Today's thoughts

Well, I have submitted my urine for sampling. What an experience! I am trying hard to keep my eye on the prize here. I know there are tons of things that can go wrong with any pregnancy. This further cements my belief in miracles.

I do think it is possible that being pregnant has brought back my idealistic sense of humanity. In my line of work, I have sat through disciplinary procedures, heinous investigations, terminations, and lay-offs. You go through enough and it becomes critical that you detach yourself for the sake of self preservation. Detach long enough, and you start to lose the passion for why you got in the field to begin with. But then, if I am detached and other managers are detached, who is thinking about the impact our decisions have on the people we are there to provide guidance and resources to?

I have it back now. I think about kids, mortgages, time with family,etc. These are the things that are important.