Honey, I'm home!

I've only been away for 4 days, but it seems longer. I left town on Sunday, immediately following church. I was asked to help lead worship for the winter bible study series at FBC Osceola. What a treat! It was Sunday-Wednesday evening. This year, the topic was Relationships by Design. What a great topic. We're all in relationships...whether it be our relationship with God, our spouse, family, friends...and if we're honest, we would have to admit that all of our relationships could use improvement in one area or another. It was great fun helping with the worship and getting to do something that I love, which is praise my Lord and Savior through song!

This is a picture of me and Cary before worship started. My S-I-L was nice enough to take pics the last night, but my camera battery died after the first pic...so all I have is a picture of my rear end. Just for the record, I don't sing with my back to the crowd.


I feel like there is so much to write about, since I've been gone. I'm looking forward to catching up on all of my blog reading as well. I was able to answer a few emails and read a few blogs, last night, but didn't have time to comment on them. Know that I will be reading and commenting soon.

I drove back home, yesterday morning, for the funeral of a dear family friend. It was an emotional day. I also had my first acupuncture appointment, before driving back to Osceola, last night. Acupuncture is the oddest thing I have experienced, so far, in my fertility treatments. As of right now...I'm not a fan. Maybe I was just nervous and extremely tired from the day, but I've had a terrible headache since I left her office, yesterday. She said, most people fall asleep while they lay there with needles all over their body. Unfortunately, I was not one of those people. I was very aware of the needles from the top of my head to the bottoms of my feet. She did this odd thing with herbs...she rolled them up, set them on fire, put them in a little box and then sat the box on top of my stomach. It's supposed to increase bloodflow. She said at one point, 'if you cough, hold onto that box, there are hot herbs in there.' I thought to myself, 'no kidding, Einstein...they're burning my stomach!' She also gave me herbs in the form of a pill to take. I'm supposed to take 15 pills a day until retrieval day. And then we have the issue of the price of acupuncture. My first visit was around $150 and every visit afterwards will be $75 each. She wants me to come in 2-3 times a week until my transfer. Insurance doesn't pay for acupuncture, so I'm not sure that I can swing 2-3 times a week. For those of you who did acupuncture with your IVF/IUI...did you go this many times a week? I want to be open to this and I read many letters hanging in her office from women that are now pregnant (most with twins) after having acupuncture. If you have had or are having acupuncture...I would love to hear what you have to say. Maybe I will feel better about it, after tomorrow's appointment.

I am so happy to be home! Though I was with family all week, it was hard being away from Alex. I missed him terribly. Since I drove in yesterday for the funeral and my appointment, I did get to run by his work for 2 minutes and steal a kiss. That helped to get me through the last day. :) I love you, babe!

Going to say goodbye for now...time for me to take my afternoon herbs and a few tylenol for this headache. Sorry if this post is a little scattered...I'm in need of a nap. :)

Love to all,
Jill