Changes

February has proved to be an interesting and memorable month.

After my last blog I had an unexpected occurence at work. The operations manager left the company after 12 long years of working with them. I won't get into all the details, but after struggling with the last time he was on leave I wasn't looking forward to doing the operations role long term. Nevertheless, I have been handling the stress much better this time. I had to come up with better ways for me to do the job long term and although there have been lots of issues, I'm managing. My boss tried to convince me to stay to do the job with a payrise instead of moving to Brisbane, but Matt and I both felt it wasn't the right path for us. My hope is that I can still do my best with the time before I go to get things ready for the new operations manager and new admin. To make me feel better Matt and I have gone out to eat a few times... yumm!

Another bit of exciting news is that my tiger research from my Master's thesis got published! I knew it was accepted, but it's now officially published with the Journal of Bioacoustics. You can access the article here: http://www.tandfonline.com/eprint/kbv2mD5NkJC477ZiV9Vd/full.  Although I did all the reserach, my supervisor Jennifer Clarke did all the work to get this published including revisions and whatnot. This was such a blessing! I had gone through depression while doing the research and I don't know that I could have dealt with working on that stuff again.

The last bit of news is the most dramatic. I'm pregnant! I've been off birth control for a long time (maybe a year?), but we haven't been actively trying really. Matt and I just agreed that we were ready to have it happen when it happened. Last week I thought I was late on my period, but I wasn't sure. While at the store Matt and I got a pregnancy test and I figured I would try the following week. When I got home though I remembered I had recorded my period in my diary and sure enough I was a week late! So the next morning I took the test and it was positive!

I wasn't so sure since I hadn't had any symptoms, but by the beginning of the next week the fatigure and uncomfortable stomach issues started full force. I had to stop my exercise schedule at 6am since that was awful with an upset stomach and I wasn't getting enough sleep. I started going to bed earlier too so I could get through work. I don't really vomit, I just have a perpetually uncomfortable feeling in my stomach and its worse when I don't eat, but it doesn't go away when I do eat. Trying to maintain my gluten free dairy free diet is really difficult when if something doesn't sound good it's really hard to eat it. I caved and had a grilled cheese sandwich yesterday. On the bright side, Matt and I found some great dairy free ice cream at the grocery store!

Well no one said pregnancy was fun. Mostly I just don't like how I don't feel like myself. I'm excited for the new chapter in my life, but it's also nerve wracking that my life will never be the same.

Anyway exciting times for us! A short month means a short blog so we'll see what March brings!