The Drive

When we started on this journey, I thought it was going to be easy.  Let's just say I have been completely proven wrong over the last 2 months.  I guess I was hoping our journey would be like driving from Cleveland to Bowling Green, straight, flat and smooth.  I am finding the journey is more like the drive up Pike's Peak mountain in Colorado, full of switchbacks, crazy heights, and rough terrain.  I must say the reward at the end of the drive up Pike's Peak is wonderful.  Beautiful views, yummy doughnuts and of course all the 'I survived the drive" gear (and I have the magnet to prove it).  With all that being said I know that when we come to the end of our this journey we will have the most amazing and life changing reward of all, our child.  I know when we look back it will be totally worth it, this is what keeps me going day after day.  At the end of our journey, we will forget about all the twists and turns and bumps in the round and be completely in awe of our wonderful reward.

Okay, I am done being metaphoric.  I have continued to battle the nausea and vomiting over the last month.  I think it is getting better but it still has kept me away from work more than I care to be.  I have also started having migraines which the doctor gave me meds to help with.  I must say I am not sure what is worst the migraine or the zombie the medicine turns me into.  Luckily, most of the migraines hit me in the late afternoon and evening so that don't interfere too much with work.  Given the fact that I have exhausted all my paid time off, any day I don't work is a day without pay.  Since I have been at my job less than a year, I don't qualify for the Family Medical Leave Act.  It is somewhat of a scary situation but just part of the journey. 

I lied, back to the metaphor.  The latest bump in the road, Mark is now unemployed.  So we are taking a little detour in our journey.  It is kinda like getting lost along the way.  Luckily, we have lots of people who are helping us navigate this detour.

Our journey is definitely turning out to be an adventure.  One which we are tackling together.  This journey has brought us closer as a couple and reminded us how much we need each other.  We are reminded each day that life is full of opportunities and you can't let them pass you by.