I promised a new blog this weekend and I have to be honest, it almost didn’t happen. The reality of it is there is a giant basket of unmatched socks sitting in front of me and I loathe folding socks. I’ll have to do it eventually because I just got “the look” from my husband when I said “just taking a break I promise”.
I left off with a somber post but I’ve just not had the time, energy nor desire to write lately. I think I’m slowly wiggling back to me and away from little miss dreary which is good news.
The last two and a half months have taught Justin and me many things. We’ve grown closer than I could have imagined and learned not to take anything for granted. We have pretty high hopes for 2012 and we’re forging ahead with a renewed sense of hope. Thursday we hope to get the go ahead from my doctor to try to expand our family again and who knows where that will take us. We just have to hope that God has an amazing plan for us. Sometimes we don’t always understand his timing or why things happen but we just have to trust that he does have a plan for us.
In the midst of what have been some of the hardest months of our lives we’ve had some really great things happen too. My brother and his wife are expecting a baby in April and we got to experience being an Aunt and Uncle for the first time this Christmas with Zack’s stepson. We really like our new sister-in-law and nephew who is three. We hope to get plenty of chances to spend time with them in the upcoming year.
Justin has been working his tail off and was awarded a trip through the diamond club at work. This is good news as it falls at the end of February. I feel January and February are tough months with the dreary weather, coming back to work after several days off, and no holidays for what seems like an eternity so it will be a welcomed break. We’ll be heading to the sunshine state Marco Island, Florida.
We also finished our fence in December. Yes there we were freezing our butts off building a fence in December. That’s dedication my friend! (or desperation…) This task was such a process! I have been nagging Justin since the day we got married for a fence in the backyard. To put it bluntly I was sick standing at the door watching the dogs pee in the freezing cold. So with the winter fast approaching I was definitely pushing to get this thing done. We practically had to jump through hoops of fire. When it was all said and done we built 6 feet inside our property line on all sides to avoid having to go through the process of going in front of the city to try to get around the easement. One of these days I really hope to live on some land where HOA’s and nosy neighbors don’t exist.
I’m hoping that come next fall I will be applying to Grad schools for the Physician Assistant programs in the area. I have my GRE book in hand and I’m ready to study my butt off. I hope to take the GRE over the summer and start applying in the fall. I hear it’s just about as difficult to get into these programs as it is medical school so I’m slightly terrified but determined all the same. I have 3 more chemistry courses and a physics class to endure before I meet my pre-reqs. It will be a busy year for us!
