SO/where were you 10 years ago?

[MamaBee]

Spin off of Nikki's Can you believe post... so I started thinking... What was I doing in eve of going into 2000...

I remember I had to work that night... I was working for Kimberly-Clark in the computer department and my shift was 10 pm to 2 am... waiting for whatever was to happen. Okay... I was a software instructor, what the heck was I suppose to do if something bad happened??? Instruct everyone on where to find the instruction in the manual? All I remember of that night was watching Neil Diamond sing in the new year in Denver and he was counting down and was about 5 seconds too early compared to the countdown clock behind him... also as in grand tradition in my family, I'm gaging down herring at the strick of midnight right next to my team leader, director, and the CFO of a major Fortune 100 company... yes, that is the way to make a name for yourself...

What were you doing on December 31, 1999?

[lauren grier]

I was 17 in 1999.. lol.. and i have no idea what i was doing

[lovely1m]

Jeez, I don't remember either. lol How sad is that.

[mrs_jb]

Originally Posted by lovely1m

Jeez, I don't remember either. lol How sad is that.

ROFLOL... Not sad at all because I can't remember where I was either!

[Nathalie]

Oh dear, another one who has no idea

[Jennilyn]

My DH and I were in our apartment watching TV and drinking wine, having a fondue, etc. I believe. Same thing as we're doing this year actually!

[pewtertm]

Probably same thing I do every New Year's Eve...sleeping LOL. Or if I actually was awake, i was probably watching something on cable.

[MissKim]

I was hugely pregnant in 1999. My youngest daughter was born 2 weeks into the new year, on January 14, 2000. I remember that I didn't believe all that Y2K stuff, but I did buy some tuna and fill a bathtub.... just in case. Hey, if something had happened, I'd be able to flush the toilet and eat.

[Leila]

Ten years ago tonight I was loving on and thanking God for my 11 day old son!!

[nesser1981]

I was 18 and home for my first leave since joining the Air Force, hanging with high school friends at a party out in the woods. It was fun.

[**Holly**]

I was 16 and I was hanging with my best friends at the time... not exactly sure really haha... wow... so long ago...

[Ainwena]

My hubby (then boyfriend) and I and some friends were celebrating in Kelowna, Canada on a ski vacation!

[eranslow]

I was down in El Paso, TX for the Sunbowl - Minnesota Gophers vs. Oregon Ducks. The Gophers lost And for the actually new year party - we (the whole marching band) were at a Mexican restaurant somehwere in El Paso.

[hollyxann]

Honestly not sure I was only 14 yrs old...it's hard telling what I was doing.

[nun69]

I was celebrating with my brother, sister, Dh and a few other friend's at my sister's house...DH drank lots that night and reaked of tequila!!!

[isaacsmom]

My hubby and I were just talking about this tonight actually...we stayed home because we aren't big into partying and also weren't sure what would happen with Y2K. I was probably dreaming of and making big plans for our wedding that was the following April! I can't believe 10 years have passed since then!

[kscwgirl]

Hmm. I don't know for sure, but I would assume I was at the bar w/ Jeff.

[carriesmom]

I was a sophomore in college. I was probably at home sick. I am always sick on NYE.

[pkstew2]

Oh gosh to be back in those "I can't remember" days

But this old gal can remember - all the excitement/worry about the Year 2000. And my youngest was born at Thanksgiving so I can remember being up with him nursing and watching the different time zones ring in the new year! Now I'm lucky to stay up past 10:00 p.m.

[cbettua]

Originally Posted by lauren grier

I was 17 in 1999.. lol.. and i have no idea what i was doing

Ditto! LOL We are the same age!

[emmasmommy]

I was in my first year of grad school but I'm sure I was home for Christmas Break...SOOOO, that would mean I was probably sitting in the bar with my husband/then boyfriend.

[jovi_girl]

haha i was 18 and i remember exactly where i was. I was at a party held by one of my brothers best friends. I remember it so well because i spent most of the night making out (secretly) with one of my brothers friends. I'd had a crush on this guy for like a year, and for some reason, that night he finally noticed me! But i think i remember it so well, because my brother sprung us and dragged me home. The worst part is, my brother is younger than i am! so embarrasing. lol.

