not a very original title for my first post of the new year- i am guilty as charged. this year i resolve to ... be a more regular blogger. i can benefit from the discipline of committing to post 3 times each week (4 times if something really cool or exciting happens). of course, i have many other resolutions & self-challenges for myself this year, which i won't bore others or myself with right now. two girlfriends & i used to have a yearly ritual- we met on january 1st or 2nd & reviewed with each other our goals for the year. we also identified how we could help each other get there. we kept one list & packed the other with our christmas decorations & when we unpacked the christmas decorations later that year, it would be a reminder to see how we did in meeting our goals. we stopped doing this 2 or 3 years ago- i miss our annual gathering. we would meet at barnes & noble & sip our coffee.
i'm finding myself missing a lot of things these days. i'm feeling rather melancholy. having spent a lot of time with my niece recently, i have found myself missing/mourning my lost youth. in so many ways, i am appreciative of the acquired wisdom & confidence the years have provided me & .... i do miss being younger & having all the possibilities ahead of me- of course, i was not the lovely young woman my niece is (or my nephew, for that matter). this is true also of my other niece, grace. sadly, i do not see grace as often as i do my sister's kids (grace belongs to my brother). grace, caitlin & daniel all enjoy a great relationship with their parents, are respectful to them & have lots of fun with them. they have many common interests & share many details of their lives with their parents. none of the above describes me at their ages. i didn't really "get it" until my later 20's- i was not always such a pleasant young adult when it came to my parents. they definitely suffered some.
i spent today at the hospital while my husband had surgery to fuse his right ankle.
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both his ankles & his right leg were broken & shattered in an accident in 1986. they were put back together with screws & pins. it is amazing to all that he was able to walk reasonably, let alone run the 10 marathons he ran. in recent years, he has turned to cycling due to the wear & tear on his feet. he has been in chronic pain for roughly the last 20 years & is hopeful that the fusion will eliminate the pain. i have attached some x-rays the dr gave me following the surgery- it looks barbaric, doesn't it? danny will lose up & down range of motion in his ankle- he should still be able to cycle, though. he will not be able to place any weight at all on his right leg for 5-6 weeks- we will have the opportunity over the next few weeks to spend a lot of time together! he won't be able to drive for about 8 weeks- that will be torture for him. while i'm not the best driver, i'm certainly way above adequate. he has a hard time being a passenger- he'll get lots of opportunities for practice this year! i'll be bringing him to work, but i told him he might need to adjust his hours- i know i can't get him there by 7:30-8a on a regular basis. i am so trifling when it comes to mornings- well- that will be good practice for me too- won't it?!
BTW, the object from the last post was a victorian flower frog. i love the way i answer that question as though someone is reading!! & the recipient loved it. she did not know what it was, either. it looked very much like a compote to me.
so ends my 1st post of 2009. & i'll end with a quote i found that seems appropriate.....
happy 2009-
may your troubles last as long as your new year's resolutions!
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