You are not hallucinating. This is actually a blog post.
It's be awhile so I thought I should update those of you who know that I still exist.
We still love living in the Ottawa area. There are a lot of benefits (the weather being one of the most awesome parts once you get used to the change in humidity). What is tough lately though is the isolation. I still am struggling to find good quality relationships. I guess that I can't expect to have friendships like the ones that I have formed in Saskatchewan and elsewhere that took years to form. Patience is indeed something that I have yet to master (on many levels).
Missing Family and Friends:
I do miss my family and friends a lot. It is especially hard after numerous days of Jeremy being away. He is working in New Brunswick right now. I try really hard not to whine about him being gone as I know that it can't be helped. I don't know how my neighbours who are in the military do it. I can't imagine being without him for months at a time. A few days is hard enough.
Baby Blah...
In other news I finally have a specialist appointment coming up next week related to the baby thing. I had surgery at the end of January and never had my post-op appointment so I hope to find out some information there with respect to that too. I'm in a weird space with all of that right now. The longing is still there but it's been so many years and so many challenging moments that I might be starting to resign myself to the worst possible result. I have some fears and have wondered if I should just not follow through with the appointment, but I think that would be stupid.
Family trips:
When we've been together in the last few months, we have had many opportunities to go on various trips and that has been amazing. Most recently we spent some time in New England in New Hampshire and Maine. It was so beautiful! It was really hard to leave. We visited a Shaker Village in New Hampshire that was established in the late 1700's (I convinced/forced Bryson to dress up like a shaker). It was a fascinating place to visit. And to top it all off, we ate our share of lobster! My mother in law is visiting in October and I think that we might end up going back at that point. Here are some pictures for your viewing pleasure (although they really don't do it justice at all):
