2018 overall was a pretty bad year for me. There were plenty of highlights but the overall tone would be described as sucky. I spent the majority of the first quarter of the year dealing what was finally diagnosed as walking pneumonia. I had this awful barking cough that stopped me from doing pretty much anything except laying around because any activity would send me into a tailspin!
The Spring and Summer were pretty good, I did a trip to Boone for our wedding anniversary in May. At the end of July I took a trip out to California for the annual Multiples of America convention. I went with a few of my favorite people from Triangle Parents of Multiples and met up with some amazing women for a few days of fun, food, wine, and sightseeing before the convention began, we had SO much fun! While at the convention I was again elected to serve Multiples of America as the Research Vice President which I do enjoy!
In July I had my yearly physical and with how I'd been feeling I knew something had to be up. When I met with my doctor we discussed my blood work that was 100% awful. Every number was bad! I left with a diagnosis of pre-diabetes and a blood sugar monitor. SAS has a pre-diabetes program that I worked with starting in August. The program involved meeting with a nutritionist, nurse, trainer, and therapist and working through several appointments to learn the changes I needed to implement to help bring that all down! I'm happy to say that in October I had repeat blood work and everything was drastically down and I had completed the program. Based on the numbers I'm still pre-diabetic but everything is trending down and I'm closer to the boarder of normal at this point than I was, so I'll take that win.
August was a whirlwind of travel and craziness of the consignment sale. While I was gearing up for a well deserved Labor Day vacation at the beach I got some news that shocked me to my core and made me question what I know about everyone close to me. I don't want to go into all the details here but lets just say the boys got to take a trip to the police station to make a report with me about someone embezzling a lot of money from an organization that means everything to me. It's felt like a personal attack and I've had some soul searching to do in addition to getting an up close and personal experience with the justice system in Wake county. It seems like the last few months have been consumed in the situation and what it means for our organization. This happened from someone in my inner circle and I hate the way it's made me feel. I am looking over everything in my life and trying to remember that not everyone I know is a lying thief but it's so hard!
The holiday season went wonderfully, I think that with Thanksgiving being earlier it gave me a sense of calm for the season that I don't normally have as I rush around from party to party to activity!
For those that may not know the boys are now completely registered to start kindergarten in the fall! With that I knew that I'd need to start thinking about returning to work. I've been thinking about my passions as well as what has made me happy over the last 5 years since I left the world of working outside the house. Cooking always brings me happiness but I have no desire to do that professionally so I had to think about something that would help me combine my education and passions. Over the last several years my favorite thing has been working with other moms of twins to help them find their groove with their new little loves. I started thinking about how I could use my child development background and this new passion. I decided to look into the idea of being a postpartum doula. For those that may not know what that is it is someone trained to come in and help support new mothers after birth with learning about breastfeeding and maybe getting a little rest while someone else handles the baby. They can work during the day or be at your house to support the baby while the family sleeps. They also help families work through finding routines that work for their family and learn how to embrace the new tiny family member or in the case of multiples members. I've spent the last few weeks researching stuff needed for that certification as well as gathering books to read for the required reading list.
I'm really excited about what 2019 will hold and can't wait to see! It's going to be a year of changes for me and our family but they should all be great!
The boys have embraced the new year too, they decided that new years means "you try new things you've never tried before" so they are switching beds and car seats. It's really cute to watch them learn all of these new things!
Happy New Year, and if you've made it this far I'm impressed!
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