Top 5 letdowns

In an extremely self-indulgent mood....excluding the obvious tragedies of war, hurricane devastation, and rampant Rethuglicanism this year...(and counting down a la David Letterman)
5. spending so much time in the Imaging department at the hospital that I know the employees on a first name basis
4. serious illnesses of family and friends
3. fire ants
2. not getting to really see New Orleans the way I wanted to
and the number 1 letdown of 2005 (so far)....the anesthesiologist nicking a nerve in my back when I had kidney stone extraction performed.