I am working through my Fibro, still and always (I imagine). I'm working on stretching every morning and hope to one day up that to a few hours of yoga a week. I've been working on a Cleansing Flow program. I definitely feel better after my weekly sessions, but (to be honest) I've been skipping a lot of my daily work.
Love my new job. At the end of the month, I'll be increasing my hours to almost full time, which is definitely intimidating. I'm excited to see if I can do it, though, and if I decide I can't (which will be a really fun decision to make!), there are a lot of part time positions with this company doing the same thing - and I would get to keep my benefits.
We have a new addition to our family- no baby (yet!), but a boxer pitbull mix rescue puppy named Ruby :) Pictures to come... she takes a lot on energy, but is a couch potato at heart. She's a good dog and we're working towards Canine Good Citizenship for her. During one session she was definitely the bad dog at obedience class, but overall I think she's doing well. She's a little behind for her age (7 months), but that most likely has to do with her unknown background. She was picked up by animal control before she was rescued. She came to us shy and timid, but is finding her voice... at times, literally. Barking is still not her thing, so sometimes she makes these little huffing sounds before a full fledged bark. She's great.
Along those lines, we are hoping to fill our house up even more, and have officially begun trying to conceive. I'm excited and I know Ian is too, but we're also both scared. I'm worried about the Fibro and our finances most of all. Obviously I'm concerned about whether or not we'll be good parents, being pregnant and giving birth, the fact that our lives will never be the same, but mostly I know we can do it. My health is a huge factor because I am still figuring out how to deal with this and what my limitations are. On a bad day, I can't imagine having a child around. I don't know how I would possibly do it. But, I'll get maternity leave, then Ian will get paternity leave, and he'll always be there to help. Hopefully I'll start to see the bad days get fewer and farther between, but today is the sort of day I can't imagine needing to take care of a baby, so it's at the front of my mind. Part of the reason things have been harder lately is that I'm trying to wean myself off the neurontin (it's not safe during pregnancy). When I first started this blog, it would have been inconceivable to skip a day of meds and still function, so at least I've come that far.
Financially, I think we're doing well. Still adjusting to Ian's new job and playing a little bit of catch up, but I think we're back on track for our budget. My worry stems mostly from the fact that I can't yet budget for pregnancy and a baby properly (well, there are tools to help guess, but it's still uncertain) and it seems like you can never be too prepared!
Well, now we've played catch up, phantom blog readers! More to come, possibly.
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