Life

Ever since High School I've had a set plan for how my life was going to be, and there was no room for changes.

1.) I would work at Disneyland to get through college. (Done!)

2.) When graduating college, I would get my dream job at a very specific radio station, doing one very specific thing. (Nobody believed I would ever do that, but I did. Done!)

3.) Meet the man of my dreams and marry him. (Done!)

4.) Get pregnant with my first, and quit my job to be a stay at home mom. (Now this is where it gets interesting...)

In my life plan I said I would have two kids, a boy first, then a girl. Throughout this pregnancy, I SWORE I was having a girl and it was strange to me because that wasn't part of my "plan." Also, being a stay at home mom just wasn't an option yet because of money.

Last Thursday I was sitting at home and noticed that I wasn't getting my work email on my phone, then the text messages starting coming in from friends, "Are you ok?" "OMG... Call me when you can..." At that point I knew I was getting laid off, and sure enough the phone call came. Hearing the words "Your position has been eliminated" was like getting hit by a truck, and with my hormones already raging, I didn't take the news lightly. I'm five months pregnant, and unemployed.  

Later that day while rehashing what had happened, I came to a shocking realization... whether I like it or not, I'm a stay at home mom, and this was all part of my life plan. Oh crap... that means there's no way I'm having a girl, I'm having a boy!

The next morning while laying on the table in the doctor's office waiting for the ultrasound, I asked the woman to please give me good news because I really needed some. She smiling and started the ultrasound and typed up on the screen the big letters "BOY."

At that very moment I knew I was exactly where I needed to be, and everything was going to be ok.