OH MY WORD, in just a few hours 2009 is going to be O-VER! No New Years Resolutions for me this year, just a good, hot shower at midnight to wash every last vestige of 2009 away.
So, it’s weird; when I look back on the year I realize that yes, this is the worst year I can remember and it will probably be the worst one in a long time. But let’s be honest, the only other rough year I can think of (during our marriage, that is) was probably the last year when we lived in Iowa and I worked with those nasty people who hated me from the moment they snitched a peek at my resume and thought “gosh, I think this one is a Christian” based upon where I went to college (and I know this because they told me). Those two made me cry on a regular basis.
But in perspective, I’ve had a pretty easy life.
So let’s flash back to 2009, month by month. Come on, it’ll be fun. Well, it’ll be fun until May, that is.
JANUARY
I noticed that somehow the phrase “picture of a cow’s head stuck under a fence and along comes a bull” was bringing a lot of traffic to my blog. (I still can’t figure it out.) So I told Brother, and he drew this picture using Microsoft Paint and that post is now the #1 most-viewed on this blog. WEIRD. Also, we got a new shower head.
FEBRUARY
We got new glasses and, fortunately!, Joey did not choose this pair. I thought I finally saw an armadillo but it turned out to be a skunk. It was a major disappointment for me.
MARCH
The Kid came to visit us for Spring Break. We had fun. I quit watching The Office because it wasn’t funny to me anymore. We went to Branson for a five days with my parents, and after they left Joey and I had crazy adventures. As usual.
APRIL
I flew to Chicago to visit Sister and Stephen over Easter. Joey and I planted tomatoes and herbs on our balcony and were successful.
MAY
We tried to celebrate our fourth wedding anniversary, which fell on the same day we found our our baby was gone. (Re-reading these posts to link them here is killing me.) Then I had crazy surgery because there were abnormalities. Mom came to take care of me for a week, and after she left, Sister came.
JUNE
It drove me crazy to think about our baby as an “it”, so we named him Samuel. I overdid it post-surgery and had painful relapses more often than I should have because I can’t sit still. I discovered that going to church can be difficult.
JULY
For Independence Day, we jetted home to IOWA! see some fireworks. I remembered how to smile again. We went to Mexico and had the absolute best vacation ever. Being together. And let us not forget the smacking Iguana from the Tulum ruins, which was a highlight for me of course.
AUGUST
Joey had sinus surgery and he looked fully awesome afterwards. I had a birthday and I survived.
SEPTEMBER
We tried to go backpacking, but there was no water in any of the creek-beds so we had to turn back; we had a great time at Beavers Bend working Plan B. Then, Joey decided he wanted to a coffee experiment, which ended with him deciding he liked coffee.
OCTOBER
My awesome friend Michelle handed down their Grind & Brew coffee maker to us, which we named Jeeves. It’s such a handy machine that has changed our lives in so many ways. Oh, and we decided to do IVF to treat my infertility. Um, that was HUGE.
NOVEMBER
I started my first round of medicine for IVF and hated it. A few days later, we received a ginormous box of IVF injections and began the shots. Joey is awesome.
DECEMBER
We had ten healthy embryos which we transferred and then..our IVF procedure failed. Ugh.
I realize that nobody will probably click through those links to read those old posts, but it was really cathartic for me to look back on this year and remember that, YES, there were good times. We did enjoy parts of it. (A few parts.)
Happy New Year, Internet!! May it be so, so much better than 2009.
