What a year!

Well, I'm getting back on some solid ground it seems. My mammogram situation is finally
resolved, I think. I had 2 radiologists who disagreed on whether I needed further testing
or not so I went straight to a breast surgeon with all my mammos and he said, "I think you're
OK but let's do a sonagram." I was scared. We went to the hospital at 9 am with a snow storm
barelling down on us and I was convinced the technician saw something. She came back in and said it was normal.
I teared up. It's been a heck of a year. Thankfully, Tim has done wonderfully this year but
I have had a time of it and the trials of owning our 2-family house really put a damper on
things. I feel for my parents. Tim is like a son to them and his illness really hits them hard and of course I've had my problems. I have one sister getting a divorce. My youngest one just had her
mammogram flagged too and needs more testing and my older sister, who works part time
in the hospital I was in yesterday morning wound up in its ER at the same time with a gallbladder attack and
as a final HOO-RAH to a hard year, she offered up her gallbladder as a sacrifice to the "new
year Gods" last night. I told her that as much as I didn't want to see her go through this, I was glad it was her gallbladder and not my boob that had to be sacrificed. She felt the same way.
The girl's a trooper.
So even though I am behind with X-mas stuff, I am trying to squeeze out some joy now that
some hard times are behind us. Our new tenant moved in and so far, he seems nice. Hopefully,
we will have some smooth sailing on that front now. I will be glad to see 2008 end. All in all, it
has been really tough for so many people. The economy is going to "you know where" in a
hand basket and I wish this war could be ended. We really need this whole country to get
back on solid ground. I hope 2009 sees a lot of improvement in that respect.
Happy holidays to you and yours and best wishes for a blessed 2009.