Remembering 2006

Not counting Roadgeek's Garfield of the Week and the Road Sign of the Week, this will probably be the last post here at Road City for the year 2006.

2006 was the first full year for Road City, Carolina Circle City, and Flashback City. Tomorrow, it'll surely look weird when I look at the archive and see 2005, 2006, and 2007.

What really gets me is that 2004 will soon be 3 years ago while it seems like a year and a half ago. Even though 2004 was a 366 day nightmare in my life, part of me misses it for some odd reason.

For 2006, I'd say it was half 2003 in goodness and half 2004 in badness.

I'm going to save the best for last, so first, the bad stuff. The first half of 2006 included many bad events like...

On March 10 as most of you know, my former Pendle Hill Christian School closed for good. While the ripple effect that took place in the future turned out excellent, the closing was still bad. On March 8, I announced the situation to the world here at Road City. At that time, the closing was uncertain due to it being two days prior to closing. You can take a look at it here.

Several other bad things happened in the first half, but I'll keep them to myself.

Now, the good stuff. I save a bunch of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico. Sorry about that very sad joke. Anyway, the second half of 2006 was awesome. The second half of 2006 included many good events like...

Though Pendle Hill closed on March 10, my new school opened a few days later on March 13. Unfortunately, the bad part of 2006 was still going at it, so the remainder of the 2005-2006 year was bland.

However, the beginning of the 2006-2007 year on August 28 was the second official beginning of a new era. So far this school year has been the best one yet since the 2003-2004 school year. Why? Well I made several new friends including Natalie. If any of you are reading this, thanks for making this year what it is.

I also went on one of the greatest beach trips I've had in awhile back in August. Nothing like a trip down eastbound Interstate 40.

The only bad things that happened in the second half of 2006 was not being able to go on a second trip to the 2006 Dixie Classic Fair and the random nausea attack. Darn you acid-reflux!

On October 31, 2006, Bob Barker of The Price is Right announced his retirement. As we go into 2007, I'll really cherish his last 6 months of hosting the greatest game-show ever.

Well, hybrid years are always interesting and 2006 was one of them. I'll try to block the first half out of my mind and look back on the second half as a piece of history. The '00s decade in general isn't all that good, but the second half of 2006 really showed its good side.

This is Billy Coore, officially signing off from Road City 2006.