So it's 2009. Not sure how that happened, but here we are. Today is the 5th, it was supposed to be the first day back to school after what I feel was a very long break, but alas it snowed last night, about 6 inches, and I stuck in the asylum for another day.
We're not off to a good start. We now have three broken down vehicles and the only one we have running doesn't have heat. We're hoping that with a decent tax rebate we can get them fixed, but I don't know.
Miss C graduates this year, in about 5 1/2 months. She's already been accepted to several colleges and we're encouraging her to apply to many others. Her grades are the tops so she could really write her own ticket to where ever she wants to go.
Miss T is going back to school after a semester off. I'm hoping and praying that she doesn't have the issues she had last time.
The Mrs is also back to school. After many years and much encouragement I finally convinced her to just do it. She basically aced her first semester, so I'm not too worried.
Mr D got himself a girlfriend and has become obsessed. The only issue is that she is friends with Miss C, so there are times the girls want to hang out and he gets upset that he's not invited.
Miss D, Mr I and Miss G continue to be the tops of their classes. We were concerned when we put them back in public school last year after homeschooling for so long, but after a brief adjustment period, they proved that we did right when we were homeschooling. The all are way above their classes in reading level, math skills, and all that.
As for me, well, Christmas break has been hard on me. I don't know if it's the weather or what, but my pain level, which on good days is about a 5, has been peaked out at about 9 for the last several days.
The new year brings challenges. My disability runs out in about 8 months and if I don't find a way that I can work or get Social Security, we're going to be hurting big time. The issue is that I haven't really gotten any better in any way and in many ways have gotten worse. I still can't drive, I still have black outs, and I still get screaming migraines almost every day. We're trying to figure out ways I can do things from home, but even then it's hard to commit myself to something that has a deadline when I don't know when I'll be able to work on things from minute to minute.
That's all for now. Happy New Year. Don't drink and drive and all that junk.
