3 1/2 more weeks!

I don't know if my wife and I are going to be able to hold out the news of our pregnancy to our friends. For, what seems like the millionth time, my wife was almost called out in front of everyone because someone asked if she was pregnant. We are trying to wait until we tell our family before telling our friends, but each passing day (and each drink passed on) makes our friends more and more curious. And on top of all of this, we are going to a friends lake house for the 4th and that typically ends up being a 36 hour drinking game (with a few moments of clarity here and there). Hopefully I can distract everyones' attention away from my wife while we're there....I don't think we're going to make it another 3 weeks. My wife is going to be pretty upset if all of our friends here find out before we can tell our families. But even though she'll be upset, I'm pretty sure that she'll understand how hard it was to keep it from them....on to other news....

Had a student athletic trainer workshop allllllll day long. It was actually quite fun. This was the first time that I had to get up and teach something in a classroom-like setting. I don't think I did too bad. I usually get pretty nervous talking in front of large groups and end up with a bad case of the "um's" and "like's". I think held both to a minimum today and the kids seemed like they had a pretty decent time....I only saw one girl dozing off :o)  It was really good to get something like that under my belt so I know how to improve it for next year and to work on my communication skills a little more...I just need to learn to be a little more concise when I talk- tend to ramble a bit when I get nervous. Hopefully this will be something else that I can put on my resume when I am interviewing for PA school....crap, just remembered that I have to take a picture of my wife's stomach tonight....I'll try to be more proactive with the whole "blogging" thing....not that anyone is paying attention anyways!

Big surprise!

I figured I could post this on here since my wife posted it on her blog (which means I won't get in trouble)...we're pregnant! My wife thought it was going to take longer to conceive and I thought it was taking FOREVER! We found out about 8 weeks ago and have already been in to see the doctor and have our first ultrasound. We were able to see the heartbeat, which was an incredible feeling. When we took our first pregnancy test this time around, I wasn't too optimistic. We did the test at around day 10 - a little earlier than the recommended 12-15 days - but we were too antsy to wait any longer. Of course, I didn't see anything and went about finishing the house cleaning that I had started. "I see a line!" (wife) "Yeah, but it's BARELY there...you have to hold it at an angle to see it.." (me). Well, as it turns out, "a line is a line". 

So January 15th is our estimated due date. I am so happy and thankful that we're pregnant, but at the same time I'm also bummed because we won't be able to go home for Christmas. We have never missed a Christmas with our families and it's going to be hard to accept that when the time rolls around. Maybe we'll get some visitors from back home to come down here, but I'm not sure if that will happen. I suppose we'll just have to make the best of it and think of it as our first Christmas as a family. We haven't told our families yet because we wanted to be able to do it in person. So next month we're flying home for my little sister's (my wife's little sister) graduation party. We're trying to think of a creative way to tell them, so if anyone has any ideas let us know! We have told a few friends, but I knew we would....unfortunately, I didn't think we were going to tell one in particular because she has close ties with the family and I'm not sure she can keep it a secret long enough....but she kept asking my wife if she wanted a drink, and after about the sixth time of my wife refusing, she asked if my wife was pregnant - to which my wife replied "...uuuhhhhh....don't tell ANYONE!" Haha. I think that caught my wife a little off guard. So, hopefully we can sneak around our friends for the next few weeks and then make it home to tell the family....a tall order.

PA school is already hard....

...and I haven't even applied yet! I have figured out what school I would like to attend and what prerequisites I need to fulfill prior to applying. Because of certain circumstances (of which I will divulge at a later time), my wife and I are firmly planted where we live and I will be applying to just one PA school. Fortunately, it is one of the top PA schools in the nation- which makes me excited and very nervous at the same time. Who am I kidding, though? All I have is time and there is never a bad time to go back to school. What happens if I don't get in? I apply the year after. I feel like I have found a career that really allows me to use all of my abilities and also gives me the freedom to have a life outside of work.

As of right now, I think having that freedom is what is most important to me. Working as an athletic trainer is great, but continually having to give up your weekends and holidays is starting to wear a little thin. Not to mention that the pay is not all that great. So I guess I'm just going to keep plugging away for right now and get my stuff together so that I'm not scrambling around later when it comes time to apply.