Wow. It's really hard for me to believe it was March of 2011 when I last blogged. I took losing Marty pretty hard and most of what I formerly blogged about were celebrations of sorts. I didn't feel that I could write like that again after posting about his dying. I should never have gotten away from this. A lot has happened since my last post, and I will only re-cap the major occurrences--
- I moved from being the Career and Technical Education Counselor to a "regular" School Counselor
- Jeremy was laid off from work and now is in a different position with the State of Iowa
- a nephew and niece entered the world
- we moved into a new house
- I lost my beloved Grandma Marty
- I ran in a lot of races and read some great fiction
- Ava started school and has since completed kindergarten
- Alex was diagnosed with a life-threatening tree nut allergy
- I completed another post-master's certificate in School Administration
- my dad got engaged
- I saw our POTUS *twice*
- and very recently, I nearly lost my mommy.
Since the last time I blogged I feel that I have aged more in that time than any other in my life. I've put a lot of pressure on myself, some unnecessarily. I am back to the blog because I think it's cathartic for me to share what's going on in my life and my mind. So, for those of you that I asked why I am not longer blogging and suggested that I get back to it, thank you. I needed the little boost to get going again.
