Happy New Year!!!

I want to start of by wishing everyone a very Happy New Year and I hope that the holidays were as wonderful for you as they were for my family.

Last year had a lot of ups and downs for my family. I have been reflecting on them a lot more since Christmas was getting closer and the end of the year was quickly approaching.
I seen a lot happen to my friends and family and to myself.

As I reflected over the last year I was happy and a little sad. I finished my placements and Graduated from College to become an Early Childhood Educator. My first job after college resulted in me creating this very blog, I then was given the chance to work for the same place again only this time as a Children's Programmer for the Mom and Toddler group they run. To me everything was looking up.
It was looking up better then the years before, but there were somethings that took place between all these good.

When I was trying to finish my placements there were so many curve balls thrown at me that it was so hard to stay on track. The school informed me one week prior to when I would graduate that I was missing a class and I could either wait to graduate in November instead of June or I could write a test to become exempt from the formal class. I decided a week was all I needed to learn the course material and I guess I was right since I passed it with a 70%. I was back on track. 

After I graduated I looked so hard for a job in my field, but where we live there are no jobs for me to do and our family can not move because of my spouses job, I thought great here we go again. I was so happy when I was given the chance to write blog posts about things going on at SIRCH Community Services and the wonderful things that I got to do because of that job.
The job ended on the 31st of October and I was back where I started only I couldn't work because I had just underwent a Knee Scope and was unable to work or drive for a month. The scope went well and I was happy to be job hunting again, but in November in our little town, there is nothing for work at all.

December came and we found out that my Dad needed to have a pacemaker placed. He might have to retire a year early almost. My Dad loves his job so you can see how upsetting this was for him to hear.
They did the surgery and they were right his job was on the line. He was given not just a pacemaker, but a new kind that has a Defibrillator in it to prevent his heart from stopping. The reason he needed was because it had stopped a few times before and was luckily able to restart itself. The reason he would have to stop working is because he's a Journeyman/ Lineman and works around very powerful power lines.
Once I heard this you can imagine I was so scared to loose him , but have tried to keep up a strong front because its not about me, its about making him better, so I go and shovel the decks and drive him where he needs to go be it the store or to his office.

I was so excited to start a New Year after the one that just ended. I hope that this one is far better health wise for my friends and especially for my family.

My two resolutions for this year are to lose at least 15 pounds because my amazing friend is getting married in August and I am a Bridesmaid.
The other is that I can keep spending as much if not more time with my family, I love them all more then they will ever know.

What are some resolutions that you have?


To learn more about what my father has please click on this link or the word Defibrillator above.

http://my.clevelandclinic.org/heart/services/tests/procedures/icd.aspx