what do you do?

so far, only my friend helen ™ has contributed to the discussion i started on new year’s eve, but there’s still time for you to answer, too: what’s your most memorable year (good or bad), and why?

for me, it was 1997.

a lot happened that year…

i turned 18, voted for the first time, witnessed the first change of government since i was five months old (gosh, i was hopeful - what a bitter disappointment), fostered a cat which had kittens (which we looked after and weaned and found homes for), took my a-levels, moved to my grandparents after our house sold and we had nowhere to go (the day before my last a-level exam, natch), my dad separated from his second wife, i went to rome the week princess diana died, moved away to university, made a new group of friends, got so ill with glandular fever (which wasn’t disgnosed ’til months later) that i couldn’t speak and could hardly swallow, had the drunkest new year in recorded history (antibiotics and alkehol don’t mix) and held hands (that’s all) with my soon-to-be boyfriend of five years.

…for starters.