Once again, I’ll be glad to see this year go. The positives for this year: I quit my very stressful job at Horton High School (9/10/2021 was my last day) and about a month later, was hired by DCF to process food assistance applications at the local office (10/13/2021 was my first day). Less pay, but much less stress, shorter commute. Cathleen finally got hired, after two years of substituting, for the local USD415 school. She’s teaching 3rd grade and by all accounts excelling. She’s pretty tired most days, but considering the circus that is the American educational system, that is to be expected. She loves the kiddos, and they light up when they see Miss Grissom!
Ethan started a new biologic this year, switching from Humira to Entyvio to control his Crohn’s disease. It seems to be very, very slowly working—I almost hate to be optimistic at this point. He has been throwing up less frequently the last month or so, that’s how we know it is working. His doctor told him he had three times the inflammation a normal person should have. My poor baby. He is bored, but he can’t concentrate on school or anything prolonged because he is still taking Tramadol to control the intense abdominal pain. Maybe he’ll be able to go back for his junior year the fall of 2022? That’s it for good stuff. Robert fell and broke his left arm, just below the shoulder implant, so he has been in a sling this month. Since he is so very sedentary, he’s been gaining weight. I have too, so we have that in common. I haven’t quite gained back all I’d lost, but pretty close. My new job is very sedentary.
One other good thing I thought of—I joined a book club that meets once a month and am thinking of starting up yoga again.
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