Where Does the Time Go!?

Whoosh! What the "H" was that!? Holy Crap! That was Christmas! Gone! Just like that! All that build up then Poof, gone. Seriously, it is nuts! We had a very nice Christmas, very snowy which made it even better. I spent Christmas Eve day/evening wrapping presents and getting everything ready. I was done early so I just spent several hours listening to my music and looking at the tree. It was calm and peaceful and I enjoyed it.
I picked the kiddos up on Christmas Day and we had a very nice day. They got pretty much everything they wanted minus a puppy. Luckily no one was disappointed with their gifts and the food was good too. My mother and step-father came and because of the snow they ended up staying a day longer than they had planned but we had a good time.

So now it is the 29th. Rex will pick the kids up tomorrow at 10 and I will do my last minute "stuff" before getting on the road to Cedar Rapids to catch a plane to Denver. I am going to Vail to see Simon and meet his family. I am REALLY looking forward to it. I will miss my children like CRAZY but will enjoy the view, company, and hot tub immensely. What a nice place to spend New Years don't you think?

I have been keeping myself extremely busy which is the best thing for me. Idle time tends to send me into my head too much(this can be a VERY ugly place to be on the wrong day). I have even taken down all of the Christmas decorations already, this usually doesn't happen until Valentine's Day. Good for me!

So that's about it I guess. Life is moving along. Just me and the kiddos. Connor has his last bi-annual cancer check on the 6th. Next one will be in July and that will be the magic 5 years off of treatment. What a milestone! And to think back in March of 2002, when the docs said, "in July of 2010 we will be able to give him an even better prognosis..." I didn't even think the world would be around to see 2010 then. And here it is upon us. What a stinkin' journey/roller coaster the last 8 years have been.

Still missing you Aaron. We all think about you every day.

Cheers!

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