Ehh. I feel like I've been slowly crawling my way through limbo for years now, one step forward and two steps back, always waiting on somebody to do their job/fulfill their end of the deal, so on and so forth... and this year has been no different. I was really hoping for better.
Been in a lot of pain, so still haven't been able to work, so money is tighter than ever, so there are a lot of things we couldn't do or fix. Supposed to get on a new medication, but my doctors don't seem to know how to communicate with each other or with me, and I've been waiting for weeks--and now that it's that stupid Xmas/New Year's "holiday block", I'll probably be waiting another week still just to find out what my next step is. Meanwhile, my symptoms just keep getting worse.
On the bright side, Medicaid was recently expanded, so at least now I can have some sort of coverage for at least some of the myriad things I have to constantly deal with. Not the aforementioned necessary and life-saving medication, of course... but most of the other things, including things I couldn't get financial assistance for before, so maybe next year I can finally get some new contacts or even go to the dentist.
I also lost some of the weight I'd been hoping but previously unable to lose. Even if it was only due to being sick, I guess I'll take it. Still have 10-20 lbs to go and am far from being "in shape", but one step at a time. If I ever finally get on new meds and they work, I'd like to start getting some exercise again.
Haven't done hardly anything in terms of hobbies or work around the house. Just haven't felt good enough to tackle it. But I am hopeful for next year and have plenty of projects waiting for me to begin.
We cooked a whole Thanksgiving dinner this year, even so it was just me and my housemate and our cats. It was a pain in the ass, and our oven broke immediately afterward so we haven't been able to use it ever since and can't afford to fix it... but the food turned out great and was definitely worth the suffering. :^) It was my first time trying "real" cranberry sauce (though I still like the canned jelly kind ngl).
Also got some trick-or-treaters for Halloween, which was nice, since we only got one last year and none the year before that. Depending on what everyone's schedule and budget is looking like by next year, I would really like to invite a couple of our friends/family and have a small party. Everyone we know lives hundreds of miles away, so it's a long shot, but if I'm well enough and able to start working again, it's on my "maybe" list. Same goes for Christmas, if we can manage it. I'd love to do both, but I'd take either one.
I guess my main goal is just to keep crawling along and see some kind of progress, hopefully more than I saw this year.
