother's first baby)
7. Andrea announcing she's pregnant
6. passing the first oral telephone Italian exam
5. getting to know the PICU gals/guys at Cardinal Glennon
4. Jillian's wedding/Mizzou roommate reunion
3. rediscovering my dance moves at the Klingsick wedding (caught on video)
2. becoming friends again with an old ex-boyfriend
1. preventing myself from becoming a victim of the Nigerian counterfeit cashier's check fraud

Worst 10 Events of 2005:
10. discovering my first post-college house was infested with brown recluse spiders
9. discovering that I'd been waitlisted for the Italian masters program
8. all the implications of the fact that my piddly nurses' salary minus my student loans puts my annual income at only $3000 a year above the 2005 national poverty level
7. the decision to buy the Hyundai before I'd officially sold the Durango
6. the multiple break-ins at our house in South City by a crazy lunatic
5. deciding to be more than friends with an old ex-boyfriend/ever letting the "M" word slip out of my mouth regarding aformentioned ex-boyfriend
4. the attempted setup (without my knowledge) with a resident rotating through the PICU
3. 3 more years of George W.
2. the deaths of three particular patients I had in the unit
1. discovering that I, too, have a functional biological clock