A New Beginning

The first week I started back school I was so tired and I could not figure out why (not a good sign since the students weren't even back yet!). The first few days were full of meetings and pretty uneventful activities such as enjoying hour long lunch breaks and team meetings. I did do a lot of unpacking and furniture moving, but I figured it was just going to take me a while to get used to the early mornings and long days that are my typical work schedule. August 23, more on a whim then anything else, I decided to take a pregnancy test just to see. At this point, I had only been off birth control for only a month and half so I was not expecting any results. I was so confident that it was a no, that I barely glanced at it and then proceeded to walk the dogs, make a cup of coffee, feed the dogs, and then head back upstairs to hide the evidence of my paranoid self before the hubby came home. When I saw the two lines staring back at me I was thinking no way...that's what I get for leaving it too long. It's no longer functioning. So I did what any rational person would do. I gathered up all the pregnancy testers I had in stock and did all of them back to back (drinking tons of juice/water in between). They all came up immediately with those two blue lines. I used to have this vision of what it would be like when I would tell my husband that I was expecting. I would do something elaborate like make him a fancy dinner with tiny details (i.e. baby shrimp, baby back ribs)...not that I know how to make ribs...or write him a really personal letter with a picture of the pregnancy tester and leave it on his nightstand. Nope. I went into a complete frenzy and began speed dialing his number trying to reach him at work. No answer. So I did the next best thing and called my best friend who I might reveal the news to. No answer. So I called my mother, knowing I shouldn't tell her so soon, but desperate to talk to somebody. No answer. I then dumped out the pot of coffee and cuddled with my dogs on the couch and told them that they were so lucky because they were the first ones to know I was expecting. Not at all how I was picturing it would go, but still rather amusing in the long run. And the dogs are the best secret keepers ever ;)

The first of many pregnancy tests.