I was looking through old blog posts today and came across this one from last year on New Year's day. I was so full of hope after having an extremely stressful year in 2008. I really wanted 2009 to be an uplifting and easy year, but you can't win them all. Just a day or two after that post, a good friend of my husband took his own life. It was pretty much an indication of how difficult 2009 would become.
I think the hardest part of last year, aside from our house being worth half what we bought it for and pay cuts, was the fact that I was forced to go back to work (because of the aforementioned house and pay cuts). I had really hoped that I would have been able to get a part time job in the evenings and not have to go back to teaching full time. But, that didn't happen and after an extremely stressful job search, I got hired at a school that is about 45 minutes from my house. It's a lot of work and very different from my previous teaching experience.
We're hoping to get our home loan modified to expand our options job and money wise. We really wanted to start trying for baby #2, but the job things and money (freaking money!!!!) is putting the kabosh on that for a little while. Once we find out about the loan, we can start making some decisions on that front.
But as for now, 2010 is already looking better. I'm praying that it will be.
