I guess it's time to blog...it's been 6 months.

     So.....six months since the last blog.  (which has disappeared because, well, it just has.)  Lots of things have changed, and I couldn't be happier about the prospects 2011 brings.  All I can say is I can't survive another year like last year!
     The boy.  Hmmm.  All I heard for four months last year was how things were going to be better when he got home.  It was a struggle to adjust, forgive, and move on from all that I was put through.  What my child was put through.  I'm still struggling to forgive what she was put through.
     In December he finally got a really, really great job.  One of those once-in-a-lifetime-don't-screw-this-up type jobs.  A job that allows me to keep my house, my pets, my sanity, and my stay-at-home mom title if I so choose.  Thank you God.
     I finally graduated from school in December.  Because my last two classes were online, I was able to be depressed for three months and not have to leave the house.  Talk about exhausting.  Eating, sleeping, eating, and more sleeping, then more eating was wearing me out.  The couch became my favorite place.  I don't think I left it for more than a few hours at a time.
     Now that I don't have to think about calling my parents and asking for money, worrying about the two of us finding jobs, and fretting about having to give the dogs away, I have decided that my new job is going to be losing all the weight I put on while having the love affair with the couch.
     My first step was a meeting with the doctor about having gastric bypass surgery.  Still waiting to see if the insurance will cover it, but the diet starts monday because I know the bariatric surgeon will tell me I have to lose at least 20 lbs. to show him I'm committed to a healthier lifestyle.  I'm strangely excited about this possibility.
     I'm also over snow, ice, and cold.  The child was out of school for three weeks over Christmas, went back for three days, and then the storm hit.  Another 6 days home with me and I'm about ready to go insane.  She was much cuter when she didn't talk back.  Or quote comedians she shouldn't be watching.  Or watching weird Japanese cartoons that don't move their eyeballs.
     My feet are freezing, the dogs are snoring, and I'm thinking that pot of coffee at 11 p.m. wasn't such a good idea. 
     Goodnight.  :)

Long Time

I know it's been a long time. And it's not that I haven't wanted to write lately - I actually have things to say, I just............

I don't know. I'm in sort of a funk that shouldn't be happening right now, but none the less is here and camping out for who knows how long.

The boy got a job. Actually, a job fell into his lap. I guess God does take care of fools. Right now the work is slow, but in a few weeks it will pick up to where it was before he was laid off. That makes it easier to deal with him still being here a lot. I know he has a job, but its slow. Better than not having one at all! The morning he got back into that truck I wanted to dance around the house naked.

I've never felt a weight lifted in an instant. Usually, things just gradually get better. Man, as soon as the drug test was over, I was stress free. I'm not even worrying about the other shoe. I want to bask in this feeling for a while. Nine months of the earth on my shoulders warrants a few weeks of not worrying.

School is going well, my lowest grade is a 95. Just have to get through the final exams and then three more quarters, hopefully. I'm trying to finish a quarter early.

Hopefully the funk will go away. Maybe when the boy is working steadily.