CJ | Team Trader Mom

Well being home this week with a concussion wasn’t all bad. Ok, so it wasn’t all good either. But, in the spirit of looking at the glass as half full, here are a few positive things that have come out of this week:

1. We saved on gas. My car was parked down at The Mall for the better part of 4 days and therefore didn’t get driven (drove? Whatever). Hey, if we can save a few pennies out of this whole ordeal, I’ll take it!

2. Speaking of pennies, we have now met our insurance deductible. We were about $1000 dollars away as of Monday morning. Considering Monday afternoon contained a trip to the ER, various doctor charges, a CT Scan, an MRI and blood work, I’d say we’ve more than covered that one grand. Not to mention they’ll probably charge me for the scrubs they “gave me” to wear home.

3. We know that I do in fact have a brain. Hey, some people questioned it but now I have the MRI results to prove it! And, not only do I have a brain, I have a big one. One of the biggest the radiologists have ever seen! Neener, neener, neener! Ok, maybe I’m making that up. Or maybe not. Guess only me and the radiologists will ever know…

4. I got caught up on sleep. Ever since being relocated to The Mall, sleep has been more and more fleeting. I get up earlier and go to bed later and do a whole lot more in between. But this week, I’ve been to bed by 9pm every night and had at least 1 nap every day. Awesome!

5. And the most important thing – I got to spend more time with Munchkin, CJ and Samson. While I would rather have another reason to be at home with them, I’ll take anytime I can get. Munchkin is such a joy and every minute we have together is precious. While I am getting stir crazy and am ready to get back to work, I will very much miss being at home with my family during the day.

Tomorrow is CJ and my 4 year wedding anniversary. We’ve had so many adventures together during that time that it feels like it should be longer!

On a bus in London. I'm wearing the ring around my neck and holding it up because it was too big.

CJ proposed to me in London, which was one leg of our Ireland-London vacation. I had a gut feeling that Ceige was going to propose sometime on the trip but didn’t know exactly when, so I was sort of waiting for it. We only had a day and a half in London and wanted to see EVERYTHING so it was definitely a whirlwind. We spent the first day going from place to place and eventually dragged ourselves back to the hotel for dinner and bed.

Engagement picture

I remember being very exhausted. All I wanted was to take a hot shower and crash. CJ suggested we have dinner downstairs, at the fancy restaurant in the hotel. I had an inkling he was going to do it over dinner so I put on some nice clothes and we headed downstairs. We ordered and chatted a bit. Then CJ said he had a headache and needed to go back to the room for some Tylenol. I knew he was going up to get the ring. I got really nervous. He came back down and I could tell that HE was nervous. He started talking about our relationship and how much he loved me. I looked away for a second and when I looked back, there was a ring box on the table. I opened it and as I did, he got down on one knee and said, “Sarah, will you marry me?” I was nervous and I don’t do well with expressing my emotions. I got sort of tangled up with my words and blurted out, “Yes of course I will!” I later regretted that I didn’t cry or say something more romantic, but, hey, that’s me!

I love this pic

Our wedding was amazing and everything we wanted it to be. Beautiful flowers, cake and setting; amazing ceremony (CJ sang to me!) and reception (I danced my ass off!) and of course, all our wonderful friends and family. Here’s something crazy – I had over $200 stolen from my purse during the reception! It’s a long story but needless to say, it was not the ending I had dreamt of for my dream wedding!

Honeymoon in Riviera Maya

Our honeymoon was incredible too. We spent a week in Riviera Maya, Mexico. I like to go, go, go on trips and CJ likes to relax so we did both. We alternated days – one day was an outing and the next was relaxation. It was perfect. We had spa time, pool time, snorkeling, pirate cruises, Mayan Adventures, and more. To this day, when I need to go to my “happy place”, I go there.

As I said, we’ve had many adventures in our time together (travels across the country and around the world, death of his mother and my grandmother, new jobs and losing jobs, getting Samson, pregnancy and parenthood) and I couldn’t imagine doing it with anyone else.

Ceige – here’s to 4 amazing years and to 40 more!!