I can't believe its been almost a year since my last post! My world is a busy one that I live in. So lets see.....to catch up.
On the adoption front, nothing has changed.....we have updated our home study, and updated our stuff with immigration. Our request is still girl age 1-4. Our wait time has increased while waiting, to 36-42 months for referral from the date our papers were in Ethiopia. Which was April 5, 2013. So April 2016 will be 24 months so minimally another year and half from now.
We have added to our family in other ways though.....furry ways! :-) Last summer we brought Reese home, who unfortunately became slightly aggressive when we enforced rules and we could not give her the attention and exercise she needed. So in February we brought Donald home. He is an older dog with a sweet personality. We call him our "old man". He grumbles, moans and loves to lay and sleep in the sun or in his bed in the house. That is about it. Then this August, Paul brought home a puppy who needed a home. We call him "Little Bear" who is getting to be not so little anymore. He is a great puppy though and listens well and is learning to walk on a leash. He also loves his crate and was relatively easy to house break.
Belle is in official Pre-k now and going to school all day. She is learning to read and write other words and write her lower case letters. She is so smart! She is also a stubborn and a bossy little thing, but she is so caring and affectionate. And she is taking horse riding lessons and loves it!
Paul is still at the same job....yay! I am as well. Work things are changing for me, I am trying to embrace them even if it is hard.
We changed churches the beginning of the year for a multitude of reasons, but a lot because of distance. We are now 10 minutes instead of 40 from church. We really like it there and it is in the same network or churches we went to before.
And over the last year, I have been dealing with hip pain, gradually going to hip popping, and resulting in the inability to exercise like I want. I am in pain most days. So this past summer I went on a quest to the doctor to figure out why.....(with prompting from some work friends). It took about two months to figure out but I advocated for myself and asked for tests and would not take "I'm not sure" for an answer. The pain affects my daily life. So in August I was diagnosed with Femoroacetabular Impingement......meaning I have bone spurs on my hip. Most likely have always been there and develop during childhood. But when I started running last year, it hurt, tore my labrum (the cushion on the socket part of the hip joint). And as I tried to rest, do other things etc, it only got worse. In August I went to physical therapy to see if that would help.....well it didn't. So last month I saw a surgeon at Georgetown and scheduled to have arthroscopic surgery to repair the labrum, shave the bone spurs, and release a tendon that is limiting my range of motion. My surgery is scheduled for December 5th. Unfortunately this is my right hip....so no driving for 3 weeks and I get crutches for 3 weeks! So sadly, I cannot wait for surgery day, so I don't have to live with constant restrictions and daily pain. But I am thankful for the ability to have surgery and the medical knowledge God has given us as humans to be able to treat things like this.
Paul and I have also started on attaining the goal of being completely debt free other than our mortgage! We are working very hard and budgeting, with the hopes of being able to save again and have "breathing room". And I have also taken an interest in essential oils and their medicinal properties. So I am trying them and having some positive results.
So in conclusion, this is not all that has happened, but some things stay private for now.....life is truly busy but blessed. God is good and I try to remember everyday that today is not for me but for Him. I am definitely not perfect by any means....I do lose it and get angry, I do get anxious about a lot of things, and I do have depressed moments. But I am here to say that God loves me right where I am and will carry me through whatever I am going through. I know I am not the only one who goes through life like this, and I am here to say that He will be there for you too and love you too!
Blessings!
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