I don’t even know where to start after such a long absence, so I’ll just shoot for a general update on everyone individually.

Stating with the youngest… my little angel.  Tristan’s biggest news is the braces that were put on (top last month and bottom this month), and surviving the first half of the first year of middle school.

Middle school … that place which still makes me cringe at the memories of feeling so alone, none of my friends in my classes, and me being painfully shy.  Thankfully, Tristan has classes with friends, lunch with friends and has inherited much of his dad’s outgoing personality.  Thus he has made new friends also.  But, he has also had his backpack stolen, and been on the receiving end of some unkind rumors.  I have been tempted nearly every day of this school year to yank him out of school. Ok, my quick update isn’t beginning very quickly, so I’ll move on before my blood pressure rises too much higher.

Brennen … a junior in high school and looking towards college.  He’s also finally (against my best efforts to prolong it) taking driver’s ed and has his learner’s permit.  How did this all happen?  And how can I stop it?  This control-freak mom is scared to death at the thought that one of the baby birds will be leaving the nest before I can blink.  And he is ready to fly (at least he thinks he is).  He has the future all mapped out and is already on the path to become a child psychiatrist.  At least I managed to convince him to attend college here rather than returning to Ohio … small victories.

Matt … still running like a madman.  Considering adding crossfit (did I mention the word crazy?) to his daily workouts.  Work is uneventful.  He’s traveling, but not often and not for long stretches.  Oh and most importantly, he’s very happy that the hockey strike is over.

Me … I’ve been having massive headaches which I think are sinus related (for anyone who has ever lived in Texas, I have 2 words … cedar fever).  Cedar Fever is killing me.  So I spent yesterday having tube after tube of blood drawn and a scope to find out that I have a deviated septum with a bone spur and that my head is too congested, impacted and swollen to have a CT scan.  I now have a battery of prescriptions and will have the CT scan in 3 weeks.  And I’ll most likely have to have surgery to widen my sinuses and fix the deviated septum.

So, that’s us in a nutshell at the moment.  My mid-January resolution is to blog at least once a week, from here on out.  Now that I’ve written it, I’m going to hit “publish” so there will be no backing out!