Back From Vacation

Here is a quick summary of our vacation:

We spent 5 days in New York City along with a day in Philadelphia. Our room had a futon bed, a shower, and a toilet; all in the same room. I ate 10 slices of pizza, 3 hot dogs (one footlong), 2 philly cheesesteaks, and rabbit. Veronica ate the Brooklyn Bridge. We saw 4 baseball games. We missed a walkoff home run because we had to catch a train. We saw someone beat up a homeless man with a canoe paddle. We saw a girl in a Yankees jersey get beat up by a girl in a Mets jersey. We saw the Yankees win 3 games. We saw Robinson Cano and Nick Swisher hit 2 home runs. We saw Dewayne Wise make a catch that he didn't make. We saw the World Trade Center memorial. We walked through Central Park. We went to Independence Hall but couldn't get inside. We saw Joe Girardi walking down the street. We shopped a lot. We were on the Today show. We didn't talk once about infertility.

That last one is the most important, we took a week off. Not just from work, we took a week off from everything. We didn't worry too much about what we ate, how much sleep we got, or anything else. We were still cautious, still took our pills, and are now ready to go into ultimate frugal mode as we try to save some of that money back and put off the weight we gained while feasting. The only rude reminder I had was when I took all 5 of my pills one morning before eating and walked around feeling like I was going to hurl until we finally found some breakfast.

This vacation was needed, not the physical break, our lives aren't that difficult. We needed the mental break, posting on here is pretty therapeutic because we are pretty much always thinking about our fertility issues. We write about the appointments, tests, results, medications, etc. That is almost easier because we are at least getting answers or taking new directions, the waiting and thinking between all of that is what gets difficult. That's when you start to allow the negative in, you start to think the worst of the worst is going to happen. We are house shopping right now, and on more than one occasion we have considered if we should buy a very big house in case we don't have kids. We quickly correct our thinking know it is wrong to even wonder that at this point, but it's hard not too. The wondering and waiting can wear on someone, it had been on us. The break helped.

My wife is so awesome, she gave me this trip and as you can tell from the above description it was mostly a Mike trip. I got to go to the new Yankee Stadium for the first time. I love New York City in general and it was awesome just to spend a week there. I remember how awesome it was to walk into Yankee Stadium with my dad for the first time. I hope to take my son there someday. It was an awesome week though, the best part was spending 6 days with Veronica. We spent every minute together and never got sick of each other (at least I didn't), we just enjoyed the trip.

We are back to reality now and that is fine. It 's good to return to normalcy and if I had eaten much more pizza I would never be able to get her pregnant. I think we both have a renewed sense of hope now. We are confident and excited for the next stage of all of this. This trip was physically exhausting but mentally refreshing. We feel rested and renewed. I like the verse below, we feel like God has given us our rest. We continue to take our medications and pray and wait. We pray constantly throughout the day and cannot wait to see God's awesome answer to our prayers. I am thankful for God blessing me with a great wife who planned a whole trip for me when she needed a vacation more than I did. We are both very grateful for everyone's support and prayers and ask that the prayers continue. We hope to hear good news soon.

Jeremiah 31:25 "For I have given rest to the weary and joy to the sorrowing."