Ironic and a little sad

I find it a little ironic and a little sad that the last post I made 3 years ago in 2008, parallels our life now. In that post it's obvious that we just moved. We moved to a house a few houses down from my sister Becky and the house I grew up in in Fremont. As like now, we just recently moved into a new house again. This time not so close to "home" but like then we were dealing with the move and the challenges that creates.

In my last post I also mention about me getting used to my new job. I am not getting used to a new job at this moment but Patrick is. At the time he was unemployed and at this time I am unemployed by choice. Luckily though, Patrick's current job seems to be a good one that he really likes. My job at that time turned out to be the worst job I ever had and the only good thing that came of it was that I made some new friends.

It was also at a time when Patrick's grandfather was in the hospital. I don't think we knew at the time that he had lung cancer but we knew he was dying. Unfortunately this too parallels what is going on now. Patrick's grandmother has recently been diagnosed with lymphoma and leukemia. She is currently at a nurning home due to being to week to get up and even eat most times. She's still there mentally but seems to have lost the will to live. I personally feel she lost that 3 years ago when Grandpa Fred died. She certainly was never the same. For that matter, neither was Patrick. I feel guilty that we have not visited her very often since Fred died. I can say we were busy and that would be true to a point. Unfortunately the major reason is a little more complicated than that and I'm sure some people wouldn't get it.

We have a rough couple of years since that last post. Lots of things have changed for us. Some have been for the better and others have not. I also think we are at a turning point in our lives as corny as that sounds :) . I think in just the past few months we've done a lot of growing up, at least I like to think we have. I'm very thankful that my children are flexible and are able to deal with change well. Hopefully we are on the right track to finally get to where and who we want to be.