Thanks a million to everybody for good wishes for my granny! She's had a surgery, is now in rehab and doing physical therapy, though she can't walk yet. We're hoping, hoping... Honestly, she's the kindest, sweetest, nicest person in the world, and anybody who knows her can't help adoring her.

And I had several people asking, so yes, 31 of December was my birthday. I'm a New Year baby. It was also one of those round dates, with 0 on the end. So I'm not a spring chicken anymore. Well, summer maybe. June.

Lis, sorry it took me so long, but here's the tag. 4 jobs I had: freelance writer, reporter, English instructor, and a model (no, not that kind - it was much more simple and prosaic, modeling for paintings, and yes, I did have all my clothes on).

4 favorite foods: strawberry cheesecake, peach ice-cream, cherries in chocolate, and any seafood except raw octopus (tastes like rubber).

4 TV shows I enjoy: Grey's Anatomy; CSI: Special Victims Unit; CSI: Miami; American Next Top Model.

4 places I've travelled to (only 4?): Wetzlar, Germany; most parts of Texas; Vilnus, Lithuania; Warsaw, Poland.

4 places I'd like to visit (again, only 4?): New York, Paris, Tokio, and going on safari in Kenya doesn't sound too bad either! (the girl can dream, right?)

I spent most of my birthday at the hospital with granny, but we had some nice dinner for the New Year. Let me live vicariously through you. How was your New Year celebration?