I also had a really daggy pair of 2000 glasses....the 2 and the last 0 stuck out the sides of my head and you looked through the two middle zero's. They were bright purple. I was very in the spirit. lol

[digideb]

I have NO clue as I was only 14. lol Probably sleeping!

[kresta]

OMGosh, all you young thangs!!!

Well, I was 22 1/2 (gosh, feeling old now). I was about to finish up my Music Therapy internship at a state psychiatric hospital. I had been married a year and a half.

Not sure what I was doing that exact night. One of my husband's best friends growing up used to have a big NYE bash every year w/ his family. It was quite a blowout each year. So we were probably there.

Kinda fun looking back!

[LibbysMommy]

Hmmmmm I was 20 then....and I have no clue what I was doing, lol!!

[meganmecrazy]

I met my DH!!!!!!!!!!

[rach3975]

I was 24, and DH and I went to a big, formal party in Washington, DC with friends. I had to go back and check the photos to be sure I had the right year. That's why I scrap--my memory stinks, and if it isn't recorded somehow I forget it.

[gabbygirl]

I have no idea. I was 16 at the time so i was probably on the telephone

[carrie1977]

I was 22 and my hubby (then boyfriend) and I had only been dating a few months. We were partying at his aunt and uncles house.

[Sharon Kay]

well....I guess I could see if I could find my calendar from that date...but guessing...not a lot...had an 11 year old, a 4 year old and a 5 year old....ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh NOW I know where you are going with this...we were out of town at my sister's house...sitting around talking (playing cards?), munching on food...and I, being the geeky kind of person that I am...had the ONLY computer between the two families and was keeping one eye on my playing cards and one eye on the computer screen to see if ANYTHING happened at 12:01 a.m. ... knowing full well NOTHING would happen. We had bets on it.

[aggiefamily]

I was 24 and I don't remember. We were married for a little over a year at the time. I can remember the apartment we lived in but not what we did for NYE. I can even remember celebrating NYE with my students 2 days before Christmas break. We made a time capsule and had a party and all that. But for the life of me I can not remember what I did on the actual NYE.

[jessica31876]

10 years ago today my nephew had an accident with a riding lawnmower and had his foot almost cut off so my entire family was at the hospital waiting to see if he was going to be ok. He was in the hospital for like 2 months I think and had several surgeries to repair his foot because it was really bad. He had just turned 7 like two weeks before his accident. I did not even think about that until tonight. I remember the phone call like it was yesterday. He was at his dads house and my sister (not his mom) called and told me that he had been airlifted to Arnold Palmer Hospital in Orlando but she did not know how bad it was. I tried calling to see but they would/could not give me any info. So we packed up the whole family and headed up there. His dad and stepmom were there as were all my sisters and my mom and stepfather. We did not head home until late that night.

[nanienamou]

I was seventeen, and DH (not yet DH, boyfriend at the time) and I were at a family party one hour away from our home town. DH had to work at 4:00 a.m., he worked for the local bus company, starting the buses and dusting off the snow before the morning shift.

So we left the party at about 12:30 a.m. to come back home. During the ride, the heater turned off, so the windows were frosted, the lights were starting to dim, the alternator was shutting down, so it took us all we had to coax the car back to our town, but it definately broke just near my cousin's house, so we walked there since there was a party. We were frozen! Good times!

[crystalbella77]

I was 15. I was definitely up...but I don't know..probably watching Dick Clark with my mom,

[suze]

I was 13 then so who knows!

[Traci Reed]

I was a sophomore in HS!

[Coila]

I was 16 and a junior in hs. I had just met my dh (obviously wasn't my husband yet... or my boyfriend for that matter) I had to go to the lake where my family had a house boat and we spent most of our weekends. I also worked in the dock store. I was mad because my parents wouldn't let me stay "in town" so I could celebrate it with my future husband lol. I can not believe 10 years has passed! We started dating February 2000. It is amazing how much has changed since then!!

[Julie Billingsley]

I was at a party and MAD at myself because I forgot to turn off the computer and thought the Y2K thing would kill off my computer. LOL

[Lyd]

I can't remember exactly what I did on that night. But, I do remember I was closing up one of the best years of my life, and I was only a few weeks away from meeting my hubby. 1999 will go down as the year that made me who I am and prepared me for everything that I have now. I wonder what the next 10 year will bring . . . .

