I’m not bored, but I’m extremely pissed off that I forgot cornbread mix at the grocery store so instead of writing about that, I’ll do this.
A year ago I had a 12-year-old and a 1-and-a-half year old. I had just returned from BlogHer where my post-miscarriage period had turned me into a troll. Of course, it wasn’t all about being a troll. It was also about being shat upon. LITERALLY. I also observed a 3am Thanksgiving Meal that my crazy friends thought was a good idea. And of course - the most important thing I did in July of 2007 was read some book.
Today I have a kid that’s about to be in the EIGHT FREAKIN’ GRADE. What the hell? How did I get so old? I also have a 2 1/2 year old who is almost potty-trained and almost insane. She likes to use words like “Probably” and “Ridiculous” but says them incorrectly making the entire world melt around her. I have an infant who is still make me crazy with a perfect mix of exhaustion and cuteness.
A year from now I hope to be rested. I’ll probably still be struggling with diet and exercise, but hopefully closer to where I want to be. I’ll be on the verge of sending my old son off to high school and therefore I’ll be crying a lot. I’ll have a toddler again so will undoubtedly be writing a lot of entries about bruises and scrapes. (From him, not me.) We won’t be pregnant (hopefully) since we’re putting attempting that again off for a few years. We should have (finally) redone our closet after the original systems collapsed on our heads. Our bedroom will be painted and I may have finally found a place for all the crap we’ve stored in our bedroom for the last three years since we bought the house.
So - where were you July 2007? Where do you hope to be in July 2009? Can I store the crap in my bedroom at your house? Thanks.
One year ago today I was preparing for my wedding that was exactly two weeks away.
Today I am preparing for my first anniversary, trying to find a gift that applies to the traditional theme of paper? I am also getting ready to begin student teaching next month.
A year from now I hope to be preparing for my first official school year as a teacher. We will also be discussing when we would like to begin trying for our first child.
As I posted today in my blog, I was sick (ended up being a kidney infection), pregnant, and finally wanting the pregnancy that was not planned a year ago. Today I am celebrating my 30th birthday healthy with a 7 month old who really likes to cuddle with Mommy these days…
One year ago, I was suffering in the heat with a 1 1/2 year old, whom loves to play outside. This year I am suffering in the heat with a 2 1/2 year old,whom refuses to potty train. Next year I hope to be suffering in the heat with a 3 1/2 year old who is potty trained and almost in pre k. Gotta love the Oklahoma heat.
Ohh a year ago today I was slaving over my computer working on a kids cartoon show called Tommy Zoom, it was hot outside then rainy then hot again. My husband flew back from Texas where he had been on a business trip. I was reading MS Zoot’s site on my breaks and wondering what a crispy creme doughnut tasted like.
One year on I’m slaving over my computer but this time on a short animated film I have designed and animated myself. I still haven’t tasted a crispy creme doughnut.
OMG, HIGH SCHOOL? NOOOOOooooooo! Nobody told me they eventually go to high school!
Last year: I was temping in downtown D.C. and hating my super-hot and humid metro commute. I was living in a bigger apartment with lesser A/C. I had lost a lot of weight. I was happy and poor.
This year: I am working at a job I like much, much more and though sometimes I miss the Bus, I do not miss the Metro. I am living in a smaller, cheaper and better apartment with ample A/C. I am happy and less poor.
Next year: I hope to be as happy as I am now and maybe even have less stress and humidity!
Last year we were all reeling from a bad thing that happened to my son in his summer program and wondering if he’d ever be okay again, looking for a therapist to help him.
This year that is all so far behind us, it almost seems like it happened to someone else. We are having a wonderful summer.
Next year, I expect we’ll be doing a lot of the same fun summer things…
P.s. Is LilZ a teen now? I must have missed that post.
Working on a project in downtown Phoenix sweating like I’ve never sweat before.
Okay, first of all, is it sad that I had to go back through my archives to see what I was doing on this day last year? One year ago I was making tye-dyed t-shirts for my girls with friends. We were also preparing to bring home our Great Dane puppy in a week (we were totally unprepared). This year I’m at my in-laws, visiting before taking a week-long vacation with my hubby and NO KIDS. We are still trying to learn to live with our Great Dane puppy, who is 14mos old now. Next year I hope to have completed our next Air Force move and have a better-behaved Great Dane. And maybe have another kid on the way (?).
