Wednesday, December 30, 2009

A New Year begins....Taking stock

2009 found me...

Unemployed
An empty nester
No close friends
Depressed

Yes, things could be much worse.


Here's hoping they're not

Cheers everyone, may the new year bring health, wealth and happiness!

Thursday, December 24, 2009

Merry Christmas 2009

Wow,

Where did the time go? I lost it again! This can't be good, days flying by into years. Nope not good at all. So let's see..... What's been happening since we last 'spoke'....... 2009 in review.

1 son went to college
1 son failed out of college
1 son got a job and travelled the US
1 son got laid off from job
1 son can no longer pay his car payment
1 son had a GF move in while he travelled the US
1 mom didn't like GF that moved in
1 GF got drunk, fell asleep and knocked over a candle
1 room caught fire.
1 son woke up for no reason and smelled smoke, saved brothers gf and house from burning down
1 son no longer has GF mom didn't like
1 son graduated with honors with a degree in International Affairs
1 son cannot find a job, but works in Athens PT at UGA while looking
1 son went back to school and promises not to have another wacko GF and to do better
1 son decided to join the navy
1 mom freaked
1 mom took her son to the recruiting station and waved good bye to her son
1 mom wrote daily letters to her son in boot camp
1 son graduated bootcamp
1 mom and 2 sons went to Chicago and saw her son graduate from bootcamp
1 mom said good bye to her son after ONE hour
1 son was sent to Pensacola for A school
1 mom got laid off
1 mom's computer crashed
1 mom totalled her car and bumped her head and doesn't remember the wreck
1 mom went to the dreaded place called the hospital
1 mom had chest xrays, MRI, Cat Scan, and blood drawn
1 son called his friends who arrive en masse at the hospital
1 mom came home and was "taken care" of by a bevy of 'nurses'
1 mom only remembers the nurses drunken singing Beatles songs while she slept on the couch
1 mom recovered once the nurses left
1 son graduated from A school
1 son now enrolls in C school
1 son informs 1 mom he will be stationed in Japan if all goes well in C School
1 mom is VERY excited for him
1 son did do better and passed his college classes
1 son is still looking for full time job and has applied to international teaching opportunities
1 mom is still looking for a job
1 mom is HAPPY that all 3 sons arrived last night and they are all together this year

Merry Christmas to all and to Anne... I love you for writing and helping me find my way back.