Looking back-2008 December 30, 2008
Posted by spacemom in : Current Affairs , 3 comments* Note: I find that as I travel, I spend more time with everybody around me than the computer. At work, I am isolated with my computer and often have time to write out my thoughts. This has led to my dearth of postings, but work is back again and I am here posting.
Dec 30, 2008
One more day left in 2008. And what do I think about this year? This has been a good year. A very good year. So here’s a bullet recap of the year, as I remember it:
- My baby, Soleil, finished Kindergarten. This was the child that Jay and I fought hard for. The child that this needle phobic woman stabbed herself with gonatropians on an airplane for. And she finished her first year in school. She is learning how to control herself and her anger, she is far more polite than I ever thought and she cares about her friends.
- Luna started to come into her own. I know, she’s always had her own personality, but the transformation between ages 3 and 4 and then again between 4 and 5 is remarkable. We have a better idea of who she is and what to expect from her. We’re still taking bets on how old she will be when we have to bail her out of jail. Feel free to toss your hat in the ring on this one.
- I traveled to Florida and while with some amazing friends, I plunged in an got my ear pierced again. (needle phobic, remember?) I love these women and can’t wait to see them again.
- Jay went on the nastiest medicine short of chemo. We had to strongly prevent pregnancy and be very careful with any sign of an infection with him. After several months, it was decided to remove him from this medicine. I am glad. It is almost out of his system. He also got off of steroids, which were making him very angry with out him realizing this.
- Jay and I got a much needed break by going to a meeting in Marseilles, France. It was wonderful to not have to deal with anyone else’s issues but my own.
- I got to meet Johnny Downtothis. Great guy!
- My depression deepened and I went into a very nasty funk. After several months, Jay and I worked together on a treatment plan. I am starting to work on relaxing, dealing with life and accepting that I will have this disease of clinical depression my whole life. This is one of the hardest things I have dealt with, harder than infertility, which is something I never thought I would say.
- My friendship with Crazy H has suffered, but I think that may be okay. I needed time away from her drama and the narcissism.
- My friendship with Becky feels stronger, but I still don’t know how to talk to her about Corey, even though it’s been 9 years since he died.
- We got new neighbors this year. Our crazy single woman next door who painted everything purple left, replaced with a young couple who just had their first child. Our nice couple across the street left, but was replaced by a family with 2 girls who are now great friends with our girls.
- Luna discovered that she is not immortal, and even worse, Mom is not immortal. This has led to several late night crying fits of momma not ever leaving her. (I’m only momma when she is upset)
- Soleil discovered she loves violin and wants to play hockey. Luna wants to play guitar and be a figure skater. I suspect that music fits Soleil better and figure skating fits Luna better.
- Jay had a great clear colonoscopy with minimal scarring found. For Crohn’s patients, this is great news!
- I decided to finally write a book. I’m still only 12,000 words in, but I like it so far.
- Jay has been moving up in science circles, even though he doubts his own abilities. He has been nominated for a BIG committee, and we will find out soon if he gets it. While it is a ton more work, it would be an amazing honor. Even if he doesn’t get it, just being nominated is huge.
- Facebook has allowed me to connect more with people I like, including some bloggers that I love to read, but they don’t blog much anymore. The nice thing about facebook is that a 2 minute sentence can tell alot when you don’t have much time to blog.
- We decided to take our money out of the financial markets to invest in our kitchen in September (well, some of it). I am glad we did.
- My sister is losing her job and I don’t know how to help her. She’s really that lower middle class that you hear on the news who never can get ahead. I wish I could do more for her.
- Life is good. 2008 was good. We are healthish, we are happy, Jay and I have 2 wonderful girls and we have friends and family who love us.
May you reflect on 2008 and find that you had a good year too.
