Walking Backwards

The year in review. It's always nice to look back over what you've accomplished. Maybe not so nice to look over what you wish you could forget.

January:
Returned to school after a hiatus resulting from the birth of his supreme highness. Called poison control for the first time when my son ingested a tube of fluoride treatment gel.

February:
Went to see Cirque du Soleil. Nicholas had the flu for two weeks and woke-up coughing up blood. Working hard in school, but sporting perfect grades. Tax-refund arrives and is gone as quickly.

March:
Got a haircut for the first time in over a year (haven't had one since). Travis rear-ends a school bus. Nicholas masters the art of the carpool and attends many playdates. I question enrolling in school again because it's a hard balance.

April:
I try and quit caffeine and last less than ten days. I START my day of the dead quilt. Summer school is signed-up for for me and Little Gym is cancelled for the small one. We take bluebonnet photos, attend a birthday party, and walk our asses off for charity. School starts getting to me.

May:
Finals. Nicholas' first year of preschool ends and we all celebrate his third birthday. Travis and I go to see Marriage of Figaro. We go on our first ever family trip to the beach. Later, I shake my booty, get a migraine, and go see Sin City (not in the same day, but close).

June:
Summer starts and Annie starts watching Nicholas twice a week. Nicholas wants to trade mommies. Nicholas and I get painful sinus/ear infections from spending so much time in the pool. Joe's family decides we should all get together at Schlitterbahn. Ram is shot and killed and San Antonio loses an institution.

July:
I paint Nicholas' room during the long, Independence day weekend. Nicholas discovers a deep love for chocolate. I meet the parents for the upcoming preschool class and realize that the new ones are a little bitchy. My car dies and no one knows why.

August:
We go to Louisiana to visit with family for some reason I'm not clear on. I start making soap and Joe keeps calling our soap-making meetings 'Fight Club'. Travis returns from Germany to make me extremely jealous and I start watching baby H.

September:
Nicholas starts preschool again and meetings and orientations follow this beginning. Hurricanes disrupt our extended family, this disruption spills over into our home. I cannot find a simple black dress. I rather enjoy going out.

October:
Italy.

November:
Travis moves out. I have a hard time adjusting to life outside of vacation. Maria and I see Depeche Mode and transform into groupies. I go to a scrapbooking sales party and feel dirty.

December:
Holidalies increases my verbosity. Holiday celebration horrors begin. We have a horrible parent-teacher conference. New Year's resolutions are formed, Nicholas becomes a trust-fund baby, and I look like Judy Garland.