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April 4, 2001
Hi everyone! It’s nice to finally be back here! So much has happened in the past few weeks!
Well, we are finally in our new home! It’s so exciting to have a new house. The move was very, very stressful and I believe all that stress is what is causing me to be sick right now. I’ve got a horrible sore throat and I’m also nauseated, have a bad cough, intermittent chills/body aches. It’s not fun.
We have been in our new home for one week now. The adjustment has been easy. No more neighbors below us… we can make as much noise as we want. I can run my washer and dryer at 3am and not have to worry about what the neighbors will say. It’s great. I have one whole room just for sewing and doing crafts.
Speaking of sewing… my mom has been visiting from Hawaii for the past week (she came to help us out but went home yesterday). She has been helping me with some sewing projects. I have so many babies to make things for. I found some awesome material on sale a couple of weeks ago and bought it to make a baby blanket with. Well, I finished it today and it is SO beautiful. I was contemplating giving it to my sister-in-law or my friend who is due in a few months. But, after looking at it for hours, I am thinking about keeping it for my own baby… for someday. It’s the first baby blanket I’ve made and it’s special to me. I am thinking about just putting it away for when our baby is born.
My sister-in-law had her baby on March 17th – yes, a St. Patrick’s baby! It was her third baby. I was in the delivery room when she had her second but was not able to be with her for this baby. I haven’t even seen her yet! I hear she is quite cute though.
Well, our big news this week is that we have become “parents”! On Saturday, we stopped by the animal shelter as soon as they opened to see what dogs/puppies were available for adoption. We fell in love with a beautiful golden retriever and just HAD to take her home with us. Her name is Dorie. In order to adopt, it was required that she be spayed, so we left her there over the weekend so that she could have surgery on Monday. Mike picked her up on Monday evening. Poor thing was still so groggy from surgery that she slept for HOURS. We kept checking on her to make sure she was still breathing. We brushed her hair – something that hadn’t been done in a LONG time and she had so much hair that came out. She is about five years old. She was a stray that had been seen on the streets for about a week. We believe, because her mannerisms, that she was probably lost from a loving home. She is very docile, very eager to please, and appears to be completely potty-trained. She has adjusted to our home with absolutely no trouble. We took her for a walk last night and she led the way back home. It’s so sweet. She is in desperate need of a bath but we were told we had to wait ten days in order for her incision to heal properly. We have a vet appointment set up for this Saturday and a grooming appointment for next week. She is very pretty but is skinny and needs to get some meat on her bones!
Well, I took the plunge and called my nursing agency to ask them to find me a contract position. As soon as they do, I will give notice at my current job. I had very mixed feelings about it but financially, there is only once decision to make. I’m hoping to work closer to home than I am now.
On the TTC front, things are kind of on hold right now. Right now I am on cycle day #33 – if history is correct, I’m a LONG way from AF. I’m really not too worried about it right now though. With the move and the stress of it all, I’m not sure I WANT to be PG at the moment. I am really at peace with the whole situation and feel that when God is ready for us to have a baby, we will have one.
Well, I know there is so much to tell, but this is all I have time for right now. It’s nice to be back to diary writing. I have missed it terribly. It's good to have my computer up and running and to be back on line. I will write more as it happens!
Lots of baby dust….
Christina
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