Mark and I have the semi-ideal life of a young married couple out of college. We have appreciated (and made the most out of) our ability to put our careers first. Finances have not been ideal but manageable as we try to lay the groundwork for our futures. We had the ability to move to suit our careers or help our families (first to phoenix, then to Maryland, then to Vegas, and finally LA). However with a child on the way and finding ourselves in the worst financial situation we've been experienced, we are having to make some tough decisions. Do we stick it out in magical LA, scraping by until something pans out, and then move again when I get into graduate school? Do we return to Vegas or Phoenix, where I can find a well paying job but Mark may not, and where neither of us want to live again? Or do we move to Boise, where Mark and I can likely find work and save for our baby thanks to Grandma Joy, and we have family for support, until we move again when i get into graduate school?
Well, we decided that the idea of having $37 in our checking account when our child is born is NOT how we would like to start our journey into parenthood. We possibly have the ability to save for a child, be better prepared financially for my graduate school change, and have stable living situation until mark's animation contract kicks back in. Its not the most glamorous choice. Its not the choice we had envisioned. Its not the choice that someone like me who has always prided myself on solving my own problems and taking care of myself would choose. Its what we should do. Ironically, moving in with Moms is the mature thing to do.
So alas! as we prepare for our move to Boise, we cant help but contemplate what other AWESOME sacrifices parenthood has in store. Until next time...
momma sharon
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