Highs and Lows of 2002

[batey]

As this year is rapidly drawing to and end, can't believe it's Dec on Sunday, thought I'd start this thread as I always get nostalgic. I know some of you have had real tragedies this year but also many have had great joys, and I thought it might be good to look with hindsight to 2002 and with hope to 2003.

So I'll get the ball rolling.......well, the first half of 2002 was filled with illnesses in our house,dd2 and I both got Meningismus (non life threatening strain of Meningitis,that hurt like buggery), dh was hell to live with as he was giving up smoking and I was caring for my Mum who was badly depressed and having regualar panic attacks. So not the best first half of the year. But summer arrived and life improved, dh calmed down, my Mum got the treatment she needed and all our healths improved. Dd1 started school and I am sooo proud of how she's adjusted to it all, dd2 is more determined than ever to take full control of her life!! But is (mostly!) a joy to be with,oh how I love 2 yr olds!! And her sleeping has improved,another major struggle this year. And me, well for 2003 I think I want to make some more time for me! And I can't wait to watch my dds grow and change and develop.

Hope somone responds or I'll feel a right plonker!?

threeangels why do you need to change your name?

oh god - just realised - dohhhhhhhh. sorry for being so thick

Im so used to my name and I really hate to give it up. Just joking.

are you just going to go up a number, or go for a complete change

Ill probally just go from 3 to 4. Everyone pretty much recognizes me by and when I thought I was pregnant before they were asking me about this anyway.

Congratulations 3+1 angels!

Highs: new job, selling our flat and having our offer accepted on our dream house (just today!!!), ds growing up, being pregnant again

Lows: dh being unhappy at work, new job being f-t and having less time with ds, having father awaiting sentencing for embezzlement

V weird mix of emotions!!

Highs - ds being the best thing in my life; starting Italian classes; realising that I have enough guts to stand up in front of a pub full of people and sing; making two new friends; spending two nights in London with my sister; having my first night away with dh, without ds; starting a lovely M & T group; ds growing out of eczema; finding this site

Lows - losing 19 lbs, and putting 9 back on; having a big row with dh this (last) weekend, and him saying that he wants to split up; feeling depressed and lonely, like no-one likes me; being tired all the time; ds being diagnosed with an egg allergy

NYRs: Lose 1.5 st; get happy; try to convince dh that he wants another baby; make more friends; eat 5 portions of fruit and veg a day (who am I kidding?!)

Happy Christmas everyone, eat, drink and be merry, as the diet starts in January!

Lows, ds born in feb 11 wks early v low when his lungs collapsed and nearly lost him, on going money worrys and constant battles with everyone (it seems!!!) regarding disabled dd. Highs, ds coming home from hospital with no ongoing probs, my wonderfull dd starting mainstream school and coping really well and finally on the way to being an idependant driver(test tomorrow!!!!).By the way great thread, and as for nyr, well where do i start loose weight,reduce alcahol intake,sort money probs.

Highs: dd doing fantastically well at new school, dh getting promotion, friends being v. nice to me,meeting some lovely new friends, having several short breaks in good hotels,talking to people on mumsnet.
Lows:apart from the usual too fat,too poor,too lazy,too old moans, dealing with some unpleasant people at dd's old school,dh having car crash,still v. sad about brother dying last year.
NYR: not to expect but to accept.

Looking forward to seeing everyone on Saturday!!

Highs: New job. Dd learning to say something other than "no" and starting to play properly with ds. S-i-l having baby and getting in-laws off my case.

Lows: New job. Commuting. Reassembling house after dks' hugely imaginative games. Father insisting mother's care is adequate when it patently ain't.

NYRs: Drink a lot less. Exercise a lot more. Potty train dd

Highs : Ds's birth on 3rd Feb, how wonderful dd has been as a big sister, dh finally enjoying his work!

Lows : Kidney stones still a problem, PND, continual invasion of our garden by next doors highland cows!

NYR : To be more patient with children, to lose some weight (ha!) and to throw out all the clothes that dont fit instead of hoarding them!

Highs - accepting the Oscar for best mother "who can't get dressed before midday and the house is a tip and the washing needs doing" in a foreign documentary; winning the lottery (don't spend the tenner all at once); getting down to a size 8 (hold my sides for I fear they may split... quite literally); getting a multi million pound publishing deal(dream on) the three week holiday without my child at the Banyan tree Spa in Mauritius (you're delirious now); winning a new Jaguar like the one in the Bond movie (this won't hurt, just one little jab and you'll feel much better)

Lows - .... excuse me? Have you seen the year I've had? Lows are sooo last year. The only way is up, baby, for you and me now....

Cue men in white coats.

lol willow2