Looking Back on 2023

This has been a horrible decade for me thus far and this year proved to be the most challenging and difficult. Lots of anxiety attacks and feeling a depression darker than anything I've ever dealt with before. That said, I was able to cobble together a list of 12 good things from 2023; the best moments of each month that made this year bearable.

January: Spending time with Lucy! - Especially taking her to Night Forms on the 7th and seeing her a total of seven times all in one month!

February: FaceTime with Natalia - She introduced me to the Good Reads app and we spend two hours catching one another up and discussing our fave topic - books!

March: Marlee book is signed! - I ordered a copy of Marlee Matlin's memoir, I'll Scream Later, for $6.39 and when it arrived I was blown away to see that it was a signed copy. Score!!

April: Wed nights with Emily!!! - After work I would drive down to Emily's place to hang out, just us two, and we'd watch movies together. In April we watched Long Shot, Argo, Zero Dark Thirty, and the third episode of The Last of Us.

May: Seeing Autumn and Maureen!!

June: Snap Pizza with Jackson - On one of our visits Jax took an instant liking to Dan, a gregarious and fun fella who worked there. Jax always looks forward to going to Snap Pizza in the hopes that Dan will be working. The bonus was getting to MOM's across the way and mistaking a bag of garbage for the world's largest potato. Ha!!

July: Orchard House with Natalia!

August: Losing 15 pounds! - All due to limiting junk food plus loads of anxiety knowing that Henry Rollins Day was approaching.

September: Jax's gig! - I was absolutely blown away by this kid's skill. He was incredible.

October: Time with Lucy! - I was lucky enough to spend six days taking care of our favourite little lady while her mother was away on a girls' weekend. We played tons of games, did homework, crafted, talked, watched Hart to Hart (which Lucy really liked!!!) and went with Jackson up to Amy's farm to meet the toddler chickies. It was a blast!

November: Roomie Louise! - Most of this month was spent with me laid up with tooth pain at Mama Rosie's while fab family friend Louise, who was recovering from shoulder surgery, crashed on the couch. It was so nice just having her around because even in pain, she brought a new dynamic into the house and was great to be around. 

December: Lucy’s surgery was a success! - Our wee lassie needed her tonsils out and I was very nervous and worried. Thankfully everything went swimmingly and she recovered in record time!