One year ago i was getting ready for my birthday party (which is in two days)
I was studying at polytech, and everybody was starting to get all these offers for jobs. I had just moved into my new flat and was in the process of getting furniture! NICE furniture.
One year ago my partner and i were fighting. It was the worst time ever and i seriously thought we wernt going to make it. (we did)
Today i am working. The awesome job i got from all those interviews at tech. I am in the process of packing up our awesome flat for a big move to Australia. I am starting my blog, and hoping that i have the courage to keep at it. I am also looking forward to my birthday on Thursday.
One year from now i will be settled into my new home and new life in Australia. I hope to have my dream job of being a flight attenant, and i hope i love it as much as i think i will. I hope my blog will be really established and i have dedicated readers. I hope to be thinking about maybe starting a family in the future, and getting married to my partner.
I really don’t know what will happen in the future, but I hope it will be awesome!
July 2007: I was 3 months post-divorce, trying to piece myself back together.
July 2008: uh, still piecing…
July 2009: I’ll be settled in another state, 700-some miles away. Home. Finally.
A year ago, I had just invited my boyfriend to move in with my kids and me - a huge step as I had never lived with someone without being married. And we had just found a house that we really, really wanted to buy but the owners wouldn’t take our offer contingent on the sale of my house.
Now we’re living in my dream house, a huge craftsman built in 1908, which I love far more than the original house. My boyfriend has become truly a part of the family, with my kids following him around like puppies when he’s home. We’re happier than I could ever have imagined
A year from now I’ll be helping my third daughter to prepare to leave for college and my youngest to enter high school. I’m so not ready for that.
I had to laugh in rememberence when I read your post. I distinctly remember after we ahd taken our oldest to college sitting rocking my 2 year old to sleep, very pregnant, looking into my son’s empty room and sobbing. I still don’t know if I had such a hard time adjusting to him being gone because I had a hard time with it, or if it was the pregnancy hormones. I bet you will be crying a lot. You two are so close. Still, I hope, even with the twinges of sadness, you’re in a good place in July, 2009. You seem like the kind of person who deserves it.
Dood. A year ago I was 38 weeks pregnant. Wishing the damn baby would be like its brother and come out at 38 weeks. Nope she stayed in until 40 weeks 2 days.
This year I have an almost 1 year old and a 5 year old who starts kindergarten next month. They grow way too fast.
Last year - I was in a July funk with a computer that was repeatedly experiencing ‘thermal events’.
This year - I am in another July funk, Winter has just kicked in with a vengeance, luckily August is nearly here.
Next year - I will be funkless and about to embark on a trip of a lifetime.
Oh sweetie. If you are old right now with 3 kids and we are the same age? I am screwed.
I am in the same place. Confused. But working on it.
This reminds me why not having children sucks. No milestones to mark the time.
July 2007 is a complete blank. July 2009 I hope I have something to show for my time.
I don’t even want to think about 1 year ago. Broken leg for mommy, two very bored kids (1 and 5) and total torture for all other family members. Our whole summer was ruined! It was my right leg so we couldn’t even drive anywhere alone!
I did this too over at Swistle’s!
Lets see last year at this time, I was totally bummed because I wasn’t knocked up yet.
This year, I have a 3 month old daughter (yay for heat waves and maragrita’s in August!!)
I hope that next year finds me watching my kid and husband playing in the pool.
I was 5 months preggie with big boy resting his big head on my bladder. I was also this same weekend last year on a canoe trip with girlfriends; yes preggie.
Next year I hope to be working in parttime or fulltime capacity in the Lutheran church. Preferrably, in the Educational Technology area.
I love this post … I did it too:
http://fabulousmisss.typepad.com/fabulous_miss_s/2008/08/a-year-ago-i-was-17-weeks-pregnant-and-sweating-today-i-have-a-7-month-old-baby-boy-who-truly-is-the-light-of-my-life-he.html