Happy New Year, all you east-coasters!! It’s only 10:10 right now, so we still have all the excitement to look forward to. We had a good day today. My mom and Katie picked my dad up this morning at the airport, and Laura and I walked up to SCCA for a couple different appointments. It was a full afternoon, but so far, so good. PLUS, I received a call from Angel Flight West today, and they are arranging reservations for us to fly Alaska Airlines January 16th. It’s so wonderful that different organizations provide this service. It’s free for a patient and his/her caretaker. In addition, the clinic sends a note asking the airlines to let us board last and disembark first, and to be upgraded to a better seat if possible, considering the fact that I’m immunosuppressed.

There are other companies I’ve contacted, and if we have to change our flight, we will. Ideally, we’d love to do Corporate Angel Network because they fly private planes which are obviously more comfy and less packed with sneezing, coughing, sticky people and kids. Only problem is Corporate Angel Network will not know whether we have a flight until a couple days before it leaves! It’s all so complicated, huh? So right now it’s the 16th, but that can change according to our flights and also my treatment. We have to make sure everything is A-OK with me before shipping me back home to VA. In the meantime, we have to clean our apartment, pack everything up and let the manager know when we’ll be leaving so she can contact the next person on the waiting list.

Anywayyyyyy, sorry, that’s boring stuff to read, but that’s what’s going on right now. So let’s now get to New Year’s plans….anyone do anything crazy and exciting? All day, we planned on going up to the roof to see the fireworks over the Space Needle, but they’re dropping off like flies! The couch has already been pulled out into a bed and Katie’s sleeping. My dad went to bed a while ago, my mom’s yawning an awful lot, and Laura’s getting a little quieter. Hmmm….well, I don’t care!! I’m making me some hot cocoa and going up to the roof alone!

As far as resolutions, hmmmm…any good ones out there? Obviously mine is to get healthy and back in shape (slowly but surely) and to organize photos that go back to 1995!!! As for hopes for this year, my hope is that we are all healthy and we have a happy year full of memories like those on this blog…and just think! Those pics full of laughter, smiles, hula hoops, friends and family were taken during a very challenging year.

So 2009 is a fresh slate, clean and shiny and ready for new memories and lots of laughs!!

Cheers to you all!

Love,

Julie