Changing Plans

Lance and I found out last month that we were going to have another baby. Three children! My mind is positively overwhelmed at that thought!

We told my mother, she laughed at us. We told Lance's mother, she laughed at us. We told my friend Heather, she laughed at us. I still don't know what's so darn funny about the whole situation. I never expected to be pregnant again. I didn't want to be pregnant again. I don't know how we are going to deal with three children, two of which will still be in diapers. The only thing I can hope for is that Sophie will potty train early.

Lance and I are looking into my enrolling in an EMT course and getting certified before the baby is born. Then during the time that I'm home with the baby I can apply for jobs in Berkeley and Charleston counties as well as with the private ambulance services.

If I got on with Berkeley county EMS then I would be working twenty four hour shifts like Lance does. If we could get on the same shift it would be great. We were thinking we could hire someone to come and sit the little kids while we worked. Eventually getting all our bills paid off and saving for a house. I want to be able to get one with an extra room so that the sitter will have a space of her own because we will need them for at least the next five years. Day and night.

Lance said that he would call around to see when and where the next course is being held and how much it is going to cost us. I figure I'll spend three years as an EMT and then go for my paramedic certification.