5, 10, 20 years ago...

I am stealing a blog post idea I saw on another blog.

 What were you doing 5, 10, 20 years ago?

5 Years ago:
DS just turned 7, DS is almost 4. I'm living in the house I'm in now. Jones and Kita are with us. We spend our days playing and learning together- much like we still do now! I work part-time at Lands End which means I drive almost an hour each way to and from work. My shift is 6:00pm until midnight which means I get to bed sometime after 1:00am. I'm 15 pounds heavier from eating supper so late.

10 Years ago:
DS just turned 2, DS#2 isn't with us yet. We'll work on that in the months to come. We live in Cross Plains in our tiny 3 bedroom condo. I work full time as the team leader in the Fraud/Security department for a credit card processing company. DH drops DS2 off at daycare at 7:45a.m. I'm already at work by that time. I work until 4:30pm and then pick up DS2 from daycare. We make supper together and wait for DH to get home. Kitton, Jones, Kita and Kerman are with us. (4 cats!)  We live for the weekends when we can all be together!

20 Years ago:
No kids yet. I graduated from high school the year before and DH is finishing up his senior year. I'm attending Concordia College, thinking I want to become a teacher because that's what my parents told me I should be. I'm getting A's, but I only spend one semester there because I realize its costing my father a fortune, and I'm not sure what I want to do with my life. All I know is I miss my boyfriend, (DH).  I spend the second half of the school year living at home again with my parents, attending community college, trying to figure things out. I take classes to prepare me for a career in the health care industry. I discover I'm a bit freaked out looking at dead people cut open on tables for study. (Health care field isn't going to work for me either.) I'm lost and will remain so until I start listening to God's plan for me.

Other years where my life turned a different direction:

17 Years ago:
I am attacked by my mentally ill college roomate. I need to feel safe.  I return to my parent's house until I move to Madison with my fiance (DH) in 1991.

9 years ago:
I'm about to give birth to DS#2. I really, really want to stay home with him and be a SAHM! My boss offers me her job, but I want to be with my kids more.

6 years ago:
I love being with my boys so much I'm dreading sending my oldest to school. I find an online friend who homeschools. At my part time job, someone homeschools her daughter. My oldest asks why he can't just stay home and learn. The lightbulbs start going off as God puts into place these people and events. I CAN HOMESCHOOL!!