Change of Plans...As Always

So I'm not taking that trip to Jacksonville next week after all. I lost my nonrefundable hotel reservation, but oh well. My main purpose for going was to register for school, but I've decided it's not worth it now. Ryan called me tonight with good news about an early homecoming. It turns out I'm going to have to move literally as fast as I can get out of the hospital bed from giving birth to Anya in order to be set up in Jacksonville on time for his arrival. I just think giving birth, taking four to five classes online, moving, and welcoming my husband home within a handful of weeks is going to be way too tough. Originally I was going to have several months between each stage of this transition. But now that it is all going to be happening at once I think it is best if I wait until next fall to start school so that I can concentrate on getting moved, taking care of my newborn, and spending time with my newly returned husband. And at least I don't have to worry about daycare now. I just have to get the paperwork filled out for the apartment online and get a packet from base - I can call to have it faxed to me - to fill out for our reimbursements for moving ourselves since my family is going to help me do it U-Haul style.

My current online class ends in mid-August. My child birth classes at the hospital are once a week through all of August, and I intend to spend most of August wrapping up the baby stuff shopping and preparations so that I'm ready to go in September. I'm not counting on having until October to get ready for Anya. I'm only counting on having part of September but want to be ready at the beginning just in case. You never know with these things. She'll arrive when she decides to arrive, not when it's best for me. So my best bet is to be ready a good month early, hospital bag packed and all. In the meantime I'll also need to be finding a doctor in Jacksonville to transfer my records and stuff to so that I can literally go to my first post-birth appointment over there without too much hassle transitioning.

But I will be really bored in September without school. I guess I'll be doing a lot of scrapbook catching up and Japanese refreshing or something. I'm sure I'll probably want to sleep more than anything. Heh. Or surf the internet aimlessly, as I tend to do even when I should be doing more productive things. Once October arrives, and with it Anya unless she arrives early, I will have to get moving to Jacksonville within days of her birth - or as soon as my doctor will allow - so that I can begin the ordeal of unpacking. And I'll be attempting to get everything unpacked and organized while recovering from labor and delivery, caring for my newborn, and preparing for my husband to arrive home. It's going to be crazy. But each and every sacrifice, from the stress of moving with a newborn to giving up on school for another year, is worth the joy of having him home early. I can't wait.