So there's been a lot going on since the last time I touched base, and I apologize for the absence. Things have been busy as you all know, there rarely seems like there's enough time in the day to get things done in addition to spending time with your family & friends. We celebrated Drew's 15th birthday, attended many many basketball games for both boys. Taking down all the Christmas decorations (that literally take several days to put up) and, I'll admit, spending way too much time on my new ipad playing Scrabble.
But, I've also been dealing with some new information. Remember back at the beginning of December when I wrote how I opened my mouth and inserted my foot? Well, I have had some vindication of sorts. The woman who said she was not pregnant, and asked I was saying that she was fat, you guessed it, she's pregnant! So surprising. She's in her 2nd trimester. I had planned on writing this whole big thing about honesty and mindfulness and all, but you know what? It's just not worth it to me. I know I was right and I know that there were quite a few people who could have volunteered the truth and chose not to do so. And, really I'm ok with their choice, although I'd have done differently. I'm not ok with one person who seemed to want to rub it in, and I accept her choice to act that way, although I'd have taken a higher road. I wish I had some wonderfully thoughtful thing to say about the whole thing, but all I can come up with is that I refuse to be held hostage to this situation and how it made me feel. As my father so often says, "it is what it is" and I can't change it. I can only learn from it, and believe me, if there's a lesson to be learned, I got an A. I can only hope other people learned from it too.