A few things have changed since 2006. The biggest thing is Alex is no longer doing construction. In August 2007 he developed an infection (lumbar vertebral myelitis, caused by MRSA) that went into his spine. He was paralyzed, thankfully only temporarily, but it required emergency surgery, seven or so weeks of IV antibiotics, and a long road back for recovery. Some residual nerve damage occurred and he lost quite a bit of his strength. The physically demands of construction meant that was no longer a possibility for his career from that point, so he has instead entered into the world of real estate sales. With things in this economic slowdown, this career is certainly not taking off like a shot. That said, the future certainly looks more promising than it did with construction.
Financial chaos remains, has probably gotten worse by quite a bit. I think the writing is on the wall that I am going to have to figure out a way to generate some income to add to the pot, or the pot which is really more of a black hole at this point, will probably consume us.
Peter is still quite a bit smaller at his age (now four) than Justin was, but he is growing. His personality is drastically different from Justin. He and Justin are still both happy and healthy and get along famously. Justin is now nine, loves hockey - plays goalie - and all kinds of stuff. He has started trumpet lessons, and guitar. Both boys really love to swim.
Our family still enjoys our Disney vacations. Our surprise trip for the boys was a fabulous success and we have been back twice since that trip - once in March 2007 and again in October 2008. It was fun both trips. We did the Pirates and Princess party in March and the Mickey's Not So Scary Halloween Party in October. Both were fun, with spectacular fireworks, special treats and characters in costumes. Unfortunately the end of our October trip the weather was pretty chilly, so we didn't get the swimming time in we usually enjoy.
It is late January 2009, and it has been a cold snowy winter so far. A vacation would be so nice to someplace warm, but it's just not in the cards now. Oh well. Alex is working on a skating rink on our creek by the house. Hopefully that will work out. Justin is a great skater now, Peter is just learning. It would help to have fun stuff to do right here at home.
So I'm in brainstorming mode for generating income, and looking forward to warmer weather.
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Hey Joan - Thanks so much for joining me on my little blog from SITS. I'm always into meeting new blogging friends. That's so crazy about the infection. Holy cow. That is some big life stuff going on right there. And we could probably have some lengthly conversations over lunch about financial chaos! ha. I've been there done that. Here's to a new day and a new life season.
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