Who Am I? By Sarah

I am a girl, wait... woman (forget my age sometimes) who has climbed my way through life, making obstacles that seemed to be mountains into tiny little anthills.  I am a wife, a daughter, sister, aunt, student, a wannabe ukulele and guitar player, and hopeful adoptive mom.  Also a fan of the Oxford comma, as demonstrated in the previous sentence.  If you get it, you get it, if not- that is on you.

I'm the type of person who doesn't let a little something like a kidney transplant get in the way of life.  I graduated from UGA in 2003 and am getting my MED in Media with a concentration in Instructional Technology.  The program is online, which was never my dream, but it is progress.  That may have to go on hold once we have a baby, but until then, I am working my hardest at making grades I can be proud of.

My friends and family are really important to me.  I don't know who I would be without them.  I honestly can't believe the outpouring of support we have experienced from friends - old and new.  The process of adopting is very stressful and it helps to have people rooting for us or just making themselves available when things get hard and I need to vent a little (or a lot).  So, thanks for everyone's patience when I think too much, go into panic mode, and then slowly return to my rational self. 
 
It is hard to put why I want to be a mother in words.  It is something you can't describe, it is a feeling.  It is an urge to take care of and love someone.  It is an emptiness that nothing else seems to fill.  I know that John and I are pretty cool people and would raise a pretty awesome kid.  I want to be real on the blog, because it is for John and I really.  We aren't trying to pretend we are people we are not.  I have read so many adoption blogs where people detail their lives, but in a way that doesn't seem genuine.  John and I are really genuine people, we allow for the good, the bad and the ugly.

I have no idea if I will sleep tonight, because tomorrow I am finally seeing my favorite singer live.  Anyone who knows me knows that my love for Frank Turner's music is an obsession.  It is an embarrassing, freakish obsession.  Actually no, I am not ashamed, I fully support shameless obsessions with your favorite bands.  I didn't even know there was a genre of music called folk punk until I heard him.  I am totally sold!  Tomorrow night you can find me nerdin' out the show fulfilling a dream of seeing him play.  Then I get to see him again on the 18th in Asheville, NC.  Best.Month.Ever.

I am trying to get John to write a bit about himself.  Hopefully that will happen in the near future.  Goodnight everyone (if there is an "everyone" reading this).