Not quite the end of the world

Bethany and Amanda came over for dinner a couple of weeks ago, which was much needed and much appreciated. We were talking about things that we always talk about. Because we're tight like that. They both tease me about being pregnant. Probably because I so strongly say that I am not pregnant nor will I be in the near future. But Amanda (at least I think it was Amanda) asked me what if I did get pregnant in the near future. I thought for a moment and realized that it wouldn't be the end of the world. It would actually be ok.

This is a huge breakthrough for me! Before now, I have been extremely opposed to getting pregnant. I am the girl who wants to be a mom, but not for another 5-6 years. I've got stuff to work out first, things that I need to take care of and do before any of that mom stuff can happen. If you had asked me a year ago what I would happen if I were to get pregnant, I would've gone off on how it would've been the end of the world and life would be over etc.

I am not announcing by any means that I want to be pregnant right now. Neither D or I want to start expanding our little Wheeler family for another 4-5 years. We've got a plan (which I'm sure is very entertaining to the Lord) and we're doing to stick to it. We both graduate in April. Dustin will start paramedic school and I'll go work somewhere and make bank (ha!) and then go to grad school. Then we'll settle down in the Sacramento area and then have kids.

But it would be ok now. Not ideal. And I probably wouldn't be happy about it, at least not for a long while. But ok.