Age of Lady Kaitlyn: 5 days
Family,
So I know that I just posted, but something I've been meaning to do is create the "time capsule" blog so that, when Kaitlyn reads this 30 years from now, she'll know what were the huge moments, people, and activities of 2013. A lot of folks put this in Baby Books, and I will probably do that as well. However, just so I have the record, some of the big ticket items that I can think of (written for Kaitlyn's benefit):
1. Barack Obama was elected for his second term. Yes, I did vote for him. Yes, I am the only person at my company (and perhaps in the state) who did. No, I have no regrets.
2. There was a horrific school shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, killing almost 30 children. The NRA then demanded that armed guards be placed in all schools. The topic raged for months.
3. The DOW (stock market) hit it's all-time high the week before you were born (14.2K). That's a good thing, as that's where your college fund is as I type this.
4. LeBron James and the Miami Heat are the defending NBA champions and the team to beat, but Kobe Bryant is still the man. :-)
5. Your Aunt Kim and Uncle Matt will get married later this year (July 13).
6. Argo won best picture (it was really good).
7. North Korea declared the armistice with South Korea invalid (by the time you read this, I don't even know if the country of North Korea will exist, but I shudder to think about the world and the implications if it doesn't). Their leader, Kim Jong-un, has threatened to test missiles with the capability of striking the US mainland (Alaska), but the US doesn't believe the threat is viable at time of writing.
8. Your parents will celebrate 1 year in the home you will grow up in.
9. Your maternal grandmother (Grammie) successfully beat breast cancer.
10. Private space companies and NASA have commenced drawing up plans for a manned mission to Mars, scheduled for take-off in 2018.
11. US Airways and American Airlines merged (but it was really a US Airways takeover).
12. The Baltimore Ravens won the SuperBowl in Ray Lewis' last season (filled with Deer Antler Spray).
13. Lance Armstrong was stripped of his 7 Tour de France titles.
14. Your parents will celebrate 7 years of marriage.
15. Big musicians of the time: Justin Bieber (HORRIBLE), Lady Gaga, Taylor Swift
16. Big books of the time: 50 Shades of Grey, Killing Lincoln
17. Big TV shows: The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones, Homeland, Dexter, House of Lies
18. Your first cousins (no doubt Gator fans and UF grads by the time you read this) were born
19. Your Aunt Pattie graduated high school
20. Your cousin Zachary got married
21. Alabama repeated as the NCAA college football champs (third time in four years)
22. The Big East Athletic Conference dissolved into "the Catholic 7" (who took the Big East name) and the ACC - the C-7 took the Big East name, and the old Big East is still trying to confirm it's new nickname. Update as of 10 April - the old "Big East" is now the AAC - the American Athletic Conference. No doubt the name is a plan in advance to lure West Coast schools to compete in the conference (after Boise State and San Diego State opted NOT to join and decided to remain in the Mountain West Conference).
23. There is uncertainty about the sustainability of the EURO as a consolidated currency for Europe.
24. The country is experiencing an oil and gas boom as part of a new process called "fracking" (hydraulic fracturing).
25. UNC-Charlotte played their first ever college football game.
26. We elected a new Pope - Francis. The previous pope retired - the first priest in over 600 years to do so.
27. Syria is still embroiled in a Civil War that some believe has now claimed upwards of 50,000 lives.
I am sure there are 10,000 other items I could include, but these are at least a start. :-)
Side note - I have now realized that I have to make peace with the fact that I will NOT have as much time to crank out these blogs as I did in London or Singapore. It's funny, as I KNOW I am writing this only for myself, Jenny, and Kaitlyn, but at present I still feel the need to try and make each post witty for a phantom reader population that doesn't know this site exists. One of my 2013 goals - constantly prioritize as needed, and remember the original purpose of this site - record the moments as they pass...any way you can.
Love,
Sam and Jenny
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