Switching

Since I am no longer just one person I will be switching all my posts to our other blog about Bryan and I both.   

Homeowners!!

We were able to close on the house on Friday afternoon.  We painted and did some work on the house all weekend.  I will be packing the rest of our stuff this week so that we can move in this weekend.  I can't post pictures yet because our computer broke and won't be fixed for a few weeks.  Maybe by the time we get our computer back I will have all the boxes unpacked and everything put where it belongs.  

Keep us in your prayers!  God bless!

Cleaning, Packing, Decorating, Moving

The plan is to close on our house a week from tomorrow. We are so excited and we can't wait to get moved in. However, there is a LOT to do before we can settle in. First, I need to get into a packing frenzy. I have packed some boxes and thrown out a lot of stuff but there is plenty more to go. I am trying to consolidate as much as possible because there is no point in moving junk, trash, or anything that doesn't get used on a regular basis.

Decorating ... Prior to moving in I will be painting our bedroom and the living room. I also need to hang blinds and curtains. I think that I have everything except the curtains and paint purchased. Now if only I could make a final decision about colors.

Then comes actually moving. So far we've had several people volunteer to help so the heavy lifting is taken care of. The hard part will be unpacking and putting things where they belong. Then we will have to clean out the duplex before the end of the month.

The current plan is to move over the weekend of the 24th. I'm planning on working all next weekend for overtime so time is getting short!

On another note, today is our 6-month anniversary and my brother and his wife's 1-year anniversary. I can't believe how quickly time flies!

Have a great week!

Starting Over!

I have decided that I'm going to try to start over with my blogging. I figured tonight was the best time to start since it's the end of the year.

What an eventful and amazing year. Exactly 365 days ago I was alone, sick, and very unhappy. Tonight I am with my husband, mostly healthy, and happier than I ever imagined possible. I know that we have been so blessed and I try to be mindful of that every single day. Bryan has brought joy and peace back into my life. We honestly can not believe how quickly this year has passed by. It seems like just yesterday that I was writing out my resolutions for 2008 but in some ways it seems as if he and I have been together for years.

Last year's resolutions were good ones and I tried really hard to stick with most of them. I did exercise for several months but after moving, starting a new job, and being sick again for quite awhile I fell off the bandwagon. I eat much healthier than I used to but I'm still eating too much. I have tried a lot of new things this year and learned a lot about myself in the process. I have made more friends with the new job and the new church.

It is always interesting to see how life takes you on journeys that you never see for yourself. My main resolution for 2008 was to be open to love. I had no idea what I was asking for. I feel like I had always known that when I was ready to marry it would happen quickly but on the other hand I have always been a very thorough decision maker. Since this would undoubtedly be the biggest decision of my life the other part of me thought that I might hesitate and want to play it safe. I surprised even myself by falling in love so fast and knowing within 2 weeks of our first date that we would be getting married this year. No decision has ever been as easy. Since that time we have had a LOT of things come our way. I was sick for about a month after the dehydration/heat stroke on the honeymoon and then I was better and then sick again. Right now I am doing really well most days. We've had to deal with family illnesses, death, moving, job changes, and just all the other stuff that goes along with changing your life upside down.

Now we are getting ready to do it all over again. We will be moving to our very own house within the next few weeks. We are both extremely excited about this house and the idea that it's ours. We found exactly what we were looking for and it came at a great price. I am looking forward to being settled and knowing that we're going to be there for quite a long time. Even though our place now is nice I've never felt settled here because we always knew that it was temporary. I am also looking forward to being back in the country and having some peace. I am NOT a city girl! I need my space and I need to see God's amazing creation.

All in all the new year will be bring MANY transitions to our family. Please pray with us and for us as we continue on our journey. May your new year be blessed with many happy and healthy times.

2009 resolutions!
1. Pray more often and more earnestly
2. Exercise regularly
3. Be positive in all circumstances
4. Live each day as a precious gift from God and don't take anything for granted

I'm sorry!!

It's been nearly 2 months since I've posted and I am sorry about that. We have had so much going on and trying to settle into a new routine that I just forgot about posting. We are doing really well and married life is good so far. I am still adjusting to my job but I am really enjoy it. the only thing that I am having trouble with right now is the early mornings. I have always been a night person so having to be awake at 3am a few days a week has been a struggle.

We just got back from St Louis where we went to a Cardinals game and spent the night with some friends. It was a good time but I'm always glad to get back home.

Until next time!!

It's almost here!

The wedding that is! Only 9 days to go and I'm so excited and ready to be married!! The next several days will be filled with random to-do lists and last-minute projects. My friends and family are starting to arrive on Tuesday so I want to be as finished as possible by then so that I can spend time with them and have some fun.

