stresses of life

So life has taken a little crazy turn as of late!!

First of all, Joe has been having stomach issues since this past July, and has lost about 35 lbs due to it. The last couple weeks he has not really been able to eat at all, and finally got in to both a primary care doctor and a gastro doctor. The gastro doctor put him on a liquid only diet, so he has just been drinking ensure. He had a CT scan yesterday and will have an endoscopy on Tuesday in Rockford, with a follow up appointment with the gastro on Thursday. So we are very anxious to get some answers. Its been really hard having him not feel good and not being able to eat. we are very anxious to having him feel back to normal soon!! Prayers are appreciated!!

Second... Joe is being trasnfered to ATI in Rockford, which is very exciting for us because we'd love to be closer to my parents and I would also have to travel a little less for my job as well since I'm based out of Rochelle and see patients in Rockford. So now we're trying to figure out how we can get out of the apt we are currently in. Joe is to start in Rockford the beginning of December, but to break our lease it would cost $3000 or we can find someone to sub-let it. So that is what we are trying to do. We will see. It is sure hard to just be patient tho and trust that God will carry us through this. I hate not knowing what is going on. We don't want to find a place up there until we know that we have someone to live here...so if you know of anyone looking for an apt. in Aurora, let us know!!! Its such a nice apt, we really love it, I just wish I could move it to Rockford with us!!

Other than that I am loving my job and we are having lots of fun with Elsie. She has a little cone on now cause she had surgery and keeps trying to lick her stitches. I feel so bad for her ha ha. But she has been a great companion for us!! Good stress reliever when we are stressed out!! Thanks for keeping us in your prayers!

my new job so far :o)

So I am loving my new job at Unity Hospice. I feel like I"m still getting into the swing of things, but since I am working with my friend Brittany, its wonderful to work along side her and kinda pick up things as I go. I was working at both Unity and the Coach Outlet, but finally had to quit at Coach. It was just too much to do both. So my last day was Monday at Coach and I'm so relieved to just be working one job now.

Tomorrow Elsie is having surgery (she has to be spayed) so I'm hoping that goes well and this weekend we're going to Rockford for the weekend to be with mom and dad. Our friends Dan and Kristin just got married in Florida and are having their reception in Rockford this weekend as well so we will be going to that :o)

Joe has been not feeling so great lately, so we're hoping we can get him feeling better very soon. Why does it have to be so difficult to get into a doctor!? Right now we are both in limbo with primary care doctors, what a pain!!

new job!

I got a new job! I will be working at Unity Hospice which is based out of Rochelle, IL, as a full time social worker. I am so excited to start!! This kinda fell into my lap because I had applied to this place (Unity Hospice) back in June and they wanted to interview me the week I was on my honeymoon and I said I could after I was back. Well by the time I was back they had hired someone and it turned out to be a good friend of mine from Grad school!! So now there is someone part time retiring and they are replacing her with someone full time cause the caseload is so big, so my friend emailed me right away and asked if I'd be interested and the people already knew who I was because of calling me before. So I interviews and they hired me on the spot which was great. I will be starting on Oct 13th and will have half of the district as my case load and my friend Brittany will have the other half. I will be traveling a lot but be able to meet with families in their homes and at nursing homes. It will be great! I can't wait to start. God is good :o)

Elsie

Joe and I have his sister, Carrie, and her boyfriend, Keith, here for the weekend and we've had a great time so far. We even got a new puppy!! Her name is Elsie and she is a little daschund puppy. We are in love :o)

busy and blessed!

Its been a while so I figured I'm due for an update. Life has been a little insane lately and today I finally have a day to catch up! I have been juggling working at both Marianjoy Hospital as a Registry Case Manager and also picked up a part time job at Coach Outlet as well, so I have been very busy between the two!! Joe is enjoying his job, and has gotten involved at Harvest Bible Chapel which has been great. My schedule has been funny though lately, so I feel I haven't been able to spend as much time with Joe as I wish I could!

This weekend I have Saturday off (HURRAY!!) and Joe's sister, Carrie, is coming to visit with her boyfriend for the weekend! I am really looking forward to having her here and just having some "fun time" together!

I have also started training for a 10K run in November. I am pretty excited about it. Running has been really therapeutic for me! I love it. I am up to 5 miles and tomorrow I am running 6 miles. It seems to be getting easier which is a really good thing :o)

We also recently joined a "Newly Married Couples" small group through Harvest and are really enjoying getting to fellowship with others our age! Its been such a blessing to have friends who can relate to exactly what we're going through and the stress of "just starting out." Its been a huge blessing to Joe and me. We have our small group tonight...I can't wait.

Well that about sums up life for us right now. Joe has been wonderful to help me balance the jobs and helping out around the apartment, I definitely have a wonderful husband! I am blessed :o)

best hubby ever

So I have the best husband ever... I haven't been sleeping well lately, so I decided to take a nap after church. Joe called me and woke me up from my nap (I didn't even know he wasn't in our apt) and said that he went to get groceries and needed my help bringing them in if I could come downstairs and help him. So I went out to his car, and SURPRISE! he got me a new Schwinn bike! I love it. I had an amazing bike in college and it was stolen, so now I finally have a bike again to ride. We took a couple of bike rides today and are looking forward to finding some new bike paths to ride on :o)

Mom and Dad came to town yesterday and went to the outlet malls with us, for dinner and to church. It was great to see them. Its so nice that they are close enough to buzz in for the evening :o) Its been a good weekend.

Now if only I could sleep, work will come early tomorrow morning!!

the job front and life in general

So i guess i haven't posted on here for a while. Life has been good, just busy as always! I was in my wonderful friend Becca's wedding on my birthday, August 8th, and then this past weekend Joe and I went to starved rock to go hiking for the day and my parents ended up meeting up with us. It was great.

On the job front:

Joe just started his new job about a week and a half ago at ATI physical therapy and is loving it. I'm so happy. He is planning on going back to school for physical therapy and will start applying for schools shortly. On my end, work at Marianjoy Hospital is great, I love it, although its an on call job and I have been wishing I had more hours. Time will tell, I'm just grateful I have something at this point, and am trying to remind myself of how fortunate we are to have jobs at all right now...

John is back at school now and my parents are back to life without children at home. John's girlfriend Kelsey will be going to school in the same town as John, and just moved to school today. Lots of changes! Mom just started inservice for her year and Dad is busy as always at work. :o)

Joe and I have also been looking at other churches in the area. We have LOVED our home church, Springbrook, but are hoping to meet more Christian friends our age. The last 2 weeks we have gone to Harvest Bible in Naperville and have loved it. It is a totally small world. I have run into so many friends from Rockford that are now attending the church and living in the area. Its been great. Fun to catch up with old friends. God knows where is best for us :o)