2008
The year is almost passing. These are the things that I've been focused on in 2008:
* my daughter passed her Coast Guard exam and has entered a whole new realm of adventure in her career as a sailboat captain for Outward Bound. She is happier than she's been in a long time. It is literally true that when she is happy I am happy.
* Billy the Beagle moved to Redmond and is happy with his new family. I get periodic emails and photos that are very happy-making but I still miss the little bastard a lot.
* my business has been up and down this year. Currently it's up and let's keep it that way, dammit.
* my Dad is considering moving to Washington to live with my oldest sister.
* I dated a bit, it was not very fulfilling, and am now single again, very comfortably so, but I still keep in mind that I don't want to get too comfortable being single just in case a wonderful person comes along
* I miss the a cappella singing group and am re-joining Seattle Women's Chorus in January... but still, if a small group opportunity came along, I'd jump in.
* My relationship with friends and family continues to grow and bless me
* I've been very focused on abstaining from sugar and a few other foods and have lost about 60 pounds (I still don't know where the weight actually goes, that's the equivalent of Cleo and Billy, and it still kind of creeps me out)
* I got a bunch of stuff done this year that needed doing... colonoscopy, painting the eaves on my cottage, taking on another loan originator at work. I have not, however, gotten a pony unless you count the My Little Pony that my sister Lorrie and her partner Richard gave me for Christmas
* I still experience social anxiety from time to time and either I just hunker down and don't join in or I join in and hide the anxiety until it passes
* My daughter was able to share with me something that went on for her this year that was terrifying to me as a mother and I did not freak out, I listened and loved
* I still have vivid dreams of my Mother in which I am saving her or she is saving me
* Simplifying my life has been a goal this year and I'm still working on that and finding new ways to simplify. I'm finding life much less stressful... I don't know if that's due to the simplification or just the lovely aging process (and I say "lovely" without any sarcasm at all, I really mean it).
* my daughter passed her Coast Guard exam and has entered a whole new realm of adventure in her career as a sailboat captain for Outward Bound. She is happier than she's been in a long time. It is literally true that when she is happy I am happy.
* Billy the Beagle moved to Redmond and is happy with his new family. I get periodic emails and photos that are very happy-making but I still miss the little bastard a lot.
* my business has been up and down this year. Currently it's up and let's keep it that way, dammit.
* my Dad is considering moving to Washington to live with my oldest sister.
* I dated a bit, it was not very fulfilling, and am now single again, very comfortably so, but I still keep in mind that I don't want to get too comfortable being single just in case a wonderful person comes along
* I miss the a cappella singing group and am re-joining Seattle Women's Chorus in January... but still, if a small group opportunity came along, I'd jump in.
* My relationship with friends and family continues to grow and bless me
* I've been very focused on abstaining from sugar and a few other foods and have lost about 60 pounds (I still don't know where the weight actually goes, that's the equivalent of Cleo and Billy, and it still kind of creeps me out)
* I got a bunch of stuff done this year that needed doing... colonoscopy, painting the eaves on my cottage, taking on another loan originator at work. I have not, however, gotten a pony unless you count the My Little Pony that my sister Lorrie and her partner Richard gave me for Christmas
* I still experience social anxiety from time to time and either I just hunker down and don't join in or I join in and hide the anxiety until it passes
* My daughter was able to share with me something that went on for her this year that was terrifying to me as a mother and I did not freak out, I listened and loved
* I still have vivid dreams of my Mother in which I am saving her or she is saving me
* Simplifying my life has been a goal this year and I'm still working on that and finding new ways to simplify. I'm finding life much less stressful... I don't know if that's due to the simplification or just the lovely aging process (and I say "lovely" without any sarcasm at all, I really mean it).