That Was The Year That Was

Well, bye bye to 2008.

I have to say that it was a rather nothingy year, on a personal front. In 2006 I could say "I had my second child, I moved to York", in 2007 I could say "I passed my driving test on the first go", but this year I'm hard pressed to say anything about myself. I hit the big 4-0, of course, but all I had to do for that was stay alive until July 9th - hardly an accomplishment. This year, it seems, I have been channelling all my energy into the kids; no bad thing, but I think I should probably do something on a personal level before my brain atrophies even further.

I've reluctantly agreed to attend a "how your children learn to read" course at the Family Centre that's supposed to last two terms, but I have a sneaking suspicion from reading the blurb that its less about phonics for children and more about giving the course attendees a qualification in English where they don't have a GCSE.

Anyway, something to ponder over the next few weeks; in the meanwhile, I'm concentrating on the big event of 2009 - Jacob's first day at school. How time flies; one minute you're changing their nappies and giving them bottles, the next you're buying them a PE kit and sewing name-tags into their uniform :)