Challenge day 2: Where would I Like to Be in 10 Years

Today is an interesting writing prompt. 10 years is a long time from now but if I stay in the same career field and it can relatively quickly. The decade that was my 20s flew by and I am sure my 30s will go even faster. In 10 years Baby Thor will be a teenager! And in high school!! Baby Hulk will be 11 (middle school). I want one last baby in the next two years or so and that superhero will be in school. I am hoping by that point we are in a new house or have made the necessary additions to fit everyone into our little 1000sq ft home. (Third world problem) I am assuming my marriage and family will still be happy, healthy, and intact.
As for career I am just truly beginning my career as a teacher. Last year my long term sub job turned into a full year as a teacher but this year I will have my own class for every day from the beginning of August until May. I hope to have my Masters in 10 years and at this point I still see myself teaching. And enjoying my job. Hubby is quitting his job to become a teacher as well and I hope that in 10 years we can spend summer vacation traveling in our old Shasta and visiting National Parks and faraway places.
I hope in 10 years I have hobbies that are fulfilling not just of my time but also in my soul. I hope to get better at knitting and sewing. I hope in 10 years I can get back into volunteering and can make more of a contribution than my money does at this point. I hope in 10 years I look in the mirror and can do more than nit-pick at the miracle that three pregnancies and two births have done to transform my body. That I can ignore the flaps of skin and extra weight and just be at ease in myself.
Where do you see yourself in 10 years?

Challenge Day 1: Relationship

30 day blog challenge day 1: relationship

I am married for five years this year. 5 years... Half a decade. When I met my husband I didn't even want to date. I was newly divorced (although my ex and I had been separated for more than a year and a half) and newly single from an abusive relationship. I met my husband at a party and while I was physically attracted to him, I played aloof. I was apparently irresistible and he chased. Our first date was watching Avatar and making out in a friend's garage. Beyond a few days here and there we have been inseparable ever since. Our first date was June 4. He proposed July 31. We married November 27. We have welcomed two sons and mourned the early loss of another child. We rarely argue and in five years I can think of only one actual fight. We fit each other. He is quiet and a hard worker. I am overly social and relentless. We like the same movies, music, lazy Sundays. It's not always perfect but I couldn't imagine any other life for myself or the family we have created. I remember after my first divorce thinking how I would never be happy. How marriage was a sham and  how I refused to be a part of it ever again. I'm thankful each day that my husband changed my mind.

We Get Ready For Baby

We are preparing to become a family of four. I don't want Baby Thor to feel excluded at the hospital so I put together a big brother bag for him. I included snacks, drinks, a big brother shirt I made, and a gift from.his baby brother. I used the bag some sheets came in. Hubby suggested adding straps to make it into a backpack. :-)