Pray for our sanity!

I got a job!!

I got the phone call on Friday afternoon and I am so excited. I will be starting the day after Bryan and I get back from our honeymoon so there won't be much down-time for me. It has been such a stress-relief to know that I will have a job and health insurance as soon as we get back. Thanks for all of your prayers!

On a different note, some people that I went to college with just found out some scary news about the baby girl that she is carrying. This is devastating news to a family that has already been through so much. This same couple had a baby girl, Janey, last year that didn't survive past birth. Please check out her blog or her sister's blog and keep this family in your prayers. The family is asking everyone to pray at 10:20am Eastern time every day for complete healing for Brecken and that she is perfectly healthy when she is born in October.

No news yet

I still haven't heard anything back from the interview last week. I called yesterday and left a message so I'm just trying to wait patiently. I also found out that the same hospital is hiring TWO athletic trainers so I also applied for both of those jobs but I haven't heard back from them either. I don't understand why it has been so difficult for me to find a job. I have a Master's degree and 3.5 years of post-certification experience. Unless my references are trashing me behind my back, then it just doesn't make sense. I've been extremely frustrated with this whole process starting from when I moved back here last summer. I just want to find a job that I love so that I don't dread going to work everyday. I know that it's possible because I loved my job before I moved, I just couldn't handle the stress while I was so sick. And I wanted to push one of the coaches in front of a moving train, but that's beside the point right?

I am feeling better lately so the medicine must be working. Or it's the power of suggestion. Either way, I'm just glad that the chest pains have stopped and that I feel like I can breathe again now. I have been having a lot of headaches lately but I think most of that is exhaustion rather than being sick. I felt work 4 hours early yesterday because I felt so sick. I went home and slept so I feel much better today.

The wedding is fast approaching and I am so relieved. 3 weeks from tomorrow I will be a married woman. Sometimes when I really think about it I just have to laugh because it seems so ridiculous that it's actually happening. At this point I'm still trying to find out who's coming and who's not so that we have enough cake and ice cream. I would hate for people to go without but I would also hate to have so much left over that it's wasted. If you know that you are coming for the wedding but haven't told me yet, please leave a comment or give me a call. I am so excited to see everyone and introduce Bryan to those of you who haven't met him yet. I promise that you'll love him!!

Thanks for reading and keep praying for the job opportunities!!

Test results and job interviews

I finally received my test results back from the doctor yesterday and they were exactly what I expected. My thyroid levels have dropped again. I am still in the normal range but I'm in the lower half so the doctor wants me to start back on the medication. I am extremely hopeful that this will alleviate all of my random symptoms that have returned over the past few weeks.

I had a job interview yesterday for a position very similar to what I'm doing now with health & wellness. The job would be with a large hospital that contracts out to other area businesses. It sounds like a great job for me right now and I think that the interview went really well. They are currently doing a background check and verifying my references. I have been praying really hard about this job and I feel like good things are going to happen. This would be a pay cut from where I am right now but at this point I'm willing to take a pay cut so that I can have a job that is close to our home and that has insurance.

Please pray with me that the medication starts working quickly so that I feel better in the last month leading up to the wedding and that I am offered the job! God bless!!

Dr Visit

My doctor's appointment this morning went about like I expected it too. He wants me to go back on the antibiotics and about 3 other medications that I had previously stopped. We talked through the things that I had questions and concerns about. Over the past 2-3 weeks I have had some symptoms return but I feel that they could all be related to hyperthyroidism. I had a problem with this before and when I took the medication I felt better but my dosage was probably too high because I then became hypothyroid. I haven't taken any thyroid medication in about 4 months so my levels have probably changed again. They ran some blood work today to verify this. Hopefully, if that is the case then I can just start that medication and not have to go back to the antibiotics which have a lot of other side effects and will require me to take at least 2 other medications along with it. The results of the blood test should be back by early next week.

I did discuss with him that I think a lot of my problems are related to stress right now. I don't actually feel stressed but I know that I am experiencing stressful situations. (I hope that makes sense) With the fast-approaching wedding, move, and job search I have a lot going on in my life right now. I am also having a lot of headaches but I think that they may be allergy related since it's springtime and the pollen count is so high. It has been 7 years since I've experienced a spring in Missouri so it's bound to account for some of this since I'm allergic to pretty much anything that is alive.

If the doctor doesn't feel that this is related to my thyroid levels then I will start the antibiotics and see how I feel in 3 weeks. If I'm not feeling better I will switch to Penicillin shots once a week which will be a lot stronger and hopefully that will do the trick. If I can manage to get all of this under control and I'm symptom-free then my last visit will be in September.

Thank you so much for all of your thoughts and prayers. I'll let you know as soon as I get test results. God Bless!!