Ah yes...my life has been interesting...challenging, stressful, joyous, all of the above! Let's see....it started when I moved to missouri when I was in middle school and I hated it, but to my surprise I made friends and I was happy. I had sleepovers, made the cheerleading squad...it was great! So then high school started and it was amazing. I actually miss high school...minus the drama. I met Jimmy (my husband) in high school. He was actually dating my friend and I had NO interest in him...my friends and I would always talk about how weird it was to see my friend and him together because he was so much taller than her (he's 6'5). Anyways, they broke up and we started hanging out as friends, and before I knew it, it was "official" and we were boyfriend and girlfriend...awwwwww.
We had been dating for almost two years and the unexpected happened. I found out I was pregnant. I made sure by taking 9 tests...every single one of them being super positive. I told him and we didn't really talk about it for about a week. We weren't sure what we were going to do because we had never predicted that we would be in that position. But since we were the ones that weren't responsible in the first place, we thought it was absolutely necessary that we take responsibility from that point on. So that was that. I went to the doctor at 8 weeks pregnant and I was going to have that baby!!
During my pregnancy Jimmy and I had some struggles in our relationship, partly because we were very young and partly because we were going through things that people our age aren't supposed to go through. During some of my routine blood tests during my pregnancy I found out that I had Hepatitis B. I had no idea what it was and I was scared. It's not been concluded that I got it from my birth mother (I'm adopted) and that it's common in Asia. So....I had to deal with that on top of everything else. I graduated high school (while Jimmy was still in high school for one more year) and waited to have my baby. Along comes September 10, 2004 and I went to the doctor for my weekly check up, disappointed that I was only 1/2 cm dialated. Oh well. He told me that it would probably be a while especially since it was my first and it's not uncommon for first births to be late. So I went along with my day. The next morning I woke up with (tmi) wet pants! How could that be! I wet my pants??? Oh, no. My water broke! Okay, that was it! Baby time! And before I knew it, it was 8:23pm and I had a perfectly healthy baby girl, Sydni. YAY! I did it!
Now with a baby, I knew I needed to go to school. I had worked and paid my way for almost everything I did and wanted since I was 15 and now I had to take care of myself and a baby. My mom helped me out as much as she could and so did Jimmy's family. I started at community college, as did Jimmy after high school, and then he stopped and it now thinking about going back to school. I can't even put into words how much I hated school at times. I took early morning classes, night classes, all day classes, online classes....and took care of Sydni. In between all of that Jimmy and I got married in 2005. Whew. In between transitioning from community college and a university my Hep B started making me feel really sick...tired, dizzy, low grade fever, ya know, the fun stuff! So I took a semester off of school to rest up. In 2008 I started back in full swing and in the fall Sydni started her first year of preschool....yes that's right! Time flew by!
Before I knew it I was about to student teach! But once again I had been hit with some obstacles. I had a liver biopsy done in the spring to see if my liver was damaged from my hep b....it was more painful than childbirth ladies! Everything was fine. Then I had a miscarriage in July and another one in October.....and in between that I found out that I had Lyme's Disease..OMG...are you serious!! So I was on medication for infections, progesterone levels, pain killers, all of it! BUT.......I survived it all and I'm stronger now and I've officially finished college in 4 years (if you don't count the semester I took off) by taking 15+ credit hours each semester, losing my summers to school all three months and doing homework while doing laundry, taking Sydni to school (and doing homework in my car while I waited for her at pick up), cooking dinner, cleaning, working part-time during my first 2 years, being sick, etc etc etc!! I did it! WHOO! It's such a relief that I was able to overcome everything. I wouldn't have been able to do it without the support of my family. My life wouldn't be the same without Sydni. So I have no regrets, and my hard work definitely paid off.
Now...it's on to finding a job....and trying to have a successful pregnancy.
Wish me luck!
