Well 2006 ended on what could be the lowest note in my life. During the holidays I went to stay with family up north, and had a friend keep an eye on my herps. On my return I called the friend, and his mother answered informing me that he had been in a car accident and was in the hospital. Of course, I immediately went to the hospital to see him, and it was a pretty aweful site. He wasn't wearing a seatbelt and was tossed from the car... his whole body was mangled but he was in stable condition. After seeing he was okay I was mostly pissed off that no one called me and told me about the accident.

Then I left the hospital, went home, opened the door to the most aweful smell ever. That's when things got worse. I immediately went for the basement, or what used to be my basement... it was now a disgusting pool of 4 feet of water. Of course, I already knew what I'd discover at this point, and sure enough, went to the herp room to find it utterly destroyed. All my herps were dead, every aspect of my basement destroyed.

Fortunately my most recent purchase is still residing at Vaughns, which is the one thing I can be thankful for. The good news in all of this is that my friend is doing very well, and by all appearances will recover fully (there's a Christmas miracle for you). It's hard to be too upset about anything given that.

All in all it was tough, but I'm thankful Jeff is doing well, and looking forward to starting all over again.