It's a new year again, which means it's time for the recap. So, 2013 summary:
1. My mom got really, really, really sick. But, it helped her admit she has a very serious problem and has for years. So she's finally begun addressing the problem. I originally said she'd addressed it, but I really don't think there's any way you can permanently address addiction. Now we just need to get her a new liver.
2. Work is work. Bleh. I've got more responsibility for the same pay, but hey - could be worse.
3. The kids are AWESOME. And by awesome, I mean seriously fantastically, wonderfully awesome. I can't believe how much Rags grown, mostly emotionally - I'm so very, very, very proud of him. And he and his dad are getting along so much better. They're so very hard on each other and it warms my heart to see the two of them actually enjoying the hell out of each other. Evelyn is great, too - she's a little poop sometimes, but hey, she's 4. That's kind of her job, and she's not a poop all the time. Oh, and she's begun reading, which is seriously cool (and kind of scary because spelling things out doesn't work as well as it used to). Couldn't ask for more than that.
4. My husband is doing very well. He's finally realized after much badgering and a couple of minor epiphanies and mini-mid-life crises that happiness takes work. I hope he finds it. And I hope he lets me help, but ultimately it's up to him. I'm sure this coming year will be filled with additional mini-midlife crises, but as long as he realizes that to be happy he needs to take action, any action, I think he'll be on the right path.
5. Watch out for stingrays. They hurt like a mother.
So there it is, 2013. I never thought I'd say it, but this year has been a horrible, wonderful, awful, beautiful year. I'm hoping 2014 isn't quite as dramatic, but here's hoping I learn as much from this year as I did from last.
