Goodbye 2008

This year has overall been a fairly bad year. It started off with an ex repeatedly screwing up my life. In January my Dear got a new job and was very happy and I had passed the one year mark on owning my car which was nice. In February my Dear moved in with me and that was nice though his parents were less than pleased, I turned 21 and had a nice little party. In March my Dear was fired from his new job and had a bit of a depression. We also went to see my baby brother graduate from his military training. I am so proud of him. In April the month seemed to pass all too quickly still with the annoying ex causing me difficulties due to a long term lease we had once shared prior to him being unfaithful. In May I learned that my Dear had too been unfaithful. He was planning to cheat on me although he had not yet accomplished the physical aspect. We are still fighting now and then about that. Also that was the month he went from my Dear to The Ass. June we went on vacation to the beach with The Ass' parents and had our two year anniversary. That month the company I worked for did lay offs and the day after I was laid off I started a new job. July we went to Tennessee with The Ass' parents and had a somewhat miserable time there. Not so much a vacation as a blur which resulted in me having two broken toes. The Ass was doing well at his new job and had no known slip ups but things were still very rocky. August came and so did my Grandmother's birthday and my brother came home to visit for a couple of weeks. I couldn't believe how much he had changed in just a short period of time. It was amazing to see the differences. About this time my new job became a pain in my butt and very tedious. September came and so did anxieties about upcoming exams. A knit group was in the works and soon became a reality. The Ass was getting less hours and becoming more intolerable which lead to one explosive fight that seemed to steam out a few wrinkles in the relationship. My brother also deployed for Iraq. October rolled around and there were many parties and reconnecting with old friends and family. The Ass and I remained at our respective jobs. I started penning a novel. November rolled in and the novel was set aside. Test dates were set and The Ass and I both complained daily about our jobs. We both applied for new ones. Knitting was at a stand still and the overtime hours I was not payed for caused me to become very angry. One of my best girlfriends also announced that she was pregnant and engaged and I was set to play the rolls of Maid of Honor as well as Godmother. I am ecstatic! Another best girlfriend announced her wedding and that I was to be Maid of Honor in her wedding as well. We traveled to Ohio for Thanksgiving and exchanged gifts with The Ass' family. I enjoyed the trip although not always the company we kept. November was a good month with the exception of having walking pneumonia to the point of collapsing. December came in swiftly and my boss realized she was pregnant. This means that now both of my supervisors are pregnant. I made my first sweater for a baby shower. I got some news back on the job I had applied for and things look good. My test results came back and I passed easily. My brother got news that he was accepted to West Point Military Academy as well as becoming a Sgt and getting his stripes. I am so incredibly proud of him. The house got some repair work and The Ass' car broke down for it's final goodbye. The Ass got a new car which I think is mighty spiffy. The Ass' parents had us over for Christmas at which point his father felt the need to reprimand us for the car we bought, the lifestyle we lived, and my family's religion. His mother deemed it necessary to have a fit in a pet store, crying included, because The Ass told her we were going to church with my family rather than his. I assured them it was just Christianity and they in their ignorance decided that it was a cult and they know this because they've never had a conversation with someone of that religion or been to any of their religious functions, so it must be true. I finally got some help at work. She smokes a lot and plays around on her computer because she (like most of the office staff) is either a friend of relative of the boss. I got some nice deal holiday shopping and lost a couple of pounds. We celebrated the new year at three parties and then passed out after fighting about The Ass' parents. So all in all not the best year, but here is hoping for 2009.