I am feeling MUCH better, I am still taking medication but I imagine I’ll be just fine with out it in a matter of a couple weeks. Now that I am feeling a bit better all the projects and to-do items we have are becoming more prominent. We still need to finalize plans for our trip to Israel, Jordan and perhaps Egypt for next Saturday. We need to find tickets for our month long working visit to the states at the end of April. I need to put together a list of baby things to buy while we are in the states. Mostly I need to get organized overall since so much has been placed on the back-burner over the last couple months.
The last couple weeks have gone by very quickly. Other than Google work, Chad has spent a lot of his time working on a new back-up system for our growing photo site as well as transferring our existing files to a new location and changing the general set-up. I do not know how it does it all. I have been working on our travel plans for our cruise this summer and have finished up another class for school. Life is getting much easier and more enjoyable. The crowning moment since our last post, was that we got a great deal on a new flat screen monitor. It is so beautiful and makes our old monitor look like a monster. Hooray!!
We are going to end my house bound 1st trimester with a whirlwind visit to Dallas this weekend for Nick Adamson’s wedding. I am a little nervous about how I’ll do, but mostly I am just freaked out because I have to give myself a shot in the legs before each flight. Creepy. We are really looking forward to seeing the guys Chad grew up with and meeting the ladies in their lives.
I had an absolutely fabulous day! I got sicker today than I have in awhile, but even that cannot stop my giddiness. I had an appointment today with a doctor that a few girls from my ward see and who speaks excellent English. That alone made the appointment very helpful.
Next on the “great things” list is that she was really helpful with my being sick. She answered a lot of my questions and gave me a refillable prescription of the magical medicine I have come to count on. She even mentioned that just having me continue my rather expensive prescription rather than trying something else was important enough just because of the peace of mind it would give me. Amen!
The absolutely most amazing part of my fabulous day was having my second ultrasound. At our last appointment what Chad and I saw was something that look like a little bean, and you could see the little heart flutter. That was interesting but today was AWESOME. As soon as Dr. Nadig began the ultrasound this little baby jumped! It was moving and reacting and it looked like a little person. I could see a little face, with a nose and jaw line. Elisa has a nose and a jaw line too–maybe it takes after her. I saw little legs and arms with fingers and toes. I just started to cry. The doctor kept saying that I had a very healthy baby and reassuring me of how positive everything was. The first thing I thought was that it was really real, and the next thing I thought was how much I wished Chad was there too. I cannot wait for him to see next time! I wish I was there too, because the still photos from the ultrasound are exciting. Experiencing that today was truly miraculous.
I had another boring week of good days and bad days–but with some prescription drugs coming by mail on Monday from my mom I have been able to relax and know I won’t have to go back to feeling completely awful for a while. I still do not feel great but I have been able to go on walks outside or leisurely use my elliptical machine. I have gotten some more school work done and can manage to put some simple things together for myself to eat with out my insides trying to be on the outside. Chad and I had a great day on Saturday and I even had a banana split! It was a miracle. The medications have improved my quality of life dramatically too!
In reality I spent most of the week thinking about the things I want to do when I feel better. I spent a lot of time trying to plan a cruise, for this summer, through the cruise line we went on last April. It has been really frustrating and we are about ready to just drop the whole thing. On a much happier note, my parents spent the week in the Bahamas on a cruise celebrating their 30th anniversary. I have been so excited all week long for them and could not wait to hear all about it. Now Chad and I just want to keep their itinerary and repeat the incredible vacation they had.
Chad has been humbling me by slaughtering me at one of our favorite games, Ticket to Ride. I am a poor loser which makes the evenings after I lose not so fun. Elisa doesn’t like winning either, if she thinks she was about to lose. 🙂 It’s confusing for me to be in the doghouse after I lose a game to her. Ha ha ha ha, I am laughing because it is true. I do not understand it either. We managed to find some great unofficial expansion packs and have spent some evenings printing, cutting and taping maps and cards together. I know that makes us nerds. I just compare myself to the people that created the expansion packs in their free time and I feel better. I pretty much hate one of the versions we put together (it’s the reason why I ended up so mad every night) but the new one we put together is a blast! I like it better than the original and it’s not because I’m winning–I am still losing most of the games we play.
