The husband and I recently noticed that all of our friends' lives are moving at the speed of light comparing to our family situation. Let's just say we hit the brakes and have been parked on a stop sign for quite some time now.
Let's see...we've been hearing all sort of things happening - getting into a top graduate school, completing Master's degree, buying a house (very nice houses since the prices dropped and it is a good time to buy), buying new cars, boats (yes, you read it correctly, husband's friend bought a boat), getting new jobs, going on luxury vacations and so on. I am not jealous at all. In fact, most of those people deserve all of those great things happening to them. But I can't help but think.....we've had plans too and none of them are coming alive.
1. We've planned on getting a new house but we are stuck. We are upside down on our current house.
2. I've planned on getting into a grad school but lately I've been leaning towards not going that route. I can't work full time and take evening classes. The husband comes home late and can't really do anything because of his medical condition. Who is going to pick up miss A from daycare? Who'll cook? Who'll feed them? Who'll clean-up and wash the dishes? Who'll do laundry? Who'll sleep for me? When will I have time for homework? I do all those chores, some of them daily and some of them weekly, but there is no one else to do them for me.
3. I've planned on getting a new job. Well, as of yesterday I started sending out resumes. At least I've started...
I keep telling myself that my family's health is the most important part and everything else comes after it. It doesn't matter if we get a bigger house, if we buy a new car, if we go to Europe, or if I get a higher paid job. All of those things would be nice but are not a necessity.
