It's always an uphill climb, but the grade has become much less steep.
After divorcing in 2004, hitting rock bottom and bankrupting later that year...buying a house, truck, and remarrying in 2005, 2006 was the year of getting a grasp of life again. A footing you might say. Transitioning. Struggling.
Now in 2007 we have met many of our goals, we've reached the place we need to be right now.
After seven years away, I am back in school studying for an MBA. Jaime is also in school, shooting for the business degree she was never allowed to pursue.
Other than the house and two vehicles, we are debt-free. No revolving credit whatsoever.
Despite having major health issues in 2006, those are now all under control and the bills have been paid.
Even the most significant hurdle has been crossed. We both were desperate to have a child, to put the final corrective action in place. This seemed like an impossible dream, even to us. Jaime's tubes had been tied after her last child. Nothing to do but to have them untied, and that is what we did! We sought out the world's most renowned tubal reversal doctor, paid him a large sum of money (cash!), and continued down the path. We knew full well that even with this surgery, our chances were no better than 75% that we would ever conceive...and with the luck that I've had in my life I estimated those chances at near zero. Yet, three months after the surgery...we conceived. She is seven weeks along now, and everything is going just as it should be.
So 2007, we're picking up speed now. We're moving with less effort. More obstacles remain, of course, but with more confidence can we face them. We must prepare for a little Lincoln, we must refinance the house, continue studies, look at other employment opportunities. These seem all so much less daunting because the foundation has already been laid.
Here's hoping nothing comes along to fuck all this up!!
