Well...for those of you who haven't abandoned me & my blog (due to inactivity), a lot has happened & changed in my life since my last post. I was able to get in to see an endocrinologist & was found to have very low levels of the thyroid hormone. The specialist increased my medicine, and it seems to have done the trick. I'm very thankful for that!!!
On the job front, I was notified the end of April that my teaching position was being eliminated at the end of the school year due to budget cuts. It was a bit surreal...was pretty sure it was coming, but I've never been let go from a position. For the first time in my life (since beginning my teaching career 12 years ago), I was without a job. It's definitely been an adjustment, but I know that God has a plan for me so I'm trying to rest in that fact & not fret (although that's easier said than done sometimes).
Due to my job situation, I moved down to Charlotte, North Carolina to live with my parents. I never planned to be living back here, but I am so thankful that they were here to help me! I'm not sure what I would have done had I not had them!!!
Now to the title of this post...I'm getting married!!! For those of you who didn't know or haven't heard the story...here it is:
6 years ago...in a land up north...my youngest sister, Marsha, went to her first SoloCon with me (it was my 3rd SoloCon, but my 1st on in Michigan). After the first small group session, she came back & told me that she'd just met my future husband. I just laughed at her. =) Throughout the weekend & the coming years she continued to comment on my future husband & even began referring to him as her BIL (brother-in-law). Marsha was sure to introduce me to Ron that first weekend and a friendship was formed that continued to grow over the course of the next several years. For the past two years, we have openly talked about our feelings for each other but there were some obstacles that Ron just couldn't get past. Marsha would continually say that it was going to work out for us, but I had come to believe that there was no chance Ron & I would ever be more than friends. Well...Marsha was right! =) God worked in & through a series of events that brought us together. And...on May 1, 2010...I will become Mrs. Ron Mohney!!!
So...I will no longer be sleeping single in a double bed. Woooohoooo!!! It's been a long time coming...but Ron is definitely worth every single minute I've waited for the person God chose for me!
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Exhausted!!!
Since having the surgery to remove part of my thyroid, I have been so tired. The slightest activity wears me out. Now that I'm back at work, I'm no longer tired...I'm exhausted!!! I'm going to see an endocrinologist in a few weeks hoping that he'll be able to help me get my levels to an area where I begin to feel more like "myself" (whatever that is).
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
I'm Still Alive...
Yes...if any of you out there are still checking my blog...I'm alive! :-) I honestly didn't realize it had been so long since I'd posted. Believe me that I had plenty blog about!!! :-) So...here's a quick update:
November was uneventful & pretty normal. We had three concerts that month - two were local so that was nice. It's always enjoyable to be able to sleep in your own bed. :-) The highlight of November was that Marsha & her family came up for a week over the Thanksgiving holiday. It was great to see them all and especially great to be able to spend some time with my niece & nephew.
At the end of November, I moved! My landlady passed away in September, and after getting things settled, her family decided to sell the house. At that point, my life was up in the air...depending on who bought it, I might have been able to keep my apartment, or they might have had other ideas. At that point, I received an e-mail from a friend offering to rent me a house he had flipped & hadn't been able to sell. I jumped at the opportunity - felt like it was an answer to prayer in fact! I've been in my house a little over two months, and I LOVE it!!!
December brought with it the typical Christmas hustle & bustle. I had my program for school which adds quite a bit of work & stress. Then there is the shopping & preparing for Christmast along with all of the Christmas celebrations. I also had to pack and get ready for my flight to North Carolina to spend the holidays with my family. By Christmas eve, I was exhausted, but my vacation in sunny Charlotte really helped! It was 74 degrees on Christmas day and just absolutely beautiful! I had such an enjoyable week there. I also was able to spend some time with my friends in Sidney, Ohio the weekend after New Years because I flew out of Dayton. Sidney time is always a fun time! :-)
I just realized I forgot something significant that happened in November, but it actually goes back to September. While I was off recovering from my knee surgery, I found a lump in my neck. After speaking to my sister & the surgeon, it was determined that the lump was just swollen because my body was fighting off infection from the surgery. However, I noticed it again in October so I went to see my family doctor who immediately was concerned. He sent me to have blood work and scheduled me for an ultrasound of my thyroid the next day. After the results came back, I was sent to an ENT in November. The specialst told me that I had a mass in the left lobe of my thyroid, and it needed to be removed. He said it was slow growing, but would slowly grow and cause more problems (I was already beginning to feel it).
Unfortunately it grew quite a bit the last couple of weeks of December. When I got back into town the beginning of January, I called the surgeon's office, and my surgery was moved up to the following week. From there, things happened very quickly. Thankfully my parents were able to come up and spend a few days with me - the day before my surgery and remained here two days after I was released. I was very glad they were able to be here! After they left, I spent the rest of the week in Oak Harbor with Jodi & her family (I was supposed to be supervised for the first week).
Since then, I've been hanging out at home and taking a lot of naps. :-) I've decided that I really need to find a rich husband that would allow me to stay home...I've grown to really like this! :-)
Well...that's all for now. I'll try to do better now that life is heading back towards normal (whatever that is).
November was uneventful & pretty normal. We had three concerts that month - two were local so that was nice. It's always enjoyable to be able to sleep in your own bed. :-) The highlight of November was that Marsha & her family came up for a week over the Thanksgiving holiday. It was great to see them all and especially great to be able to spend some time with my niece & nephew.
At the end of November, I moved! My landlady passed away in September, and after getting things settled, her family decided to sell the house. At that point, my life was up in the air...depending on who bought it, I might have been able to keep my apartment, or they might have had other ideas. At that point, I received an e-mail from a friend offering to rent me a house he had flipped & hadn't been able to sell. I jumped at the opportunity - felt like it was an answer to prayer in fact! I've been in my house a little over two months, and I LOVE it!!!
December brought with it the typical Christmas hustle & bustle. I had my program for school which adds quite a bit of work & stress. Then there is the shopping & preparing for Christmast along with all of the Christmas celebrations. I also had to pack and get ready for my flight to North Carolina to spend the holidays with my family. By Christmas eve, I was exhausted, but my vacation in sunny Charlotte really helped! It was 74 degrees on Christmas day and just absolutely beautiful! I had such an enjoyable week there. I also was able to spend some time with my friends in Sidney, Ohio the weekend after New Years because I flew out of Dayton. Sidney time is always a fun time! :-)
I just realized I forgot something significant that happened in November, but it actually goes back to September. While I was off recovering from my knee surgery, I found a lump in my neck. After speaking to my sister & the surgeon, it was determined that the lump was just swollen because my body was fighting off infection from the surgery. However, I noticed it again in October so I went to see my family doctor who immediately was concerned. He sent me to have blood work and scheduled me for an ultrasound of my thyroid the next day. After the results came back, I was sent to an ENT in November. The specialst told me that I had a mass in the left lobe of my thyroid, and it needed to be removed. He said it was slow growing, but would slowly grow and cause more problems (I was already beginning to feel it).
Unfortunately it grew quite a bit the last couple of weeks of December. When I got back into town the beginning of January, I called the surgeon's office, and my surgery was moved up to the following week. From there, things happened very quickly. Thankfully my parents were able to come up and spend a few days with me - the day before my surgery and remained here two days after I was released. I was very glad they were able to be here! After they left, I spent the rest of the week in Oak Harbor with Jodi & her family (I was supposed to be supervised for the first week).
Since then, I've been hanging out at home and taking a lot of naps. :-) I've decided that I really need to find a rich husband that would allow me to stay home...I've grown to really like this! :-)
Well...that's all for now. I'll try to do better now that life is heading back towards normal (whatever that is).
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