How did I get here?

I'm having a surreal moment right now. How the hell did my life become what it is? First of all, I lived in Minnesota for 26 years. I thought I was destined to grow old there, never experiencing anything in life, getting married, popping out kids, and that would be that. Not exactly my perfect life....but one I figured I was destined to. So how did I end up living in Orange County, California at 1:36am, unable to sleep, mad at my husband, with a horrible sore throat, jobless, and going to school for something I would have made fun of someone else doing not more than a year ago. Wow, 13 years of experience and expertise down the drain thanks to the subprime market, and several other factors. When I hit 30 last year, I was in a good place. I owned my own home, had a great marriage, and a job I absolutely loved. So how did that all change in 6 months? Now I sit here with a house that completely worthless since we had to move out of it due to transfer with J's job. My great income has been reduced to what I can get from unemployment which just ran out at the end of August. I try to call them every day to get an extension while I finish school and every day I get a message that they have too many callers (misery loves company right?) and cannot help me. And then they hang up on me. Of course it's a recorded message because God forbid I get to actually speak with a human being. At least I'm still happy in my marriage (even though I'm peeved with him at this very second over something insignificant and stupid).

On a positive note, I'm done with school soon, or at least this portion of it that I'm not exactly proud of. I drafted a new resume today with the information for the completely new field I'm entering and figured I wouldn't hear back from many people. Within an hour, I already had two doctors calling me back. Not sure if they will work out since I can only work part time right now, but hey, it's a start. I guess my track record with my past jobs counts for something after all in this new to me field.

I know I'm ranting on and on, but like I said before, it's 1:43 am now and I'm tired and sick....oh yeah, and mad at my husband. All of which I'll get over.

Life sure can change in a short amount of time. In the past 4 years, I've lived in 3 different states, 7 cities, and held 5 jobs. Before that, I'd had the same job for 8 years! I've owned 2 homes and met tons of friends. I can't say I'd change any of it. Overall we are very lucky and things are going well (minus the Sacramento house). I'm just amazed at how things unfold.

Well, after all my rambling, I'm going to try to get some sleep so I can go to school tomorrow...now that it's 1:52am. ;) Even though the time stamp below says it's 20 mins earlier. It's not.