Life's Plans

Life has a habit of getting in the way when you’re making plans.  A lot of life has happened since last I posted.

As March started rolling out, I was knitting a blanket for myself, we were working out on the Wii Fit Plus we had just purchased in hopes of loosing weight before the summer, had a wedding to plan, and were saving money for that and a honeymoon and a trip to California for my brother’s wedding in October.  At that point, Life decided Sagittarius needed to lose his job.  The company that he was with for eight years let him go. This, of course, would be an emotional situation for anyone.  Our one year anniversary at the beginning of April was a quiet affair.  With going down to one income, plans for the wedding had to be put on hold for the time being, and the saved money would have to be tapped. 

As we began to make plans for trying to deal with that situation, Life chose to make me very sick again.  I came down with a GI virus that kept me out of work for two weeks.  Just as I would begin to feel better, fatigue (the worse symptom of the virus) would hit me hard and pull me back down.  Even though I went back to work, I was really out of it for about six weeks.  The fetal position became my best friend, so crafting and Craft Nights ceased for me.  The sickness hit Sagittarius as well, and working out was put on the back burner for both of us.

In all that, however, I found out that I suffer from a condition called Spastic Colon (also know as IBS or Irritable Bowel Syndrome).  This is the problem that has been plaguing me for so long and had made me ill so many times, month after month.  Unfortunately, there is no “cure” for it, but I’ve learned the foods I should be eating to lessen the spasms. 

One issue with this disorder though, is that stress can spur on spasms, and when Life has been acting the way it has, it’s been difficult to keep them at bay.  So my mind has been battling itself, trying to see the good when there seems to be only bad in the way.  Surprisingly, since Sagittarius lost his job, there has only been one day that I had an emotional break and couldn’t see how we would make it through.  I have been pretty optimistic, even though I must admit that it’s more often easier said than done.

Sagittarius turned what could have been an opportunity to wallow in depression and feel sorry for himself into a chance to reinvent himself.  He went back to school for IT certification.  He was able to get a temporary job during the day, and goes to classes at night.  This news came shortly before my birthday, so even though we weren’t able to go camping as we had originally had hoped, we were still able to celebrate with the sense of a weight having been lifted from our shoulders.  By the end of the summer, he should be looking for a position in his new chosen field.

I have been able to get back to Craft Night on the occasional basis.  I hadn’t picked up the knitting needles or crochet hooks until today, but have gone to enjoy dinner and felt up to hanging out all night last week.  Sagittarius and I are feeling better now, and his mother has arrived for a much anticipated visit.  So he and I have begun talking about getting back to our plans.

Here’s hoping Life decides to butt out this time.