the past almost-month since we got back from our cruise has been pretty busy overall. work has picked up some, although i'm hoping more appraisal requests will start coming in soon (i've spent the past couple of weeks occupied with a huge farm appraisal, but my regular assignments have been pretty scarce since we got back). the real estate market seems to be doing a little better, which will hopefully mean some sales for us in the coming months - it's been a dryspell since october or november, but we do have a closing coming up in march where billy and i are each representing one side, so that will be nice. a couple weeks ago, we had our appointment at the jones institute, not for infertility but for recurring miscarriages, so i'm glad to have that under our belt and start having them monitor me to try and figure out what my problems might have been in the latest loss. i had some blood work done last week and am supposed to have more this week or next, followed by an hsg, which will provide more clarity on whether or not my miscarriage at the end of the year was actually another ectopic pregnancy. i am glad to have such a nice doctor there and to hopefully make some progress with everything soon.
it has not been an easy time over the past seven months (well, actually the past almost two years), but i have been trying to pour myself into God's word each day, reading the psalms as well as a daily devotional. i didn't really feel like taking on this routine - not that i was mad at God or turning away from Him - i just didn't feel very excited about much of anything. but it has been wonderful and rewarding, and i feel like each day, God is speaking directly to me in a few of the verses (or devotional passage) i read. and i'm also blessed to have friends to talk to about all this who have gone through similar things. so, i know everything will be ok even though i have ups and downs with all this. and there are many people who go through much worse, so i'm trying to keep things in perspective.
