A sigh of relief
We had some gorgeous 2 days a week ago. I decided to go up unto Mt. Baldy’s Skyline drive to see if I could see Mt. McKinley, and indeed I did. It was absolutely magnificent to see this and ofcourse I took some pictures to share with you!
Jon’s 4 weeks in the lower 48 went by incredibly slow, but he finally made his way home last tuesday. The moment I walked into his arms, I could let out a sigh of relief. All the burdens, the heavy load that I had to carry on my shoulder, with the loss of our first baby, finally got lifted and I knew I did not have to share it all on my own any more.
We have done pretty good when it comes to the grieving part, and from time to time we do realize we would be hitting nearly into our second trimester. A bittersweet thought, but if this is God’s will for us, than it shall be.
Physically I am still exhausted quite easily, and an 8 hour work day has me sore, exhausted beyond exhausted, and even my vision will become blurry in the end. But I work no more that 3 to 4 days a week, so I can slowly start it back up to full time. My b-HCG or hormone levels are back down to 21, which they have to be between 0 and 6 for us to be able to try for a baby again. I have to come back again end of the week for another lab test. But this is pretty good, considering my b-HCG was at 11,000 4 weeks ago!
We’re getting excited about trying again, knowing that the possibility is there we can get pregnant. But since it has taken us 6 years to get pregnant, we also know it might take a while again. We’ve been asking around and looking into the foster program and it is not as complicated as we thought it would be and something we may consider after Jon’s deployment is over.
At the moment we are enjoying a 4 day together, as it is labor day weekend. My manager was very nice and even asked if Jon had a 4 day and gave me Saturday to Monday off. What a great guy! Seriously. I am blessed with the consideration of management of our situation and the fact that Jon had been gone for most of this ordeal.
Last night we were invited for a Chili/ Salsa dip cook off and football party at a friends house this afternoon. This got me all excited and decided to make my “Autumn Turkey Chili”. It pretty much is Autumn here in Alaska, so I am sure it will be a good addition to the regular Chili most people make. One of the ingredients is butternut squash, which is not available everywhere at the moment, so I replaced it by sweet potatoes, which just as much adds the Autumn taste to it, like butternut squash. I hope to at least have half of the crock pot filled with Chili gone.
Now when talking about Autumn in Alaska, is that it about starts in August this year. It has been raining a lot and the mountains in view from our window to the right now show snow on their tops. The temperature at the moment is 47F on the ground and feels like 43F. So you can imagine the temperature at the top there. Winter is not far away. But we are enjoying fall!
householdzes
