Hello everyone! Happy hot Summer!!! We are now up over 100 degrees almost every day. Yippee!! :0) Man, I am posting a lot more than I thought I would. lol I am starting to get addicted to this blog thing. Ha! I apologize ahead of time if you get bored cuz I don't have any pictures yet. I was thinking I will post some when we move so you can see our new place. And of course, when we go to SC to the see the Lyme Disease doctor, we will definitely take pictures of that trip as it will probably be one crazy adventure w/ all of my sensitivities. Life is never boring, that is for sure!!
Brian is done w/ finals!! Whoohoo! He did such a wonderful job. He got A's in 4 classes for sure and we are just waiting to hear on the last one. He has worked so hard and is excited to probably get to keep his 4.0! I am SO proud of him!! He now will just be working at the grocery store as many as hours as they can give him (pray that he will get lots!!). He is enjoying having a break when he is not working. I think it's the first time in years where he is not working two jobs and taking classes. :)
We had some praises recently!!! We got approved for our apartment and have a move in date of June 25th. I also had written my new doctor in SC about working w/ us long distance because I am so sensitive allergic-wise that it's hard for me to travel. I had talked to his office staff and they said that he usually likes to see you for the initial appointment and then see you back in 3 weeks to develop a treatment plan. Traveling for us (driving 30 hours)w/in a month w/ how sick I am is out of the question, so I had written him an e-mail to see if he would work my case. I got a response back from his assistant and he said he would definitely be willing to work with us at the first appointment. That is such a praise! It's going to be a long journey and it is great to know we will have his support. Another praise we had is that my work approved me for intermittent FMLA, which means I have been given 12 weeks to use over a period of a year if I am ill. I can take it all at once in the form of a leave or take it every so often when I am feeling rotten. What a relief to have that flexibility! I am going to try to save as much as I can for when I start treatment mid-July but am so thankful to know that my absences won't account towards my attendance.
We do have a couple of immediate prayer requests. If you could continue to pray for the apartment and that when we move I will have no problems in the new environment. Also, because of our down-sizing, it is going to enable to me to drop down to part-time. This is wonderful as I seem to do real well working the first part of my 10 hour shift, but the last part is very difficult. I am having a lot of trouble w/ random allergic reactions to things again and constantly have a lot of joint/bone pain because of Lyme. If you could just pray that I will be granted that shift change very soon, we would really appreciate it! Finally, Brian is going to be asking Fry's (where he works right now) if he can job shadow their accountant. He was unable to obtain an internship for this summer because of the economy, but would really like to get some experience. If you could pray that they would approve his request, that would be great!!
Well, I am going to sign off for now. Have a wonderful weekend!!
Blessings,
Dawn
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Saturday, May 9, 2009
On the Move Again.....
Hello! Happy May! We have now entered Summer as it reached near 100 degrees in Tucson last week. They said this will be a very warm season as we are already hitting these high temps. Whoohoo! :0)
Well, big news for us is that we are going to be moving at the end of June to an apartment. The decision was two-fold but we can see God's hand guiding us through this process. First we have had trouble w/ our AC when we turned it on this summer it caused me to have allergic reactions. It had a really musty smell so we are thinking some mold or mildew collected on the coils. We tried 3 times to call our renters and explain to them the situation and to request a AC repairman and they refused to send someone out. We even offerred to pay for the visit. It's been SO hot in our house and I think at one time our thermostat read 87 degrees. So w/ that, along w/ us knowing that we will have to be paying very expensive medical costs in the near future for my treatment, we have decided to downsize to an apartment. It is probably the wisest decision for us financially even though we will be sad to move from our beautiful rental house. Plus it was pretty obvious that God wanted us to move in that direction as living w/out AC in 113 degree weather is really not an option. Heat makes Lyme Disease symptoms really flare-up.
So, we are going to be on the move again, lol. I think that is almost every year since we got married. Brian will role his eyes once he reads this, LOL. Good thing is, we have got it down to pretty much of a science. :) Our new apartment will be cozy, but nice. It is a great complex at the base of our mountain range in the foothills. We were so blessed to get an amazing price because of the economy right now and also because Brian works across the street we got a 5% discount. Whoohoo! Only downside is that Toby (our little puppy) won't be able to be the "white bullet". That is what we call him when he zooms around the room at top speed to get his energy out. However, I am sure he will find a way. He is a creative little guy. lol
So our immediate prayer requests would be that we could somehow get the AC to work in the next six weeks before we move (so we don't boil to death) and that I will not have any problems at our new apartment and that the move will go smoothly.
Well, I know you will be shocked but that is the end of my post today. I told you someday I would write a short blog update! Ha!
We hope everyone is having a wonderful May and wish you all a great Summer!
Blessings!
Well, big news for us is that we are going to be moving at the end of June to an apartment. The decision was two-fold but we can see God's hand guiding us through this process. First we have had trouble w/ our AC when we turned it on this summer it caused me to have allergic reactions. It had a really musty smell so we are thinking some mold or mildew collected on the coils. We tried 3 times to call our renters and explain to them the situation and to request a AC repairman and they refused to send someone out. We even offerred to pay for the visit. It's been SO hot in our house and I think at one time our thermostat read 87 degrees. So w/ that, along w/ us knowing that we will have to be paying very expensive medical costs in the near future for my treatment, we have decided to downsize to an apartment. It is probably the wisest decision for us financially even though we will be sad to move from our beautiful rental house. Plus it was pretty obvious that God wanted us to move in that direction as living w/out AC in 113 degree weather is really not an option. Heat makes Lyme Disease symptoms really flare-up.
So, we are going to be on the move again, lol. I think that is almost every year since we got married. Brian will role his eyes once he reads this, LOL. Good thing is, we have got it down to pretty much of a science. :) Our new apartment will be cozy, but nice. It is a great complex at the base of our mountain range in the foothills. We were so blessed to get an amazing price because of the economy right now and also because Brian works across the street we got a 5% discount. Whoohoo! Only downside is that Toby (our little puppy) won't be able to be the "white bullet". That is what we call him when he zooms around the room at top speed to get his energy out. However, I am sure he will find a way. He is a creative little guy. lol
So our immediate prayer requests would be that we could somehow get the AC to work in the next six weeks before we move (so we don't boil to death) and that I will not have any problems at our new apartment and that the move will go smoothly.
Well, I know you will be shocked but that is the end of my post today. I told you someday I would write a short blog update! Ha!
We hope everyone is having a wonderful May and wish you all a great Summer!
Blessings!
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