What a year it's been!

So I am back, here, where I started a year ago stating I was embarking on a new life and going to try the blog thing, but obviously life happened and I didn't think it was important enough to document or maybe it's just I didn't have time. Where do I begin? The last post I was talking about my friend getting married in six months, the beautiful wedding has now come and gone  a little over four months now, oh how time flies the older you get. Speaking of getting older....

My awesome cake my boo Kim bought me

I had my dirty 30 in January  and it was one of the best nights ever, even if it wasn't a huge shindig, still I had about 25 people show up to celebrate my birthday! But let me back up to November, I remember talking to my dad one night about what we were planning for Thanksgiving dinner and what I wanted him and my mom to cook, it's my second favorite holiday, behind Christmas because you can eat and eat and it doesn't matter those couple of days! :) To be honest, at this point I can't even remember if Thanksgiving was good, or what we did that day. All I remember is my mom calling me in the middle of the night I believe a day or two after Thanksgiving and telling me she was behind a ambulance rushing my dad to the hospital. Now, for those who know my dad, he's a little on the hypochondriac side of life, so my  mom told me not to worry. The next morning when I spoke with her, she told me the Dr. said my dad needed emergency surgery! WHAT? I held the phone, I didn't know what to say... Surgery? Emergency? the words just kept running through my brain, I don't think I heard another word she said for two or three minutes. It sounded like Charlie Brown's teacher... Whant whant... when I began understanding English again, there was nothing I could do and I like to be in control of things, this is where my faith runs in and sweeps me off my feet, right? When my mom finally had news, she told me my dad had to have 20" of his small intestines removed and that he had a hernia and it had ruptured inside his intestines. When I got to the hospital, after surgery and in ICU he didn't look good at all I didn't know if he was going to make it the next 24 hrs; so I prayed and prayed. 

This past eight months has not only shown me how to better myself and place my faith in God and know He will take care of whatever is in His plan, but it has also taught me I am not in control and with that it's help strength my walk with God.  
We spent Christmas in the hospital and Santa even found us to fill our stockings! My dad had some complications with his wound and he continued to stay in the hospital until April when he got to go home... this all sounds good, but I think it was more trouble than anything after being home for about a month and a half, the Dr. ordered him back into the hospital and he's been there since. He is still waiting for another surgery, but his levels aren't right and they don't feel comfortable doing surgery until these certain levels go up. 
My dad just celebrated his 60th birthday and by the Grace of God he was able to retire and now although he can't enjoy his retirement right now, he is getting the benefits and doesn't have to worry about being "let go!" 
I am sure much more has happened in the last year of my life, but this seems to always be in the front part of my brain, always wondering when my dad will get to go home, or when my mom will get a break, or when my brother will get it together.. notice none of that had anything to with me? I try to take care of me, I just keep myself busy, it's easy to do that, especially now that I am working on my master's for the next 18 months.. with work and everything else I should be just about right... run ragged! 
So I guess I begin again and try to make this year different, you know like I say every year, but I think this year I actually mean it! There are many things I want to accomplish and talking about them is not getting me anywhere, jump in head first! And another year begins to take shape!