I've meet some really rad people and kept them around. Others have come and gone. I've learned a little more about myself through those experiences. None of them bad, just revelations about me and how I see things. I guess I've grown. Here are just a few things that happened in 2010. I guess I'm writing this more for me, more of a synopsis of my life. Please continue to read or not...
I taught myself how to knit almost having a nervous breakdown while doing so. I've knitted hats and scarves for my friends, Amanda, family and myself. In 2009 Barry and I gave blood during the holiday. We both thought it would be a great tradition to carry out every year...giving back to the community. Well all that went to hell when I promptly fainted walking to the car. It was not a pleasant ordeal for me and I felt funky for a few days afterwards, being a chicken, I just didn't want to go through that again, so I opted for knitting scarves and hats to give to the homeless. I didn't have time to knit them during the holidays, so I'm starting that project tonight.
I almost died in March from an allergic reaction to medication. I had had several bladder infections and one of the meds actually cause me to go into anaphylactic shock. Barry got me to hospital (not that I thought I was going to make it. I thought for sure I was going to die in the car)and after being stuck with epi(which brought on an axiety attack) I was on my way home. After a couple of weeks recouping...I was right as rain. All is good now. I drink my water religiously.
Amanda finished 3rd grade making all A's. We actually took the summer off. She was so ready to start school I had to up my plans for a late August start to a late July early August start. She was bored of swimming and doing nothing. I didn't blame her; I was bored too. She started 4th grade strong and is still solid. She loves math again and I am thrilled! Math has been a struggle the last few years. I research lots of curriculum and then decided I wasn't going to use a curriculum. I was going to teach her math by doing and living not by a text book. It's working like a charm. She's gotten her natural ability back and I'm glad. No more tears math...hmmm maybe I should write a curriculum?
Barry and I are still going strong. I swear, I don't think we could love each other more than we do now. He's my everything. He really does complete me. I never get tired of him. The only complaint I have is that we don't have enough time together...just us. I love Amanda with all my being, but damn it, I miss Barry. I miss us. We had 15 years of us and sometimes, not often, I really miss just me and him. But then I look at my baby girl and it all washes away. I wouldn't change anything. Soon enough I'll wake up and it will be just us again and I will cry.
So that's my year in a nut shell. Some of it eventful, some not. It was life in Gina's World!
