A Wonderful Weekend

We had such a nice weekend! On Friday night, Mandy, Courtney, Annalyn, the husbands, and I got together for a pre-cruise "meeting". Basically, we had a big time talking, eating, catching up, and going over the excursions we want to do in a few weeks! I can't believe it's almost cruise time! We have figured out that we will go snorkeling around the barrier reefs in Belize, play on the beach in Roatan, and snorkel and play on the beach and shop in Cozumel. I can't wait! I still need to go shopping for sunscreen, a cover-up, a few tank tops, capris, and flip flops. But, my books are all ready! My books for the cruise are

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On Saturday my sister in law, Haley, had a surprise party for Sam's mom/my mother-in-law, Sandy. She just retired, so we got together for a celebratory lunch. It was sweet to see her so excited to have all of us together to celebrate her. We are so glad she has retired and can enjoy herself and spend lots of time with family and friends. Plus, she has volunteered to take care of our future baby while we are at work. Woohoo!

So those were the big parts of our weekend. Other than that we just spent time at home.

This week I will be writing a short paper for my masters, and Sam will play in his first basketball game at the church. He is really looking forward to his activity this week. I am really looking forward to getting mine finished. Haha!

Today I picked up a new Jillian DVD. We really like the 30 Day Shred video and are proud to be on level 3 five days a week. But, we wanted a little variety.

I will let you know how it goes!

Other than all that stuff, we are waiting to hear back from the dr. (again) about some new test results. He was supposed to call today, but he didn't. So, the results are there. We just don't know what they are. Overall, this experience (no birth control for three years and three months, one miscarriage, and nine total medicated cycles now) has been frustrating, of course. But, I have learned a lot from it and know that God's got it all figured out. I pray that I am listening and doing what He is leading me to do in this journey. And, overall I think I have been pretty positive, though I have obviously had a few "down" moments. But, I am becoming more and more concerned with the way this has been handled by my dr.'s office. Messages and appointments for testing have been lost, it has taken up to four days for calls to be returned (even those where they've told me to call at certain times in the process), and the nurses have given me the wrong info about medicine to take on at least one occasion. I have tried to take all this with a grain of salt, thinking that maybe I am being too critical of the practice and that they are doing their jobs the way they should. And, as much as I like my doctor and the fact that he is trying to do what he can to help us out, his office staff and the other personnel have made this process a lot more irritating because of all the misinformation. When I do hear back from my dr., I am thinking that it may be time for me to let him know how much more frustrating it has become due to the lack of quality in communication. I don't know. Am I too harsh? Is this typical of lots of practices? Is your practice better?

Hope you have a great week! Happy early St. Pat's Day! (It's almost time for our annual "leprechaun" visit in kindergarten!)