I’m three days late and not pregnant. Normally that would be depressing, but it’s not a terrible thing this month. First of all, we took a break from “trying” in that I didn’t bother checking my ovulation tester. It made a significant difference in my stress level, enough so that I’m wondering if I should really be checking it at all.
Second, I started thinking about the ways that God works in our lives. It’s easy to question why God wouldn’t let us conceive again yet, but it can be fun to think of reasons why he hasn’t. The same is true with the irregularity of my cycle; easy to question, more fun to find reasons for it. The reasons I come up with aren’t always right, I’m sure, but they often make me feel better.
I looked at my calendar today and realized that if Joel and I don’t conceive this year, my period would have been due in the middle of the trip to Croatia. Ick! What a terrible thing to try to deal with in a foreign country when you’re attempting to do mission work among very poor people. 😛 Anyway, because I’m late this time, it’s pushing the date back and I shouldn’t be due in January until after I would be back. 🙂
Things are moving foward on that. I started the passport process Saturday morning and should have it in about 4 1/2 weeks. I’m in the midst of figuring out immunizations now. I should start writing up support letters, too, so I can send them out. The church will help with the cost up to a certain amount, but we haven’t been told how much they’ll cover yet. We know we’ll have to raise some of it ourselves in any case.
Alexis wants some attention and I’ll need to wake Branwen up soon. Time to go be responsible. 🙂