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Year 30

Is this thing on? I've been struggling with a bit anxiety out of nowhere over the past year and a half so in an attempt to keep my head from spinning I'm going to try my return to writing.

I turned 30 in February and it's seriously been my best year. Suddenly I stopped caring so much about things, and more about *gasp* my family and friends. Weird right? But in caring more about people, I also started to care less about their opinions on my life choices. That said, I am going to provide you with a VERY brief rundown of the 3 major life events happening right now:


  • We are buying a house! Maybe...
Yay right? Back in October I found this really great house under a lease option contract that we ended up snatching up. It's in a nice, established neighborhood where *most* people own and genuinely take care of their houses. Not at the Hank Hill lawn level but I'm talking seasonal outdoor decorations and it just happens to be the neighborhood other parents bring their kids to for trick or treating. Needless to say, we ran out of candy and will be taking this much more seriously next year. Anyway, we can exercise our option to buy anytime after October 1st so TBD on how that goes. The house is great but does have a few issues we need to consider.


  • I'm having surgery! Maybe...
I think I started figuring out my many health issues around the time I stopped blogging. Appropriate. But to shorten a very long story, I am potentially having a laparoscopic hysterectomy later this year to combat my one issue I've yet to get under control: Fibroids. Yuck. I've been having regular ultrasounds every 10 weeks and having them measured and they just keep growing. I've managed to slow the growth but at this point I just want them gone. Yes, I know there are less invasive procedures but they're all far less permanent too and I'm not interested in having them removed every few years. TBD on you know, any detail at all.


  • We're Adopting! Maybe...
This one is probably the biggie. But we are starting the process to potentially adopt a child (or 2) which is kind of insane but really exciting. It's also one of the only things I want to talk about so if you want to talk to me, please do! Otherwise, trying to keep myself under control although I'll give a few more details as we go.

That's all the big news for now. Hopefully I'll keep this up and start to feel a little better soon :)

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