Well, I stumbled across this blog (due to a comment on it, wow. o.O).
Um, a lot has changed since my last post.
I don’t seem to have mentioned anywhere in my blog that we found a new church at the beginning of 2008, so I’ll mention it now. Because that’s important. They have supported us through the past months.
Let’s start with just November 08. When dad was made permanent at his job. That was a really happy day. Another really happy day was in December 08 when I accidentally partially flooded the garage (long story) but dad didn’t get angry about it.
Another day I have to mention would be December 30, 2008. When dad went to work. He called us at lunch and told us he would be home around 6:30. 6:30 came and dad didn’t. 7:30 came and dad didn’t. 8:30 came and dad didn’t. 9:30 came and dad didn’t.
At five minutes to 10, our doorbell rang. Not dad, but two men in blue suits. Police officers.
At that time of night, about the best you can hope for is that they have the wrong house.
They did not, of course, have the wrong house. They had come to tell us about dad’s death in a car accident.
It’s been . . . a very busy and life changing sixteen months. It included some of the hardest stuff I’ve ever gone through or thought about. There’s no short way to tell you about all of it. Or even really any long way.
I guess some of the more important highlights: I lost a friend, found out I had quite a few more than I thought I did, lost my job, lost my liking for Jonathan, my friend’s mom had a brain tumor and had surgery for it, moved up to state university from community college (where my brother will be following me in the fall), I changed my major from biology to english (but I still love science), currently involved in a legal case about said accident (yes, still).
My friends have gone through divorce, weddings, birth, death, suicide hospitalizations and all manner of fun things.
I’ve written poetry (a lot!), fiction (a little), and branched out into fanfiction a bit.
Well. Now that you’ve had a bit of an update, welcome back . . . maybe.
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