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What are you doing New Years, New Years Eve?
By Me | December 31, 2005
I’m in a kind of somber mood right now, for no reason that I can figure out. There have been some really good things happening to our family lately, and that Last Big Problem got resolved yesterday in a nick of time just before close of business for the year.
So, what’s my problem? Hell if I know. 
So, 2005 is on its way out (yay!) and 2006 is on its way in (yay!). If 2004 was a year full of professional triumphs and personal challenges, 2005 was just the opposite: personal/parenting triumphs and professional suckiness.
We got David on medications that really seem to be helping. The difference has been amazing — he really seems to be part of the family now, and we are so very thankful. Of course, he doesn’t behave in any way that approximates “normal” but, all things considered, at least he’s here.
I embarrassed Gina to death when I mentioned this to her about an hour ago, but really, this has been 2005: The Year of The G. She spent a lot of the year going through the ringer, thanks to the antics of Psycho Boy, but she came through it all with flying colors and had a truly fabulous last couple of months here. Now, she’s collecting kudos and college recruitment spam, her friends’ parents wish their kids were like her, and she is a blessing to her parents. Everybody should house a teenager like this.
Kimmie has grown and matured so much this year that it’s amazing. It’s been a challenging year in the world of the K, largely because of people within the school administration who are … um … inflexible. But we’re very, very lucky that we have a really good counsellor for her (outstanding professional individual there) who is working with me and with the school to make sure she doesn’t go down the drain. I can’t imagine facing this kind of situation without support, and I feel for those parents who are forced to do just that.
And then there’s Ricky, who isn’t so little anymore. Early days yet for this man-child; as of right now, he’s relatively trouble-free (as trouble-free as any of them get) and we’ll hope he stays that way. He’s at the serious pain-in-the-keester stage but, all things considered, the prospects are good.
Gino is holding it together relatively well and, armed with his new rodent, seems to be coming back. He is taking better care of his health after that Thanksgiving Day scare and he is taking better care of his mental health, too, and without any nagging from me — something of a triumph all by itself. And there are some things afoot at his company that bid fair to make a major impact on his earning power in the not-too-distant future.
All this is good stuff to be taking into the new year.
Me? Well, I’m exhausted. Thinking back over the year (and stepping away from the superwoman complex that afflicts me), I give myself credit for not collapsing or having a nervous breakdown or anything like that. With any luck, I’ll be able to give myself a belated Christmas present of some well-earned rest soon …
Possibly, I’ll come back in here and post further later in the day when I’m likely to be more … um … cheerful. But if I don’t make it …
Happy New Year!
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December 31st, 2005 at 5:21 pm
Thank you lov for being there and holding things together. I don’t think I could have made it with out you…
All my lov…
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Gino