[Janet Phillips]

I was finishing the end of a great honeymoon, getting ready to move into our new place and go back to work. We rung in the New Year with friends and we buried a time capsule the next day. Only 15 more years and we can dig it up!

[alansrock]

I was living in Sherwood, Arkansas and the hubby and I went to the Fox & Hound with friends to shoot pool, have some drinks and then they served breakfast after midnight with mimosas. I was still in the Air Force and DH & I had just celebrated our 1st wedding anniversary. I even remember the cute burgundy top I wore with some black pants. I have 35mm photos from that night, but they are in storage in TX!

[4noisyboys]

I remember friends freaking out and selling their homes to move to be near family. Other friends were stalking up supplies and everyone was buying into all the Y2K garbage. We were just laughing about it and joking how everyone was so stupid. But...at the last minute, I went and took a bunch of cash out of the bank...maybe like $10,000 to have on hand just in case! LOL!

and yeah...don't remember much else!

and egads...I was 38! I'd love to be 38 again!

[littlekiwi]

I was 12 so probably asleep as I hardly stayed up for new years back then

[joelsgirl]

Originally Posted by MissKim

I was hugely pregnant in 1999. My youngest daughter was born 2 weeks into the new year, on January 14, 2000. I remember that I didn't believe all that Y2K stuff, but I did buy some tuna and fill a bathtub.... just in case. Hey, if something had happened, I'd be able to flush the toilet and eat.

Hahaha, I thought you filled the bathtub with tuna!

I had JUST gotten engaged on Christmas Eve, and I was in Lake Charles, LA with my husband's family celebrating! I can't believe it's been ten years!

[rachaelsscraps]

Originally Posted by lauren grier

I was 17 in 1999.. lol.. and i have no idea what i was doing

I know what you mean, I was only 15 then so I don't remember either. I just remember we were waiting for the lights to go out and.... nothing! lol!

[Stacey42]

I was 32. We were doing what we have done every NYE since we got married. We were having a party! NYE is DH's b-day. We had a Y2K party & everyone had to bring some item for the apocolypse & a quote about it, so we could all be prepared and together for the end times. It was a lot of fun. We spent most of the day watching the time change across Asia and rooting for the lights to go out, but they never did.

[sprauncey1]

Originally Posted by eranslow

I was down in El Paso, TX for the Sunbowl - Minnesota Gophers vs. Oregon Ducks. The Gophers lost And for the actually new year party - we (the whole marching band) were at a Mexican restaurant somehwere in El Paso.

LOL, I didn't even know that those two schools played each other! I was born in Minnesota and my Dad went to the U so we have some of his Gopher stuff, and I am "from" Oregon so I guess I'm a Ducks fan or is it a Beaver's fan...I don't know. But can you say our teams have the most fierce mascots out there! So I just had to crack up that they played each other in the Sunbowl (since both get little to no sun in the winter!)

Oh and Megan...how cool to bring in the new milenium meeting your DH!!!

Ok and so you all young'ens need to stop! Seriously I'm not that old am I??? I was 23 and it was the last time DH and I went out for New Years (not that we did every year before that). We were stationed in Okinawa at the time and the flying squadrons had rented Jack's Place for their NYE parties. We had a good time and I met a girl that night (yelling screaming trying to talk) that in a few months landed me my first ever Chemistry job. It was definitely a memorable night for me. And I cannot believe it has been 10 years!!! Maybe in the next few we can go back to Okinawa, that would be cool!

[nikkiARNGwife]

Oh my look at all you youngins! lol

I was 25..living in an apartment with my best friend, I was still teaching then so I was still on Christmas vacation..DH and I just started dating..we had a few friends over and for some reason I remember playing Mad Gab lol.

[~Julie~]

I don't remember exactly what I was doing that day but just a few days prior I had found out that I was pregnant with my first child. So I know I definitely wasn't drinking LOL

[Emmy]

Most new year's I wouldn't be able to remember specifically but I do remember on this one because of the y2k thing. We were at my brother's house - I was pregnant with my oldest son and feeling nauseous. My brother was a huge believer that something BIG was going to happen with y2k - he stockpiled food, supplies, bought a gun I still remember at midnight, boom, NOTHING happened. LOL