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.

2 comments:

Anne said...

WOW, I'm speechless....so unusual for me. You need to keep us updated more often. I'm glad everybody has survived and I am especially glad that everybody is home for the holidays. Give each other lots of hugs. Anne

Lazarai said...

Yeah, WOW, Anne is right! Haven't heard from you in a LONG time, and now I see why!! Holy cow, girl, you've certainly had your hands full!

Hope you all have a wonderful holiday....

Hugs,
Carol