Another Year Come and Gone!!!

So while this year hasn't started out the best I have been thinking about the past year. Where did the year go last year. Not a lot happened for me at all, but let's find out where the year went.

• January: Well I started the year off in Germany. I got back to Utah for my nephew's birthday party. Let's not forget this is where the bulk of the doctors appointments start. Also celebrated my sister in law Tammy's birthday. Oh and let's not forget all the job hunting done.

• February: Let's see more doctors appointments. Took the census test in order to be a census worker. Didn't get the job. Lots of trips to school with Tammy as well.

• March: Brought more doctors appointments (imagine that). Celebrated another sister in law Andrea's birthday. Got to hang out with Debbie and her kiddo's on Simon's birthday. Lots of trips to school with Tammy. Oh and let's not forget the Relief Society Birthday Dinner.

• April: Was a crazy month Tim got to come home for Easter and wound up staying the whole month due to a volcano erupting and blacking out all of Europe. General Conference was happening as we were driving to Idaho (what a trip that was). Another visit to the doctors (only one this month...lol). We got our taxes done and did a lot of shopping that we shouldn't have. We spent 3 days in southern Utah camping and exploring. I also got a lot of bills either paid off or paid current (which was great).

• May: I started looking into going back to school which included more paperwork. Spent some time with my friend Debbie and talking to old friends I had lost contact with via the internet. For once no doctor's appointments.

• June: What a crazy month. I started the month with doctor's appointments. I celebrated my birthday with the in-laws and Debbie's family. Then I got to spend a wonderful stress free weekend with my friend Ben in Mississippi and New Orleans. I moved to Debbie's house for a week when I decided to move back home. That week was crazy busy though. I had one last doctor's appointment, a free dinner, a Relief Society dinner, a bridal shower and did some babysitting. After getting home to Pennsylvania I spent a lot of time with a friend Sirena. I had a Graduation Party and a birthday party for people from church.

• July: Really started the job hunt. I had several interviews as well. We also had a 4th of July party (it was actually a 9th of July party). I worked through some of the issues I was facing.

• August: This was another crazy month. It started with the Mattocks Family Reunion. Had a few interviews. There was also the Ketcham Family Reunion. That was just the first week. The next week there were more interviews, Aunt Brenda flew in and there was a family picnic at Grandma's. We spent the next week at Holden Beach, NC soaking up the sun. When we got back I started working for Usborne books and more, I was an extra in a movie, had my first book party and started working at the New Brighton Public Library.

• September: Was full of work and funeral's. I had several book shows to get me started. My friend Sirena's grandfather passed away as well as my friend Melissa's father this month. Oh and the jeep broke down and needed a new engine. So it was a very odd month with all the strange deaths and working both jobs while sharing a car with mom.

• October: Was Halloween :) my favorite holiday. I did a lot of work at the library and had a lot of parties with Usborne. I also had my first book fair for Usborne. I worked on paying off some debts and hung out with friends as much as I could. Oh and I finally made it in to get my hair cut.

• November: I started the month out with a couple parties. Mostly I just worked this month. It was different being home for Thanksgiving. Nothing has changed much there since I left.

• December: Well there was work as usual. But there was also Christmas and birthday's. There was dad and grandpa's birthday a few days before Christmas. I headed to Kendrew's for Ben's first night in town with Sirena and we just kind of chilled. Brenda and all the Gruber cousins were home. We had the usually Christmas Eve party. Christmas day was crazy with everybody around. Sirena and I headed to the movies in Ohio to see RED (great movie). New Year's Eve morning I spent with Ben and then spent the rest of the day running back and forth to the store.

• But then the new year started and it didn't start good at all. I woke up at 6:30 on New Year's Day to the pouring rain and texted Ben goodbye. I fell back to sleep and woke up in a deep depression, needless to say I spent the day sleeping for the most part. Sunday I woke up and my eye was completely swollen shut due to a freaking Sty. I had that all week and it finally cleared up last night. But now I'm onto being sick to my stomach. What next? But I have an appointment Monday for a possible bookfair and have a whole week off this month. I'd really like to go see Ben before he goes to Germany but I don't think that will happen as I don't have the money. I'm going to work hard to get past the aweful first week of the year.

• As you can see the last year was pretty boring in the beginning but wound up getting better once June showed up. Now I am moving onto the next chapter of my life. This year will lead to filing for divorce as well as starting to pay off more debts. I have lots of goals for this year and I can't wait to start working on them. I am ready to move on from the drama that has been my life the last year and a half. I am ready to get past the mistakes I've made and there have been many. The first and most important goal is to get all the debts paid off (4 left) so I can get a car, move out again and get a phone that works. Those are just a few of the major goals.

• I guess that is all for now. It feels so good to get that all out in the open. I haven't wanted to mention the divorce because it was kind of a sore subject for a while. No not because it's the wrong choice but because I was getting pissed off about some stuff it involved. Now that is all for today's blog. I will do better of posting now that it is out in the open.