We’re back from a wonderful Christmas trip to the East Coast which was equal parts fun and equal parts relaxing. Now Matt’s back to work, and I’m actually starting to feel a bit more human which is motivating me to get this house in order and finally hang up some curtains. While I was a tad bit sick during our travels, a switch has flipped and now I am ravenous all the time and able to move around for more than five minutes without needing a nap. I’m not quite ready to say that pregnancy is great, but this part isn’t as bad as that last part was.
I’m going to do that thing that all bloggers do at this time of year. And I’m sure you’re sick of reading posts like this, but be grateful that I have officially stopped writing Christmas letters to include in my Christmas cards. You no longer have to suffer through that, so you can suck it up and deal with one teensy little post about my 2009.
- At the beginning of the year I emotionally strong-armed Matt into buying a new car. While it was one of the best purchases we’ve ever made, we have both agreed that I am never allowed to emotionally strong-arm again. Female manipulation is the world’s worst character trait, so let it be said that the 2008 Nissan Versa was my last experience with it. Although, Honey, the baby really wants a Subaru Outback.
- I had to say goodbye to my last living Grandpa. I really do miss him very much. And now I’m watching as his wife fights cancer. It doesn’t make sense at all.
- We packed up our apartment in Taxachusetts and drove to the nation’s reddest state where Matt had gotten himself a nice new little job to pay the bills. I had never been to Tennessee before but decided before stepping foot across the state line that I would love it. And I do.
- I got pregnant and eight weeks later lost the very first thing I had ever loved as much as Matt. This experience changed me more than anything else I’ve experienced in my life. It might sound cliche, but there really isn’t a day that goes by where I don’t think about that baby and miss it.
- We met some awesome friends in our new hometown of Nashville that helped to overcome some of the sadness of leaving really great friends in our old hometown.
- We vacationed with family in familiar and beautiful places.
- We bought our first house.
- We demolished the kitchen in our first house.
- We rebuilt the kitchen ourselves.
- We bought a lawnmower and I learned how to mow a lawn.
- I got pregnant again. My first trimester sucked so much that I truly hope my terrible memory kicks in and blots it out of my mind forever. But, I got to see its little self on an ultrasound and hear its little heartbeat – easily some of the most incredible moments of my life.
- I used a barf bag on an airplane.
- I joined a gym.
There were so many highs and lows in 2009 that I’d be lying if I didn’t say that I hope 2010 is a little less eventful. Although we’ll be bringing a baby into the world which is the opposite of uneventful. Plus the final season of LOST is coming up, and they have a lot of action to cram in. So never mind. I guess 2010 will be pretty eventful as well. We’d probably get bored without all the action. And Mom always said we weren’t allowed to use the word “bored.”
Happy New Year, y’all, from Matt, Priscilla, Little Friend, Mojo and Berlin… bless her heart.
