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Dear 2010,

I wanted to go ahead and introduce myself so we could get acquainted.  You see, 2009 wasn’t that good to me.  2008 wasn’t much better.  I had really high hopes for 2007, too … just as I do every year.  And I want to believe that you’re going to be good to me … I really do.  It’s just that I’ve been burned so many times before.  I have even had catchy phrases like “2007 is gonna be heaven” and “everything’s great in 2008″ and “2009, you’re so fine.”  I know, I know ... But, 2010, I had hope for them.  I truly believed that something amazing and magical was going to happen each time I met each of them.  Much to my dismay, all of them just seemed to skip on by me … never really offering me much.

2010, I really want this to work out between us.  I want to be able to talk about you specifically for years to come.  I want to say “YES, 2010 was the wonderful year when [enter amazing story that leaves everyone speechless here]!”

So, if you have any choice in the matter, if you can’t make it all amazing … could you at least go a little easier on me than the last few years did?

I really do have some high hopes for you and me.  “2010, let’s try this again!”

Sincerely yours,

Marlo

p.s.  If you talk to 2009 … tell him he still has about a month to redeem himself.