Busy January

Ah, the blog. I started off so well this year, but got bogged down with so much going on this month. Here's the short version, in no particular order:

• My brother-in got married last weekend. Lots of fun, great wedding (and I admit I had my doubts - Ivan seemed so disoriented and forgetful the week before the wedding that I thought for sure it would be a Murphy's Law wedding...but it was perfect, of course). Congratulations Ivan and Treana!
• The in-laws were back in town (see above) for 10 days...it was a challenge. We love them a lot, but they can be difficult people to be around.
• My in-laws fired my mom as their real estate agent, because their house had been on the market for 6 months without an offer. I think my mom was relieved, because she had done all she could and it was stressing her out. But I know it hurt her feelings to be fired. And of course, in less than a week with the new agent they got an offer. Sometimes being involved in a family just sucks.
• Emotional roller-coaster with my brother: he's been on disability for mental health reasons...found out this month that the house he's renting is going to be sold and they have to find another place to live...his wife is pregnant with their third child, and the timing on that is really rotten (honestly, if I had known I would've ponied up the cash for birth control, I swear). Then he got a job and found a new place to live within a week...if he can deal with the job things will be okay for now, but he still has to deal with his larger life and marriage issues. Please pray.
• On a more positive note, went to a 60th birthday party for my old boss, Ed Piorek. Ed is still cancer-free and doing really well - and the party was awesome.
• We're dog-sitting a very sweet 12-year-old German Shepherd while Ivan is on his honeymoon...Dakota is a good dog but doesn't like to be alone...he broke out of the yard yesterday while Eric and I were both at work...neighbors found him and put him back in the yard, but he got out again...Eric had to do some emergency hole repair this morning to keep him from getting out again.
• We're trying to restore some semblance of order to our lives and house now that all the relatives are gone...it's a process.
• My husband is still awesome - I'm so stoked to be married to him.
• We've had lots of rain this month, but today was clear and beautiful and I hung out in the backyard with Eric and Dakota and basked in the sun and read magazines and listened to the birds - amazing day.

I think that covers most of it. What's new with you?

Comments

[erickeck]

what day is ed's birthday? do you know if he checks email?

[Stacy]

My life is downright dull. Thank God for small miracles. :)

[kimj]

Oh Genesis! How crazy!!! We have got to CATCH UP! I can't believe that much could have happened since I've spoken to you last. Your life has been WILD! Mine in a nutshell, if that is at all possible: My parents are in town until April. Work remains crazy. The kids' lives remain crazier. My sister is in her 2nd trimester and has confirmed that she is expecting a boy (many funny battles regarding the name -- will fill you in), My brother is doing well, but seems lonely and abandoned as my parents sort of up and left him. I want to scoop him up and bring him to my house. My mother in law has been diagnosed with Pulmonary Fibrosis -- very serious. She's 65. It's never dull. I'm having a superbowl party and would really love it if you would come. I MISS YOU!!

[Birgit]

Well, you had a nice loaded start to the year, didn't you? I got tired just reading all that :-)