Deep breath

"Life moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it." -Ferris Bueller in Ferris Bueller's Day Off

-This week has been REVIVAL at church. I haven't been able to go as much as I would have liked, but the time that I have been it has been great. Our church needs a revival of spirits. We have had Randy White, a pastor in Katy, and Clay Crosse, Christian praise artist at the church all week. Clay Crosse is amazing and Dr. White is a fantastically opinionated speaker who will get you pumped up for change, exactly what we need! If you don't know Clay Crosse, look him up and read his story...it is unbelievable!

-We're headed to Uvalde this weekend for a dear friend's engagement party. I am so excited for a few reasons...first, I just love going home and don't get to do it nearly as often as I would like. I need this trip. Also, I love seeing all of my friends when we have get-togethers like this. Our high school class was unusually close and have stayed that way the last 10 years. Any time there is a wedding, engagement party, or the like we all take advantage of the time to see each other and it's great! I have a couple of friends who have found out recently they were preggers, so I can't wait to see them!

-Less than 30 days left in school and I can't wait. It's not that I have had a bad year or anything; it's actually been really great. I just have so many great things planned for this summer: a trip to Kansas City, an Emmaus walk, lots of painting and house work, an extended visit to my parents' and whatever else comes my way.

-I suppose what is causing the need for the deep breaths are all that is going on in our fertility life. Yesterday we were in Lubbock again at the doctor for a baseline ultrasound. Things looked great and we were given the go ahead for our first round of Clomid, which starts today. Monday I go in for an HSG (hysterosalpingogram) to make sure everything is clear and open and there are no blockages. Then, Friday we go back (yes, to Lubbock AGAIN) for another ultrasound to make sure everything is developing the way it should be. So, we are moving in a forward direction and it is exciting, but a little overwhelming. In the middle of all of that I have to take meds, give myself a shot, make dr.'s appointments, take off of work, plan for substitutes, rearrange previous appointments, negotiate timing with the pharmacy phone calls, and on and on and on. But in the end, it is ALL worth it! The day I can tell Richard we are pregnant, I know all of this stress and busyness will fall aside and I won't remember a day of it.