Our little Family

Our little Family

Monday, January 24, 2011

Grown up stuff is hard.

Most of my blogs are pretty light hearted and full of our little goings on around here. But there is a lot that has been bugging us lately and its just plain old hard. It all comes down to decisions. Decisions are tough. Especially the potentially life changing, permanent kind that don't go away or are really hard to take back.
When I accepted my job here in Phoenix, and Chris accepted his in Flagstaff, we thought 'hell yeah we can make this work.' It's been almost two years and we are sick to death of it. The driving has added thousands of miles and wear and tear to the cars. The gas price flucuations are always looming, and worst of all, the time apart is down right unbearable. Chris has been at work the past week and a half, when he gets back Saturday it'll be a two week stretch, and the longest we've been apart in a while. It's difficult to get the dogs fed and taken care of every day, let alone another human being! Can't put them in the kennel with a water dish. Or can I?
To make matters worse, we've been trying for the past year to get our proverbial 'ducks in a row' so that we can save more and start thinking about a family.
I think its been very good that we've waited so long to have/adopt kids. We have definetly not been ready, and still aren't. The little buggers are awfully expensive when you look at the details (a $5000 pregnancy deductible? WTF?). Not to mention the time off from work that I won't get paid for (no maternity leave here in conservative-ville Arizona).
However, all this time has given our relationship the time that it needed for healing, and I have certainly enjoyed a lot of time for myself. How many girls can say that? But lately I'm getting kind of tired of myself and think it'd be fun to have a little someone to hang out with.
This brings us back to the job issue. How in the world are we supposed to start a family with all this going on? How am I going to do it alone if Chris is at work for weeks and weeks again? Is it possible for us to work AND live in the same city? Without taking a huge financial hit? Because that would be super. And if we moved again- what do we do with our house? Ughhhhh

This pretty much sums it up.

Friday, January 7, 2011

Mexico

Who's glad the holidays are over?!

WE SURE ARE!!!

I have to alternate holidays on call. This year I was on call for Christmas. So Chris and I kept it light and went out to dinner with Mary and Elin in Tempe. They were doing a fake snowfall in the center of the Tempe Mall. It was almost like home. Except it was only ten minutes long, warm, and soap-based (do not open your mouth in a fake snowfall).

The next morning we made a yummy breakfast, opened presents, took the puppies to the park and then met up with some friends for a movie. A mellow, but happy holiday. A good time was had by all humans and dogs alike.

However, last year at Christmas time we made plans to go on a vacation together with our families. After many months of planning Sam and I decided on Cancun, Mexico. All in all seven adults made the trip - Ma, Paul, Sam, JM, Chris, Mary and I. We had a great time! Here are a few of my favorite pics.

Snorkeling in Akmul. The turtles were amazing!


Tulum Ruins



Our hotel beach

The hotel bar


Two of our favorite people


An amazing birthday

The gang!


We had so much fun. Thanks to our families for making the trip fun, and for such an amazing birthday.