Is the Universe Out to Get me?

Do you ever wonder that? I mean, how much is too much? When do you start to take all the bad luck and group it into a giant blame on the universe? When does it go beyond being just hokey and superstitious? Nothing has ever come easy for Joe and I. We started our marriage with a plan. We'd both get teaching jobs. Then we would work for 3 years. When we both had tenure, we'd start a family. It seemed like a novel plan, but the universe didn't agree even then, 6 years ago.

The road has been quite bumpy, but you know what? We are still here. We are still together. We are still very much in love. And whether or not the universe agrees with our current baby plans, we aren't going to give up. One thing we've learned is that if we DON'T give up, we usually end up where we want. After all, we are both (finally!) in public school and we own an amazing house!

Know of any good ways to trick the universe? If not, at least pray that it works this cycle, mmmk?