A Little Update

A good friend and colleague recently came to me with tears in his eyes. He shared that he and his wife were expecting. I knew it even before he said it. He apologized and said that he would be more sensitive than others have been. I gave him a hug, congratulated him, and then bawled my eyes out. I sincerely appreciate that he came and told me in person. It really meant a lot to me. Over the last few years, I've been told in some crappy ways from people who knew of our struggle; from others, the last to know and even in a text message from my best friend at the time (who had cried to me when a good friend had done the same to her). All is forgiven and I have moved on, but I can't tell you enough how much it meant to me that he came to tell me in person.

How to cope? Some days are easy; I am able to accept whatever comes (or doesn't come our way). I know that we are great at being DINKs (double income, no kids) . I love doing what I want, when I want.... and I especially love the idea of going on more vacations every year. Then some days are just hard. I'm at that age where everyone is either pregnant or has kids. So what do they talk about? You catch my drift. So what do I avoid? The teacher's lounge, of course. And days when I'm feeling brave and venture into the lounge to eat my lunch, I walk in on it. Delivery stories, tummy rubs, and more baby and kid talk. It's exhausting....but it IS getting easier.

The hubby and I are truly making the best of our situation. The last month alone we've had a blast with our amazing friends and family doing some pretty fun and extraordinary things. We are truly blessed. Speaking of blessings- the hubby's test results? We completely forgot that he already had the chromosome testing done last July and the results were negative. The rest of my blood results also came back negative as well....so in 2 weeks I will be venturing to our clinic for additional testing. If all is well, we've decided that we are going to go ahead with round 3 in June or July. We're not ready to throw in the towel just yet.

In the meantime, we're enjoying this much needed break and just enjoying life in general.

All is well. :-)