The Year In Review
Posted by Rebecca Wed, 31 Dec 2008 03:32:00 GMT
With only about a day left in 2008 (thank the L-rd) I thought it would be good to give a brief overview of the second worst year of my life.
In the Spring I moved in the middle of the semester and was in a wedding. The combination of the two landed me in a little credit card debt which I’ve not yet paid off.
I also started Pre-Engagement Counseling which was exciting.
In July my grandmother died in the middle of the summer semester and I missed several days of school in order to attend her funeral (rightly so).
Shortly after my father was diagnosed as having PTSD from Vietnam. Thanks, Uncle Sam.
My stress level went way up.
School started in August and that was cool because I was taking a really interesting class taught by a really interesting professor.
Then, the Pre-Engagement Counseling ended with a break-up. w00t!
A month later, my other grandmother died and I missed a week of work and class in order to attend her funeral (rightly so). At this point in time I was also having a difficult time with school due to various outside interferences.
Thanksgiving came and went and just before the semester ended I learned that my brother was diagnosed with Barrett’s esophagus and possibly had cancer. So I got to be a little scared and worried for about a week.
Then I found out my brother didn’t have cancer. That was fantastic.
Gas prices also went down which made me happy.
Debt, death, dissolution, diagnosis, decline.
It’s been a hell of a year and I’m glad it’s over. I’m sure I’ll look back on it and see a great lesson, but since I’m in the middle of said lesson, I’m blind to it at present.
2009 has got to be better, but I can tell that it is already going to be a year of questions.
Here’s one I’ve already got: Should I stay (in Texas) or should I go (back to Arkansas)?
As the answer unfolds, life will be exciting.
2009 will be a good year.