Life Update, Road trip, and Cycle News

Well, overall, life has been very busy, but manageable. We will be making a trip to New Orleans this week for a second closing on Road Home money being given to us because of Hurricane Rita. I tell you one storm that has caused so much havoc over 3 ½ years ago is still being brought to the surface for us. We really had to fight to get any of the Federal dollars allocated to LA families who lost their homes or had severely damaged homes from Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. We just had our first meeting to close just days before Hurricanes Gustav and Ike barreled LA and then Texas in 2008. Both storms came within days of each other, so once we returned home from evacuating for Gustav (Gov. Bobby Jindal made a mandatory evacuation effective in a lot of LA parishes making it the largest evacuation for LA) we were planning our next evacuation for Ike. Throw in a mother who just found out she had cancer, a major surgery in Omaha on the Monday following Ike’s landfall and having no one to take care of Daisy (our cat), we just packed up as many people as would fit in our Trailblazer, along with the cat, of course, and made our way to the closest available hotel. One in Little Rock, AR. My in-laws followed us and we got them a room too. So do you think I was stressed for my second surgery? In a real way, I don’t feel like I was bc I was so ready to get it done and to feel better once and for all.
Here I am today, on cd 5, and since my cd 1 was on Sat. I had to wait until Monday to speak with the nurse from PPVI. She called back on Monday and said she will talk with the doctor for his plans and get back with me on Tuesday. Tuesday was a crazy day for me at work and I have to work nearly 12 ½ hours, greet and help with an Lenten Evening of Reflection on GRIEF!! Right up my alley. We had about 80 people from all over the diocese that came in. It was really nice to hug strangers and show Christ’s love to them when they shared with me intimate stories about those loved ones they missed. Well, anyway, back to cycle news. I get a phone call in the middle of getting everything ready for my cycle review. Overall, the doctor is pleased with my progress. It turned out my peak day was day 25. Really late, but it has been around this time since I started the vit b6 and fertile cm. The nurse then told me that the doctor wants to continue me on all of the same meds, but that he does wish to add one more. He wants to start me on clomid 50 mg and I had to start taking it today. It was cd 4 and they usually want us to start it on cd3-7, but this time I need to do it cd 4-8. Ok, so at first I am petrified and then excited. Talk about a full range of emotions. I call my husband and he is fired up that it looks like we might actually have a shot. Then I read reviews of the meds and got both petrified and excited once again. Well, I took my first pill last night and did not sleep great. I woke up at 345 am restless and uncomfortable, hot then cold. I don’t really know what to expect, but I will say that I am hopeful. Here is the other kicker, though, I finally managed to plan a retreat for myself at a wonderful retreat center on mon-wed of holy week. Then I will be off for Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday. I am just hoping that my peak day does not come so much earlier that I am not at home with my hubby on that day of opportunity. Oh, well, all of this is so humbling.
God shall me give me the grace to know that he will unite J and I on the right day and allow our love for one another and for Him to grow into a brand new soul. I shall not worry that I will miss an opportunity. God is calling me to his side for retreat and I will go willingly and with a full heart fully expecting the best he has in store for me. There is always time before and after my retreat to ask God to plant new life within my womb.

Hey, the best part about the last minute road trip is that we get to stay in Baton Rouge for a few nights and will get to see some of my best friends and their family. Our little godson is now 7 mo. old and we have not seen him since January. I can’t wait. They have two little girls who we love so much and love to spoil so it will be a fun time. I was talking to their mom today and just talking about us going got little mal so excited. She is so ready to tell me herself that she is now wearing big girl panties. I tell you, these little girls and G, our godson, love J so much they almost never leave his lap when we are around, so we are looking forward to visiting. They are such an amazing catholic family, they are a source of inspiration for me. I am glad they have adopted us as their Aunt C and Uncle J. What a blessing and what a blessing it will be to be around such beautiful souls this weekend! Can you tell how excited I am???

God’s greatest blessings to you all!