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cherish405 -> RE: A life to cherish (1/8/2009 11:06:58 AM)
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Well, Christmas is over and a new year has begun. I can't believe 2009 is here. I'm hoping that 2009 is a better year than 2008 was. 2008 was good in that Joan had a significant birthday. It was good that she had friends and family around her at that time. It was a lot of organisation, but that's ok. Everybody had a good time. It was hard in that I managed to crack a rib. OUCH! Moving things around for the party wasn't good. At the time, I knew it hurt, but I didn't know I'd cracked a rib. John was recovering from surgery, so I was left to do things. 2008 was the year that we'd borrowed a friend's vehicle as ours had finally given up. After telling the owner several times that the car was leaking copious amounts of fluid, he finally booked it in to get fixed on a Monday. It died not so gracefully as we were driving home from a medical appointment on a Friday, leaving us stranded on the side of a freeway. Thankfully a friend of ours who lived not far from there had a day off, so she was able to come and get us and take us home. 2008 was also the year that most of my family moved over to Australia. They're on the other side of the country from me, but I still couldn't believe they moved over here. I don't know why, but that part of the country has experienced so much bad weather since they've been here. Not that I'm blaming them for the weather problems. Just thinking it's been a shame for them. It was good and bad as I was diagnosed with fibromyalgia. Good, as I could finally put my finger on all the symptoms that I'd been having and could put a name to it. I wasn't going nuts. Bad, because I'd been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and there isn't a lot you can do to deal with fibroymyalgia. 2009 is the year that I turn 40. I was planning on going to see my brothers for my birthday, but my finances are not going to allow me to go. I was hoping that John and Joan would be able to come and meet my family, but their finances aren't much better than mine. Besides, if we got over that side of the country, Joan has family not far from there, and they wouldn't like it if we went that far and didn't go and see them. So far it's been a quiet 2009. I'm on antibiotics as I'm not well. I think it started from hayfever, like it usually does, and went nasty. The temperatures are in the high 90s and higher on a consistent basis. The air conditioner has become my closest friend. It's on the vast majority of the time that we're home. The times that I sit to write letters, I sit beside the air conditioner so that I can cool/dry off at the same time. I used to prefer warmer temperatures to cooler temperatures, but not anymore. I know it's the start of summer, but ROLL ON COOLER TEMPERATURES! So far, I'm doing some reading. Christian novels and true animal stories. That's been good. I need light reading as that's all my brain can handle. A friend sent me a series of mystery/suspense stories and I just can't handle them. Maybe later I'll be able to do better with them. 2009 is a year where we need a new car. At the moment, we are without a car. Sometimes friends are able to take us somewhere to shop or to go to medical appointments. Sometimes we have to use public transport. The three of us are physical wrecks for quite some time afterwards due to our medical problems. 2009 is also a year where we need a new computer. Two would be even better. Last year the sound on the computer died, and the graphics followed soon afterwards. I'd love to be able to see graphics again on the computer. It's hard when there are links up and you can't see them. A printer would also be good as well. That died after the sound and graphics died. I've also heard some devastating news recently that I'm still trying to process and deal with. I can't say what it is, but it's really big. There's been many tears shed over it. At times I've wondered if I'll ever be ok again. I hear given time, I will be. Doesn't feel like that to me right now, but I hope they're right. Well, whatever you're doing in 2009, I hope it's a great year for you.
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