Greetings from Charleston!
Because it has been so long since I've updated my blog, I'm pretty sure that my parents are the only readers left!! So, here's to you, Mom and Dad!
Life is good here and every day we thank God for our many blessings. Ed and I are both enjoying our jobs. Ed is learning and accepting new responsibilities with his promotion, and I am learning an entirely different field of nursing in the recovery room. I like my job, and I am really enjoying the learning process, however stressful it may be! It is a good challenge for me, and I feel lucky to have been offered this opportunity.
As we count down the days to our wedding (less than two months to go!!), we are finishing the final plans and excitedly opening the RSVP's as they arrive in the mail. We rush to the mailbox every day in hopes of seeing those little envelopes! Ed and I are so excited to be married, and the fun is really beginning as our friends and family have graciously planned wedding showers and bachelor/bachelorette parties for us. Last week we met with the photographer for our engagement photo session. That was fun! It was a bit weird to act romantic in front of a perfect stranger holding a camera, but we're hoping the photos will be beautiful!
The wonderful news of this day: Ed's house has finally sold!! After months of difficulty, we finally came to the conclusion that we would have to have a new well drilled on the property in order for any buyer to be approved for financing. Along came a buyer, and we have closed on the house just two weeks after drilling the well. What a relief it is to know that we will no longer be paying a mortgage plus rent every month! AND... this means that we can finally start looking for a home here in Charleston!
As if we don't have enough on our plates, Ed has to have another surgery this month. After his ACL repair last July, the incision has never totally healed. After visiting a new surgeon here in Charleston, it was determined that he has a retained suture beneath the skin, which must be removed and will require a trip to the operating room. After 8 months of waiting for this incision to close, Ed is certainly ready to get this taken care of, but he's not too pleased about having to go back to surgery. Of course, he has his own private nurse, so he is confident that he will be in good hands. Especially with my new recovery room training - ha! It will be a difficult job trying to keep Ed from going to the gym the day after surgery, but I've made enough threats that I think he'll take it easy for at least a few days afterward!
Life is busy. Life is good! Life will someday slow down, right? I think only a month ago I was complaining that I was bored!! But I certainly can't complain about a thing, as we have had a wonderful experience here in Charleston for the past two months. As we continue to make a life for ourselves here, we continue to be thankful for all that we are given.
Thanks, Mom and Dad, for faithfully reading!
Life is good here and every day we thank God for our many blessings. Ed and I are both enjoying our jobs. Ed is learning and accepting new responsibilities with his promotion, and I am learning an entirely different field of nursing in the recovery room. I like my job, and I am really enjoying the learning process, however stressful it may be! It is a good challenge for me, and I feel lucky to have been offered this opportunity.
As we count down the days to our wedding (less than two months to go!!), we are finishing the final plans and excitedly opening the RSVP's as they arrive in the mail. We rush to the mailbox every day in hopes of seeing those little envelopes! Ed and I are so excited to be married, and the fun is really beginning as our friends and family have graciously planned wedding showers and bachelor/bachelorette parties for us. Last week we met with the photographer for our engagement photo session. That was fun! It was a bit weird to act romantic in front of a perfect stranger holding a camera, but we're hoping the photos will be beautiful!
The wonderful news of this day: Ed's house has finally sold!! After months of difficulty, we finally came to the conclusion that we would have to have a new well drilled on the property in order for any buyer to be approved for financing. Along came a buyer, and we have closed on the house just two weeks after drilling the well. What a relief it is to know that we will no longer be paying a mortgage plus rent every month! AND... this means that we can finally start looking for a home here in Charleston!
As if we don't have enough on our plates, Ed has to have another surgery this month. After his ACL repair last July, the incision has never totally healed. After visiting a new surgeon here in Charleston, it was determined that he has a retained suture beneath the skin, which must be removed and will require a trip to the operating room. After 8 months of waiting for this incision to close, Ed is certainly ready to get this taken care of, but he's not too pleased about having to go back to surgery. Of course, he has his own private nurse, so he is confident that he will be in good hands. Especially with my new recovery room training - ha! It will be a difficult job trying to keep Ed from going to the gym the day after surgery, but I've made enough threats that I think he'll take it easy for at least a few days afterward!
Life is busy. Life is good! Life will someday slow down, right? I think only a month ago I was complaining that I was bored!! But I certainly can't complain about a thing, as we have had a wonderful experience here in Charleston for the past two months. As we continue to make a life for ourselves here, we continue to be thankful for all that we are given.
Thanks, Mom and Dad, for faithfully reading!
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