This year....

This year seems to be and have been, my personal year for tough struggles! I am not one to usually look forward to another year going by as quickly as possible, but I must say that I am hoping that if next year will be better, that I hope this year will hurry up and get over!

Started out, I turned 40. No big deal really but try telling that to my eyes! Apparently you are allowed to have great eyes till you turn 40 and then you are required to start holding things at a much greater distance than you ever use to just to be able to see them. I can't even have Chet up close because it makes me dizzy because he is out of focus.

Next there was the stress of trying to get Megan to graduate. Which she did by the skin of her teeth. She called to tell me she told me she would. Me on the other end of the phone in tears told her I was glad she had!

Spending most of the summer on the road with Chet, bouncing for one town to the next. (This was the BEST part of my year! Love my time with Chet!) My garden suffered greatly from the lack of daily attention. Well, ok, it really suffered from the late start and the weird weather, but still the weeds looked like they had taken over! Something that I have never really let happen before. It bothered me a bit, but not really enough to spend the time when I was home to fix it.

I applied for a position as a manager this year, and didn't get it, which was ok for the time being. Chet said that it is ok with him that I didn't get it, but financially it would really be a help if I could make more money! I am hoping to be able to re-do the managers training this year, and then reapply at the end of this school year. Time will tell. I would like to have something to rely on for my own.

School started out with all kinds of stress at work. We had one lady take time off to have knee surgery done on both of her knees. One at a time, so she will be off work till sometime in March or April I think. Then we had another lady get a full time job with the University of Utah right after school started, which she took because the school district no longer offers positions that would allow anyone to get benefits through the district. (stupid if you ask me!) Then another lady was having trouble with her feet so she took a month off to see if she would feel any better.

Wow! I am tired just thinking about it all! So, needless to say, things at work have been insanely crazy! With nothing less than three subs now for weeks!

My whole point to this, is that this year has seemed to last forever! There has been a LOT of stress and a lot of things I hope to never relive in my lifetime. I am sure it could be worse, and I pray continually that it does not!

This year I hope to ring in a much happier New Year!