Verdict

I had another blood test today. I am no longer pregnant. There is some good news and that is that Jason and I can get pregnant. The doctor told us that it will a few months before we should try the fertility drugs. It may be a while before we get pregnant again, but we're not giving up! Thank you to everyone for your prayers and support! It means a lot to us to have so many people praying for us and our family, we can never thank you enough!

ER

I went to the Emergency Room this morning. I had some bleeding and first nurse said to go to the ER. The diagnosis was that I have a threatened miscarriage that doesn't look to have a happy ending. I'm taking it easy for the next few days, but I would really like it if everyone were to pray for us. It's not been an easy day and I know it will be really tough for us for a while. Thank you for all of your support and prayers!

News

So Jason and I have some news. The two of us will become parents in late December. That's right! We're having a baby! We've been struggling for almost two years. We went to the fertility clinic in Des Moines and they suggested insemination. They also gave us some advice and gave me some fertility drugs for a little boost. Jason and I go to the fertility clinic on May 10th for an ultrasound. It's basically to see if things are all right, and to see if there's more than one. Are chances went from 3% (which is the normal percentage for all couples) to 7%. It's a slight increase, but with twins running in Jason's family, who knows? We're very excited and couldn't wait to share our wonderful news! Jason told his family and I told mine on Saturday, so we can share the news with everyone now!

New Job

This week I started at Dining Services at Maple. I work in the dish room where it's noisy and hot. Yes, I went from a chemistry lab to washing dishes. I'm on my feet the whole time I'm working. However, the people are really nice and the food is wonderful! I'm very thankful I had today off though. My feet were hurting so bad I had a hard time walking after sitting down. I'll get used to it and I bought some insoles for my shoes. I work two more days this week and have the weekend off to enjoy time with family! Jason won't be able to go with, but I'm sure he'll be all right and not miss me too much.

Official

So, it's official. I no longer work for Racing Chemistry. I now work as a Kitchen Helper I in the Seasons Market at Maple Dining Center. Hopefully, I'll be recalled back to my position soon. The guy bumping Olha, who was bumping me, decided he would rather take the voluntary layoff then work in Chem/Tox. He decided this last Friday. However, instead of coming in and signing papers to make it official and stop this bumping chain, he decided to give everyone the run around and make the bump change go into effect anyway. So I was hoping and praying that I would get a phone call today that said I wouldn't have to move, but it didn't happen. I will work for food service for the next three weeks (it's a nine month position that ends May 7th and will start again August 1st), then enjoy unemployment unless Racing Chemistry posts a temporary position, or get recalled. It's still very stressful, but I won't go into work until 9:30 am at the earliest. It might be a nice vacation, who knows?

At Last...

Jason bought a motorcycle last night. It was a pretty good price, and we are able to make payments over the next year. On top of that, the guy that sold it to him agreed to help teach him maintenance until Jason feels comfortable doing it himself. Jason was pretty happy and drove it to work today. He was pretty lucky it didn't rain on his way home. There have been dark clouds looming over Ames for most of the evening.

My job situation is fairly complicated at this point, so I will post about it once I figure out what's going on myself. It's been dragging on all week.

I have been talking to my friend, Bethany. We were discussing later this summer, more likely next year, trying to sell some stuff at the Ames Farmers Market. We're just in the talking stages and trying to figure out the rules and prices to see if it's worth our time or not. We wouldn't mind any ideas for items to sell! Right now we're looking at jam, mixes and some crafty things. (Bethany crochets and also quilts.) We'll see what we find out though!

A Spring Weekend

We had a pretty good weekend. Well....it ended pretty well. Saturday I had blood taken for thyroid hormone levels. The first time, she didn't find my vein and that hurt really bad. She had to use my other arm. Then, later that afternoon, I received an email from the food service supervisor. Apparently she had been called and told I would start on April 19th. I thought, that's funny, I haven't been told anything. I replied to her email, then forwarded her email to my current supervisor and section leaders. Of course, none of the Racing Chemistry people knew anything. I still haven't gotten anything from HR or the Union. We'll see how things go next week.

Pat, Matt and Adam came down so we could game, but it turned out more of just hanging out. Jason's friend from work let him borrow the motorcycle he's selling. Jason's been riding it every chance he gets. Doesn't he look cool! He's still debating whether or not he wants to try and buy it. We'll see how things go. We all went down to Des Moines for supper at the Machine Shed for supper with Kate and Blair. Nala had a volleyball tournament in Des Moines, which her team won, and wanted to see us.

Sunday, we played for a little more, then had lunch at Great Plains. Jason had softball practice at 2, so it was a very short session. While he was gone, the rest of us cleaned out the garage as a surprise. We mostly rearranged things and know we're able to get the truck and a motorcycle in there. Now we're just relaxing with the windows open!

Rumors

Jason has a friend at work who said he would be willing to sell Jason his motorcycle for a decent price. His friend even said that he could make payments. Jason's going to try it out this weekend to see if he likes it. So, maybe by the end of the weekend, Jason will have his own motorcycle! He's very excited about it.

Otherwise, we're still waiting to hear about my job. The last rumor I heard was that nothing was going to happen until May. If it's after the 7th, I'll work as a temp in Racing Chemistry for the summer, then start at food service August 1st. That's a long ways away yet, so who knows what will happen between now and then!

Thanks for sending us the strawberry pie recipe, Cyndy! I'm sure we'll enjoy it very much!

Limbo

Last night Jason and I went to Des Moines to have supper with his mom. She's in Des Moines for an educational conference. We went to HuHot, which is always delicious! We were glad we got to see her for a little bit.

On our way back from Des Moines, our front bumper decided to let go in the front and drag part way home. The pavement scraped off part of the plastic bumper, and part of the bottom of the license plate. We were able to pull over and rig it up with a bungee cord. Hopefully we'll be able to get it fixed this weekend.

I still have not heard anything on when/if I'm moving to food service anytime soon. I'm still in limbo, not that it's a completely bad thing. I still have a job while I wait.

Happy Easter!

We just wanted to wish all of our friends and family a happy Easter! We love all of you and hope you have a wonderful day!

Keeping Busy

It's been a pretty long, and busy week for us. Monday I took the time to go over to the food service I will be moved to and talked to the supervisor. She was very nice and was very helpful. Since it is a nine month position, I will be able to work for Racing Chemistry as a temp during that time. We're just waiting to see what happens.

Wednesday was Jason's city employee banquet. I went because Jason was being awarded his 10 years of service award. That's right, he's worked for CyRide for ten years! I'm very proud of him. I know sometimes he comes home not liking his job, but he's really enjoyed working there.

I've been spending most of my evenings at 20th Century Bowling trying to transfer some files to the new computer and getting frustrated at not having all the software I need. This has been an extremely slow process! But I keep working at it. Hopefully I'll be done with it by the end of the year.

Jason and I have decided to stay home this year for Easter. We're going to try to start our garden and weed the strawberries. It's supposed to be fairly nice this weekend. Not the near 80's we had for the last two days, but fairly nice, with no rain. It did rain for a little bit this afternoon. The only reason I know that is because we heard the thunder in our lab. (The lab I work in is on the bottom floor, in the middle of the building.) Here's hoping we won't be having too many rabbits this year!