Change is Coming

Well, it seems that change will soon be coming in my life. I will soon be starting on my medications for the MS. They will arrive by UPS today but I have to wait until the nurse calls to schedule a time to come and train me on how to use the syringes and stuff. I am not too worried about that part really. I wonder what kind (if any) side effects that I will have from the medication. The most common side effect is flu-like effects. I will be glad to finally get that going to help hold off exacerbations and slow the progression of the MS.

My husband accepted a new job yesterday. He had put in for it about a month ago and had pretty much given up hope that he would get it since it took them so long to give him any information. But they offered it to him and, after discussing it with me, he accepted it. He had been working third shift and will now be working a bit of a 2nd/3rd shift hybrid hours. So I will have a lot of evenings to myself at home. I guess at least I will have plenty of time to work on my crafting stuff.

Speaking of crafting stuff. I think my office/craft room is the next room project. My office is the only room in the entire house that I have not painted yet. I tend to be good at leaving myself until last. But I think I have finally decided on a color (a soft lavendar) and am even tempted to pull up the carpet and use the hardwood as a trial run for redoing the floor. I am relatively sure it is in decent condition. If it is not, I will still probably opt to put down laminate flooring instead of carpet. It would be much easier to keep clean, especially in a craft room. I have found some inexpensive ladder-style bookshelves that I want to use in there. I need some more storage space and that should help. I am also on the hunt for a new computer desk but am not having much luck. I just want one that has a place to put the computer tower and also a file drawer. I can only seem to find one or the other. I wish I was a bit handier at carpentry projects because I would probably just make one. However, that's not really gonna happen. Anyways, that's the next big project since I can work on it whenever I am home and not worry about waking Steve up because he won't be there.

So, lots of changes going to be happening and soon. I am considering doing another Emmaus weekend this summer if they need my help. I enjoyed working in the work room. It was nice to be able to serve without having to sing. As strange as it may seem, having to prepare to sing is very anxiety provoking (my perfectionist tendencies probably) so being able to just serve as I am needed instead of having to stress about practice and whatever is kind of nice. Plus with the workroom I can move as needed to keep from getting stiff. Now that I have done it once I will have a better idea of what needs to happen. We shall see as the summer gets closer and I have a better idea of what work will be like following licensure.

Ah yes, licensure. I finally got approval to sit for the licensing exam to obtain my LMHC (licensed mental health counselor). I hope that I will be taking the exam in May but it just depends on how fast they send everything through. I got all the info back to them asap so it's up to them now. I will have to go up to Des Moines in order to take the exam. I have to pass this stupid thing, it has been four years since I got out of school.

Anyways, this Friday is seeming to be a bit slow. I am hoping for a good weekend. I told Steve to pick something to do to celebrate his new job. We shall see what he comes up with!

In pain yet again

I had been doing pretty well over the past few weeks and my arm has been healing up well. Then I tripped and feel at my church on Saturday and of course fell in such a fashion that I braced myself my right arm (my left hand was full of stuff). So it is sore again and I feel like I set myself back a couple of weeks. It is really frustrating to not be able to do things that I normally could.

Steve and I bought a couch and chair this weekend. We ended up finding a set at Ashley Furniture for a really reasonable price and even got 10% off for paying cash. We should be getting it at the end of the month. So I am hoping that Eric will get his stuff out so I can paint the living room and not risk getting any paint on his stuff. Hopefully we can get that room done in one day. I know we will have to primer it because the paint on there is somewhat dark and different shades. I am debating on painting the trim. I think it would look nice, but it's just that much more work to do. So we will see once we get the paint on the wall if the trim needs it or not. I am looking forward to getting the upstairs room made into a guest bedroom as well. I pretty much know the colors that I am going to use for it. But again, Eric has to get his stuff moved before I can get that done. That will be an easy room to pain because the walls aren't really tall and I can reach without having to use a ladder or anything.

I have to finish up some stuff now for work and then get to lunch.