OK, I posted this to KR, but it should go here too, so I just copied and pasted it here. Yep, run on sentence. I'm good at that. Anyway, here it is:
As you all know, last year was very rough for me and my family. It included things like having my wisdom teeth out, facing a failing marriage, barely being able to pay rent and bills, amongst other stresses. Somehow, we got through it. You all were a huge help for me, and for that I am incredibly grateful.
The year ended well with a visit to my family in Florida and and surprisingly uneventful, very pleasant Christmas with David's family (there is usually something stupid happening to cause tension). It was a relief.
Now, it is approaching the end of the first month of the new year. I am sincerely hoping that this past month is indicative of the year to come. It started out with me starting a new job at Curves. I was a bit nervous, as I haven't worked in a while, but I really enjoy it. Not to mention my boss loves me. She has discovered that I can do pretty nearly anything. If I don't know how, I am a very fast and willing learner. I have saved her a great deal of work and had a good time at it. Because my job is in a fitness field, I am now on the Curves 6-week solution weight management plan along with my workout. I already feel healthier, and I'm not suffering to do it. Oh, I have a cold right now, and I feel healthier than I have in a long time. This has had a huge impact on my home life. I don't know if my sudden burst of motivation helped, but David got himself in gear and started hunting for a better job (meaning one he would enjoy more, though higher pay would be nice too). All of a sudden, he started getting offers from just about everyone he had applied with in the past couple years. He took one he really wanted with the same company he's been with for a while and has a significant raise. So, he is much happier with his job.
Then, there was today. Today was the climatic finish to the month. An old friend was in town and he called this morning to let us know he was on the way to take us sledding in the mountains. Adam has never been in snow. It was soooo much fun. But we couldn't stay long, as we had plans for the evening. A couple nights ago, when talking about how we have more money now, we said we needed to save money to take our son to see Phantom - The Las Vegas Spectacular. The next day, a friend we hardly ever hear from, called him to give him 2 tickets to the show. It is unfortunate that we couldn't all 3 go. He insisted I take Adam. We didn't tell Adam. He didn't figure it out until we were about to go into the theater. It was an amazing show. I have my little critiques of it, as a die-hard "Phan," but that would just make this post even longer. Anyway, it was wonderful and Adam was just beside himself. But I think the thing that made it best was that on the way home, David said to me "I'm glad you guys could do that. You both really deserved it." He has been very supportive and appreciative of what I am doing now, and we have been closer than we had in a long time. If the rest of the year keeps up like this, I will likely be the happiest woman ever.
Anyway, I just thought you all would like to hear about some good in my life.
Oh yeah, a while back I mentioned that we had won a 2 night stay at the Paris hotel with a dinner at the Eiffel Tower Restaurant. We are using that next month. They have our room reserved, as well as a window table at the restaurant (where we can see the whole strip from up high) and they are going to comp $150 for our meal. We also have tickets to a Flogging Molly concert at the House of Blues for our second night of our stay. So, next month is looking pretty great too.
