The end of 2011. So, we all look back and try to figure what was so great or so terrible during the last twelve months. Was it 365 days of putting up with shear terror? Or was it blissful joy? I am not really sure which it is. We want to think that it was a pretty good year. After all there are still a few bucks in the checking account, the bills are paid....well mostly and debt (of stuff) has begun to be reduced. Not by much, but some headway was made. Of course the list of "to-dos" around the house really didn't get accomplished this year because there wasn't any extra money for them. They will just get bumped to 2012.
Our health? Well I started running again...a little, got a treadmill for my birthday so that helped some.....it held a few dirty clothes too. That helped. Wife is a running fool. She has more perseverance than myself I guess. More energy than I do as well. Blood Sugar started out this year way out of control. Doctor sent me to the endocrinologist for supervision. New insulin, new meds and a few months and my numbers are near perfect. Weight hasn't reduced like they promised, but that figures. Emotions are still up and down. Topsy turvy. Ok, maybe they are still all over the place. We will see how they turn out in 2012.
House repairs? Well you saw up above so no money for major work.....you saw up above that I didn't have any energy either so small tasks were accomplished either. Yard work slipped a bit this year. Plants suffered. Wasn't all that important. Yeah, not many water leaks this year. Heat didn't work all that well in the winter, AC didn't work all that well in the summer....figures. Hot water tank started leaking a few weeks ago....we see about fixing it in 2012.
Vacations? None really of consequence to remember. One to Texas to pick up Christian. One to a campground over long weekend. Rained most all of it and we were stuck in the cabin....thank goodness we rented a cabin.....maybe we will take a trip in 2012.
Family? Well lots happened in that category. Another son got married. A third son went to Bolivia.....and lets just say things were a bit out of control with our daughter. Left by ourselves we were empty nestors....that was odd. We were pretty lonesome actually. Are things better now? Well.....I guess we will see how things turn out in 2012.
Our dog? Well we never really planned on getting another pet after Orion died. But, as circumstances happen we ended up getting Mavrick. I should write a whole blog on that pup. Lets say he has made us laugh all the time......and made us mad all the time too......because he eats everything...sunglasses, reading glasses, tissues, paper towels, chap stick, cell phone cases, head phones, nick knacks and everything else you can imagine. Is he calming down now that he isn't a puppy anymore? We will see in 2012......probably not.
Life? In general, I don't know. I guess like everything else somethings were good in 2011 and others were bad. So on an average everything was just so so.......So there you go. 2011 in a nutshell. This year was just there...nothing tragic and nothing excellent either. Just neutral. Bible says that anything luke warm should be spewed out of your mouth. I had a professor in college, Sasha, who once gave a critique to another student. He said (with a heavy Russian accent, while looking at the student's project), "This isn't bad. This isn't good either. This really isn't anything."
Sorry, nothing motivational here today. Feeling a bit blah at that moment. But that is Life right? Moments all strung together in highs and lows that eventually connect together to form an average of a bearable existence that we can endure. Too much high is bad, too much low is worse. The average is what we are......wonder what the average will be in 2012.
See you on the other side my friends.
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