August 9, 2014

STARTING FRESH

Well, I have decided to make the leap back into the blogging world. It has been a full 2 years since I last blogged and I honestly thought of deciding to start completely fresh by erasing all my history. But, I figured those posts hold an important part of me...so as embarrassing as some of them may seem...they are staying. So if you dare to look back and see where I've been feel free. 

Since then, I've gotten married, got a taste of what it's like to be a pastor's wife, lived in another province for a while, and am now pregnant with our first precious child. I feel like the last 2 years of my life have been defined by 'change'. It has been a whirlwind - and that feels like an immense understatement. The person I was, while I haven't lost who I am, is definitely not the person I am now.  I have had a lot of reflecting time as of late. 

We moved back to Alberta from BC in April, and I have been out of work since February. We found out we were pregnant the weekend before we moved. So the first four months here I spent on the couch or in bed enjoying the joys of "morning" sickness (whoever named it that I would like to have words with.) It was surprising, being the extrovert I am, how content I was to not leave the house for days on end. Now, I am learning the glorious second trimester actually does exist, and I am nearly crawling out of my own skin at the thought of staying in the house for days on end. Yesterday I read nearly an entire novel in one sitting. Maybe this is the reason I've decided to blog again - some sort of attempt at interaction with the outside world. We've decided that I will not be getting a job - as we only have one car and transit in this town doesn't exist - and who really is going to want to hire me for 3 months at the end of summer. So I am left to my own while Jason, my husband, works to provide for us. While I do have friends - they seem to be very busy, or they live in a different city - so my friends interactions are limited to the virtual realm anyhow. So here I am. 

My oodles time is spent now - reading books and blogs, playing silly games on my phone, attempting to learn how to play bass guitar, researching the million mom decisions I will soon have to make, and napping. Oh, and eating chocolate. 

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