Small Victories

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Sometimes, it's all you can do to celebrate the Small Victories.

A is able to get out of bed this morning. After a weekend of back spasms so painful he was nauseous, a 1/2 hour trip from the apartment to the car, and muscle relaxants that cause extreme drowsiness (read: 45 of the last 47 hours spent sleeping), the pain is managable enough to make it to the living room.

Keep him (and the Wiggle & I) in your prayers - it's hard to live with Daddy in the next room, unable to play, or help, or make us smile.

A Happy List

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It's been a big week - 

1) Last Friday I had my scope done - it didn't end up being a camera, like I thought, but you can read about the results HERE.

2) Friday through Sunday was our first weekend away from William since he's been born.  He stayed with my parents, and had a great time.  And so did we!  It was wierd, though, not to have to think about what time he ate last, whether he needed a diaper change.  I did miss all the cuddles, though.

3) Last Saturday was Focus on Marriage, where I learned a LOT about apologizing, forgiveness, bitterness, and releasing hurts to God. And I've received so much Grace in this area this week.  Healing has been happening, for SURE.

4) Sunday we sold my car!  Andrew had promised to get it sold by the end of February, and before church on the 28th, a friend from church took a test drive and agreed to the price we were asking!

5) Sunday afternoon, my family gathered at my parent's house to enjoy Mom's cooking and a Men's Hockey Olympic Gold!  What a joy to celebrate a national victory with my family.

4) This week Andrew has been working a regular-hours day shift job at the railway.  He's been home every evening, and the "weekend" for this particular job is Friday/Saturday!

5) I baked bread this week - from Scratch!  Read about it HERE.

6) Today we are going to the bank to pay off a loan - in its entirety!  I'm really excited about this, even though it sounds pretty mundane.

7) This evening my sister-in-law is coming over so I can pass on my maternity clothes! I'm looking forward not only to getting them out of my basement/closet, but to watching her grow in the joy of motherhood.

8) Tomorrow my littlest sister is coming to visit! She'll spend Saturday afternoon through Sunday morning here, the first to use our guest bedroom [although, I admit, she's bringing her own sheets...we haven't any and no money for them, either!].

What's on YOUR happy list?

Voice Update [Plus]

The appointment with the Ear, Nose, Throat Specialist on Friday went well.  It didn't end up being a camera, but instead a sort of medical "periscope" used to look down past my tongue.  It tasted NASTY. 
The specialist says the good news is there are no nodes or pollyps on my vocal cords - they would be more difficult to deal with than "the bad news" which is that during my pregnancy (and possibly ongoing since) acid reflux, particularly during my sleep, would invade my esophagus, and while my body was horizontal, would puddle in there, eventually burning the muscles in the back of my throat which control the vocal cords.  My throat is a big burned-up mess.
If I don't see any improvement in the next month, I'll need to call back and make an appointment for a Barium Swallow - a radioactive substance used to figure out what's causing all the acid and thereby the burned voice.  I'm not particularly thrilled about the idea of swallowing radioactive material, but if it can get me my voice back, I'll do it over and over.


Saturday, Andrew and I attended Focus on Marriage - a Focus on the Family Simulcast Event - at our church.  What a great session!  Mostly, though, I was not convicted about things happening in my marriage, but with unforgiveness and bitterness I'd been harbouring for months because of some things that happened with my work.  By God's grace I was able to let go of the anger I'd been holding onto, and I feel like a real weight has been lifted off my shoulders.


Sunday, we were able to sell our car!  It's going to friends, we're getting what we asked, and I just feel incredibly blessed by this - it will allow us to clear one of our sources of debt, and get us more on track to where we want to be financially - DEBT FREE!

Sunday was also so great, because my family got together - siblings and their significant others, parents, even grandparents - and together we watched the intense Canada-USA hockey game.  And came out with GOLD!!!  What an exciting experience to share with the people I love most.  Poor William got so scared everytime we screamed - scored. But he enjoyed watching, nonetheless.