It’s taken seven years, 15 semesters, thousands of dollars, and countless hours of work, stress, and anxiety, but guess what? Matt finally took his very last final of his whole undergraduate career yesterday afternoon. It’s bad enough to go through the stress of college yourself, but I think it’s infinitely harder to stand to …
Note: I found this post filed under “drafts” and realized I’d never published it (because when I wrote it, no one knew our happy news). Even though I’m now more than 2/3 of the way through my second trimester (and this post deals with all the not-fun symptoms of my first trimester), I …
I’ve known for quite some time now that I really like feeling in control of my life—in control of my time, of my body, of my future, and of my circumstances. Of course, life experiences have taught me over and over again that although it’s important for me to plan out the “story” …
Matt and I found out soon after getting married that it can be tricky establishing holiday traditions for ourselves since we live so close to our families. Because our folks live just over an hour’s drive away, we’ve spent all three Thanksgivings and Christmases as a married couple with them. We consider it a …
Matt and I went in for my 20-week ultrasound this week, fully expecting that our hunch would be confirmed and that we would be told by the tech that it was a boy kicking around in there. Guess we’ll never be trusting our hunches again! Baby girl wasn’t exactly being cooperative though, so it …
Sometimes I wonder if I’ll look back at the last four and a half months of my life and wonder what in the world I was up to. I had relied on blogging as my personal journal for so long that now, looking back at the scarcity of posts, I’m wondering how I let so …
(Sorry for the poor-quality phone picture–I still haven’t upgraded to a smartphone. Notice the SeaBands snugly in place on my wrists! Picture taken at about 9 weeks along) These thoughts were written down five weeks ago when I still hadn’t gone completely public with the announcement. I am now 12 weeks along, and while …
Even though this here blog might not show it, I’ve been doing pretty well at going through my “To-Enjoy List” for autumn. Just last week, Matt and I went to the Thriller dance performance (so fun!), and I finally squeezed in a mini fall photo walk last weekend while we still have some leaves. While …
