Hello again--it's me, Jill. I am alive and well, and it is wonderful to be back in the blogosphere, finally. Thanks so much to all of you who left a comment or sent an e-mail to say hello and check on me during my absence; I greatly appreciate your kindness. I apologize for being missing in action for over a month; I truly did not intend to be away for so long. I actually have had a plethora of posts floating around in my head, but the busyness of life intervened, and I found it difficult to find time and motivation to sit down at the computer and write.
What has been keeping me so busy? Nothing earth-shattering: a vacation, mainly. I took a little over two weeks off work to do some home improvement projects (mainly lots of painting of rooms and of several pieces of old bedroom furniture, plus digging up and re-seeding a partially dead lawn), to splurge and get some rest and relaxation by going away with my husband to vacation here for a week (it was lovely--gorgeous scenery, obscene amounts of delicious food, many fun opportunities for exercise--in short, perfect for rejuvenation), and finally to spend some much-needed time with my parents at their house. In addition to that, I had one extra-busy week at work preparing for my time off and subsequently had another extra-busy week catching up at work and at home after being away. My husband and I also attended a two-day adoption seminar and completed some requirements toward our homestudy (I'm hoping to write a separate post about that later). In addition, I have celebrated my dad's 79th birthday, my husband's 38th birthday (multiple celebrations with various people for that occasion), and our 11th wedding anniversary. Oh, and I got a cold. I also got addicted to peanut M & Ms and then weaned myself off of them, but that's a whole 'nother story.
It sounds lame now when I type it out, but it really was a very hectic month, except for the time when we were away from home actually vacationing and then visiting my parents--but I was unable to post during that time (I don't have a laptop computer to tote along with me, my parents are elderly and have neither a computer nor Internet access or any interest in getting either, and at the hotel I had only very limited computer access that was not suitable for posting a blog entry...excuses, excuses). Please forgive me for my neglect. I'll try to be a more dependable blogger from now on. Promise.
In a nutshell, I'm doing fine. I'm still rather confused about what path to take in the pursuit of a child, but I'm more okay now and more accepting of my confusion, if that makes any sense. I'm feeling more recovered emotionally from my recent miscarriage and more peaceful about waiting and seeing how our hopes of having a baby may be fulfilled. We are feeling good about continuing to pursue adoption at this point and have been completing some of our paperwork and other requirements at a moderate pace, but we also have not completely ruled out or given up on the prospect of another pregnancy. We're trying our best to just enjoy where we are at the moment and to hope and wait for God to show us the way. I think I am feeling more refreshed, fearing somewhat less and trusting God somewhat more, and for that I am thankful.
That's the bottom line for now; I am hoping to fill you in on more of the details in subsequent posts. If you're still here reading after my long absence--thanks!
