Koopman Kraziness

I get a really, really long time to get thin/go to school/win a Nobel Peace Prize and/or cure cancer. I saw the OB/GYN and started on birth control a little over a week go.  If things go as planned, we MIGHT try for more kids in a couple of years.  Then again, things never go as planned when you relapse into endometriosis . The doctor confirmed what I'd hoped I'd never hear.  Pregnancy DOESN'T cure endo like they thought it did.  Instead, it merely puts it into remission until cycles start again.  It DOES return...it's just a matter of how quickly.  For me, it was 4 cycles.  I don't even have words.  I know God can heal me if it is His will...but I also know that we live in a fallen world where we need to be realistic...and statistically it doesn't look good.  We got pregnant once, yes, but I was being treated for diabetes with a fertility drug.  The only "cure" is a total hysterectomy.

Well, kids have been put on hold.  Again. I actually go back to the doctor tomorrow afternoon to discuss being put back onto birth control.  I'm not thrilled about it...but considering that some things that have been happening make it look like my endometriosis is returning, it may be the best idea for the time being.  I just hope that if that IS what's going on we don't go through the gammit of things we did last time....Lupron injections to induce menopause, loritab and vicodin for pain, stacking birth control pills to avoid monthly cycles... Maybe it's not what this all is at all...but these pains and gross feelings are all too familiar, and not in a good way.

Hopefully this won't be as weak of an attempt at blogging as I think it will be. I was super excited and proud of myself because I'd been faithfully working out on the Wii Fit program.  However, I went to the doctor today and after a reassessment of my foot, I've been put on as close to non-weight bearing as possible.  I absolutely hate feeling useless.  I'm so glad that Jeff is home now to help me, but I really wish that I was able to do some stuff for our family for myself.  I can pretty much fold laundry and put Kamden to sleep.  Other than that, I'm out of luck.  In other news, I got started on my financial aid for Cosmetology school today.  I'm waiting to hear that I've been approved for application for financial aid, but it's at least a step in the right direction.  First, we apply through the military and then through the fasfa program.  I'm currently scheduled to start in about a month so I'm just waiting to see if things pan out righ...

I want to blog....I really do. I don't feel like I have much to say tonight that wouldn't be very self centered and moody, so I'm going to avoid writing until tomorrow. 

So here we find ourselves in Franklin, TN.  And I know...Nashville area has an effect on people who are at all musically inclined. But this is more than that. I learned a long time ago that there's no such thing as coincidence.  God either puts things together, or he doesn't.  Plain as that.  Yesterday, Jeff had the opportunity to go on Total Axxess on Way FM in Franklin.  While he was deployed,  Wally started Operation H.E.R.O.S (you can read about it here ) and Jeff was hoping to thank people on air in general rather than risking forgetting someone when writing thank you's.  Wally got in touch with us and said to come by on Wednesday and to just hang out since TobyMac was going to be in at 5 for an interview.  We got there at 430 and Jeff sat down for a chat with Wally.  Later we found out he wasn't being recorded but he was LIVE on the air.  (I found out when my cell phone blew up with texts from friends in the Nashville area.)...

Jeff and I stopped in Franklin, TN to do a radio spot with Way FM. We decided that while we were in the area, we'd try to get in touch with and meet up with as many friends as we could who are in the area and we got a great opportunity today to do just that. Stephanie and I have talked for almost two years on and off thanks to babycenter.com. Our sons had due dates in the same month and we have had the chance to connect with some absolutely amazing women because of it. Anytime that the ladies of our group are able, we try to meet and get to know each other in person to make those relationships more than just "an internet friendship". We met up today at the mall in Franklin and let Kamden and Dylan play in the play area while we got a chance to talk. After the boys wore themselves out, we had lunch at Cracker Barrell and got a chance to just chat. It was SUCH a good time. I really hope we'll have the chance to do so again someday. I do think that this friendsh...