Well, this is becoming less of a blog and more of a quarterly report. At the rate I'm going it's going to turn into an annual Christmas letter, so I'll just try to pick up a couple of months after I left off and see how that goes. It's late and I'm tired, so I'll just do an outline right now and flesh it out later (within the week, I promise).
Let's see...
--Finalized insurance settlements from accident. Feels icky, but at least it's done now.
--Decided to pursue suit against GM, against my better judgment but at urging of Jon, attorneys and people who know a great deal more about this than I do. That's the last I'll mention of this until if/when it's done with. It hasn't even come close to starting, anyway.
--Fired my therapist, after he told me the reason he doesn't like the Catholic high schools in this area was because of all the interracial dating, which he apparently doesn't "believe in" (?), because according to him the "races shouldn't mix". He didn't back down from this statement even after I told him that if everyone felt that way my father wouldn't exist, nor would my husband, nor would Hannah's best friend Brandon, just to name a very few. So I walked out. Still trying to figure out what to do next, and thinking I will probably report him anyway.
--Marked the passing of the 2nd anniversary of Hannah's death with a day-sponsorship tribute to her on our local public radio station (good liberals that we are) and a really nice stay at Sandy's house so as to be convenient to the rock the next morning. As it was last year, it was bone-chilling bitter cold, but despite that several friends turned out and it was well worth it.
--Celebrated our own Christmas at home, complete with tree, presents, church service (they actually had a sort of pageant, and Emily was an angel in it -- kind of blindsided because all I was told was that they would get to walk in and sing a song together. Stil, wasn't as painful as I thought it would be. My parents came for Christmas. That was not bad on the whole -- they behaved well -- but Dad's clearly starting on the Alzheimer's decline; Mom acts like a bossy six-year-old around him, and it was impossible to actually have a conversation. Emily enjoyed all of it mightily, got lots of nice gifts, can't wait to do it again next year. It was hard for Jon and me but I am glad we did it and I think we'll just continue to refine it until we find what works best for us.
--New Years' with Jon's sister Sarah, husband Andy, and their kids Phoebe (age 7, 3 months younger than Hannah) and Noah (age 4). I was afraid at first of how it would be to have Phoebe there since she and Hannah were close, not just in age but as playmates, and I hadn't seen them since the memorial service. It actually wasn't bad, though. Phoebe is not at all like she used to be -- she's now got some nice manners and a sense of humor, and she is really a sweet kid. Noah is a maniac but is at least good natured. Emily had a BALL with the cousins and it was hard on us all when they left; fortunately school has started again.
--Jon and I have started exercising at the Y a lot and it has made so many things so much better. Everything from sex to sleep to coping with stress. DUH, why did we let this go so long?
--I've done major purging and decluttering of house and closets and stuff, and am going to get some new stuff for the kitchen, living room, family room and computer room.
That's about it. I re-read The Handmaid's Tale at about the same time as I heard about a bill introduced in VA that basically forbids reproductive assistance technology to anyone but legally married women. Not a happy combination of events. This country and the "leaders" of the government are scaring the everliving FUCK out of me. I'm not nearly as opposed to the idea of emigrating as I once was. If anything comes up for Jon job-wise in Canada, the UK, Australia or some country where I'd have at least a fighting chance of scraping by linguistically (France, Spain, Mexico?) maybe we should just go for it. I'd be especially keen on the UK or Australia.
Thanks to Gretchen we've added a new TV addiction -- Arrested Development. It just got canceled but we will catch up on the DVDs as Gretchen buys them.
We may be acquiring Zoe's cats -- Eric and Schrodinger (I can't make the little umlaut thingy that's supposed to go over the "o" in "Schrodinger"). I don't know if I've posted in here about this but we had to have George put down sometime in November, or maybe early December. He was just plodding along as usual but we think he may have developed some kind of tumor or cancer; one day he just lost the ability to move and was clearly miserable. At age 15, you have to be prepared for some kind of problems like this in a male cat with health problems. I miss him; it was kind of weird for him not to be there. Other than a couple of books and CD's, we have had him longer than we've had anything else together; in fact I got him before we were even engaged. He was really our first child.
I know there's more, but I have to get some sleep. Anyway, I think those are the most important ones so far.
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