Reflections

This year has been packed full to the brim it feels like. It started off fairly smoothly with Steven and I being in decent health, both of us having jobs and and living in an apartment with neighbors we both liked. We were getting settled into our lives well and I liked that. Sure it was a tiny bit of a rut but I liked the rut. Steven and I were getting along well it seemed and then one persons bad choice seemed to set the wheels into motion. In June someone missed the break peddle on their way into the back of my car. This landed me in the ER and out of work for two and a half months. Things felt like they stated spinning out of control from then on out. We dug through our savings in no time flat. New neighbors moved in that began to make the nice little apartment that we had called out home not so nice. We started realizing that the new management of the apartment complex was either extremely lazy or completely incompetent making things just that much more difficult. After that things started to look up a bit. I was cleared to go back to work and I did for about a month. at the end of that month my stupidity cost me the strength of my MCL and laid me up in bed for the next 3 weeks. Once again this put all the strain of everything day to day on Steven.

Like I said, things just seemed to keep smacking us in the face. It was overwhelming, draining, and that comfy little rut that we had settled into was nowhere in sight. It seemed like til two weeks ago we were arguing all the time and it felt like it wasn’t going to end.

Now I realize that for some, this may not seem like a rocky road at all but for me it was insanity. I didn’t feel like I could catch a break and then things started improving. Now that the new year has rolled in I am looking forward to it. I plan to work on my health and my relationship to make both stronger for the years to come. I am excited to see what the  future may bring. The long road that seemed to be a steep uphill climb finally seems to be evening out. The craziness is settling down and I am at peace welcoming in 2014. God has let us go through some things but He has also been good to us in helping us through it all.