Good Riddance 2011!

Dear 2011, I attempted to outreach to you at the beginning of the year to address your aggressive and confrontational attitude toward the Coolidge Clan, January 25th to be exact. I knew early on that there needed to be some additional training/counseling/interventions between the two of us to make our working relationship run a little smoother. I never heard back from you and I guess the lack of communication was answer enough. 

So with the 2012 waiting eagerly in the wings, I am happy to wish you... good riddance. You were difficult, some would say "challenging" but that is too positive a word to describe you.  You were relentless and downright aggressive.  You didn't just affect us; your hostile attitude got Team Coolidge all riled up.

You forever changed me and you brought me to my knees but after a nice lunch, with a dear friend, I recognized that you did not break me. You tried.  You tried really hard and I do not appreciate that type of style.  There are books that address this... just saying.  But YOU. DID. NOT. BREAK. ME!
 I endured all of it. Stuff I can't even remember and the stuff that I can, like: 

• Chase's school schedule
• The decision for Andy to stay at home
• Traveling with Chase
• The weekly Hizentra treatments for Madison (at home and in the office)
• Endoscopies
• Swallow studies
• Funky ear infections
• The new diagnosis that Chase and Madison both have additional immune system issues
• Pulling Madison out of school... again
• Conversations of pulling Chase out of school b/c he is an "immunologic time bomb"
• The need for a Hematologist
• Drew's stomach bug that turned into IV fluids
• The stress of keeping my job while balancing all of these crazy appointments

 I sweep you under the rug, 2011!  I have a few more gray hairs, a few more wrinkles, a few more pounds but I have a bigger, badder, tougher, stronger Team Coolidge that if 2012 doesn't understand that, she is in for a world of hurt!

P.S. 2011, I am done with you - you made me want to cuss...Which should be a country song if anybody would like to write it!