It's all in how you look at it.

I've been looking at life as half empty lately. I've been reviewing this year and thinking - "Seriously!?! when will it end!!" It seems like it's been a very rough year or has it?

Half empty list of how this year has been:

• January - Daughter starts severe tics
• February - Weekly therapy for said tics
• March - Daughter diagnosed with Tourettes
• April - Hubby moves out of state for Job
• May - Eye starts going wonky - MRIs, rounds and rounds of steroids
• June - Move in with mom
  
• July - Van dies
  
• August - move to new home in SC
• September - Drunk Driver hits hubby over Labor day weekend
  
• September - Company closes
• October - Eye goes wonky again
  
• October - Job hunt
• November - House hunt
• December - Durango Dies on side of road

Half full list of How this year has been:

• January - met with friends for laughter
  
• February - began getting more involved in PTA
  
• February - had fun laughing with friends
• March - Fun organizing PTA events
  
• March - Ikea fun
  
• March - Laughing with friends
• April - "Move your crap Gail!" involving complete strangers in our fun at starbucks
  
• May - Ya find out who your friends are - Lots and Lots of laughs at the hospital with friends
  
• June - Summer at mom's house! The pool, the fun, get to be with hubby again
• June - Daughter's tics become noticeably less frequent
  
• July - Friend comes visits - fun day in the pool and hot fresh donuts!
• August - A new home, lots of things to do, lovely house
• August - School starts = Lunch dates with friends
  
• September - A new car!
• October - 8 weeks of alone time with hubby
  
• October - Halloween; fun at corn maze, fun trick or treating in mom's neighborhood
• November - Excitement of new home, new school, new job
• November - Best Thanksgiving ever - lots of laughs with family and friends
• December - the Best time of the Year! Kids excited for Christmas
  
• December - kids love new school, hubby likes new job, I love the new house
  

No one was deathly ill, no one was in pain, and friends were just a phone call away.
Maybe this year hasn't been so bad :)