I had my HSG test done today! I was a bit nervous for it, like I am for every single doctors appointment. Abe had to work :-( , so my sweet mother came down to go with me and drive me around. They gave me a muscle relaxer to help me calm down and relax before the test. That was the best thing ever. I need one every time I go to the doctor. I have read in many blogs and websites that the HSG test is extremely painful and horrible. I was ready for the most painful and awful experience of my life... It was so so much better than I was expecting! It was a bit uncomfortable and the fertility specialist had trouble getting the catheter through my cervix, which did hurt and pinch quite a bit, and he only had trouble because I have never had a baby before, but other than that it was totally fine. When he inserted the dye, I could feel it go in, but it did not hurt at all. I had slight cramping for a few minutes after the whole procedure, but it was totally worth it. I got my results right away! I do NOT have blocked fallopian tubes! It was such a great relief. Abe and I are so happy :-). The dye went in perfectly and I am completely open. The doctor said that if anything is wrong then it is probably because I am not ovulating the same time every month or maybe hormones can be messed up (that's what I think since I haven't had my blood checked). I have a consultation next week that Abe and I will be going to with the main fertility specialist (not the same guy who did the test, but hopefully just as nice). Hopefully we can talk and maybe get some more answers and helpful advice then. For now we are just so happy and relieved to know that my tubes are open and look good. It really is so nice to be getting some answers and help from nice doctors who actually give me time and let me ask questions about what they are doing and what I can do. I am very glad that I am going to a specialist rather than just doing exactly what my OB/GYN said and taking the Clomid without doing testing. I now feel comfortable taking Clomid knowing that my tubes are fine. We really are so happy and relieved. I am excited for the consultation next week and I will keep updating as we go through this experience! We hope everyone has a great week and enjoy the warm weather!
Amanda
Monday, June 1, 2015
Sunday, May 17, 2015
Lots of Updates
Well Abe and I want to say hello to all!
We have been super busy the past three months. This last semester of school was crazy. Abe had two classes that were at night, and I was at school almost every day from 9 to 3. Then we had work at night. It was a busy semester, but a lot of fun. I was able to make lesson plans for the children's school at WSU. Abe is finished with his minor in ESL. I graduate in December! Finally! I am also doing student teaching in the fall. I am very excited! I will be student teaching at Weber State's children's school. I will be student teaching the preschool class. It is going to be so fun. I am very excited! We are so glad it is summer break. We can actually relax and have dinner together.
Abe got a summer job at a place called Focus. They do inbound customer service calls for CenturyLink and Direct TV. He has been in training for the past week. He says it seems like a good job and he has been enjoying himself. He plays ping pong with everyone there and has one every game except one. He is very proud of himself haha :-) I had found a job at a daycare, but it was at a Methodist church, and they were trying to get me to sign things that said I recognize that theirs is the true church, and I believe that the LDS church is the true church, so I decided to stop pursuing that job. I felt very uncomfortable there, but they were very nice people and I respect them! So now I am on a job hunt. Finding a place to work where they do not make you work on Sundays is extremely difficult here. So I have been able to apply to one place, that is Seagull Book. I am praying I get the open position there so that we can put all of the money I make into savings.
We are still not pregnant. We have officially hit the year mark of trying. I thought I would go to the doctor and because we have hit a year she would say that I am infertile. Thankfully that was not the case. If I do not get pregnant this month then I am going to get what is called an HSG test. It is going to cost us 2/3 of our savings, but we feel like it is the right thing to do. Pretty much they shoot dye into my uterus and fallopian tubes and make sure that my tubes are open and make sure my uterus is not misshapen. I really do not want to pay for or go through testing, but it really looks like I am going to have to and we both really want to get pregnant. Abe and I have decided that test should be done before I take Clomid because there is really no reason for messing with hormones and forcing me to ovulate if my tubes are blocked. So we are preparing for that fertility test. We are praying that everything is fine because we cannot afford to do any surgeries. I really thought I was pregnant last month. I was not having any signs of my period and so I took a pregnancy test on the day I was supposed to start, and it was negative. My period was 4 days late. I am at most 2 days late, so that was really awful. At that point I had lost all hope that I was ever going to get pregnant. I was upset for days. I was really sick of being disappointed every month. I wondered what was wrong with me and why God wouldn't bless us with a baby of our own. I did not feeling like that. Not one bit. I felt bitter and angry. So I decided to just let it go and pray and read my scriptures and find happy thoughts online. Since doing that, I have felt better about the past year. It has been a growing experience and it has taught us a lot about our marriage and our strengths and weaknesses. Abe is so patient and loving. He really is amazing and is always willing to give me a blessing when I am feeling upset and impatient. This is really a trial for me and I am so thankful to have such an amazing husband to help me through this.
We are so happy that its summer! We are going to camp and hike a bit this summer. We hope to make it up to Yellowstone for a weekend. We love all of our family and friends and hope that you all are doing well!
-Amanda and Abraham
We have been super busy the past three months. This last semester of school was crazy. Abe had two classes that were at night, and I was at school almost every day from 9 to 3. Then we had work at night. It was a busy semester, but a lot of fun. I was able to make lesson plans for the children's school at WSU. Abe is finished with his minor in ESL. I graduate in December! Finally! I am also doing student teaching in the fall. I am very excited! I will be student teaching at Weber State's children's school. I will be student teaching the preschool class. It is going to be so fun. I am very excited! We are so glad it is summer break. We can actually relax and have dinner together.
Abe got a summer job at a place called Focus. They do inbound customer service calls for CenturyLink and Direct TV. He has been in training for the past week. He says it seems like a good job and he has been enjoying himself. He plays ping pong with everyone there and has one every game except one. He is very proud of himself haha :-) I had found a job at a daycare, but it was at a Methodist church, and they were trying to get me to sign things that said I recognize that theirs is the true church, and I believe that the LDS church is the true church, so I decided to stop pursuing that job. I felt very uncomfortable there, but they were very nice people and I respect them! So now I am on a job hunt. Finding a place to work where they do not make you work on Sundays is extremely difficult here. So I have been able to apply to one place, that is Seagull Book. I am praying I get the open position there so that we can put all of the money I make into savings.
We are still not pregnant. We have officially hit the year mark of trying. I thought I would go to the doctor and because we have hit a year she would say that I am infertile. Thankfully that was not the case. If I do not get pregnant this month then I am going to get what is called an HSG test. It is going to cost us 2/3 of our savings, but we feel like it is the right thing to do. Pretty much they shoot dye into my uterus and fallopian tubes and make sure that my tubes are open and make sure my uterus is not misshapen. I really do not want to pay for or go through testing, but it really looks like I am going to have to and we both really want to get pregnant. Abe and I have decided that test should be done before I take Clomid because there is really no reason for messing with hormones and forcing me to ovulate if my tubes are blocked. So we are preparing for that fertility test. We are praying that everything is fine because we cannot afford to do any surgeries. I really thought I was pregnant last month. I was not having any signs of my period and so I took a pregnancy test on the day I was supposed to start, and it was negative. My period was 4 days late. I am at most 2 days late, so that was really awful. At that point I had lost all hope that I was ever going to get pregnant. I was upset for days. I was really sick of being disappointed every month. I wondered what was wrong with me and why God wouldn't bless us with a baby of our own. I did not feeling like that. Not one bit. I felt bitter and angry. So I decided to just let it go and pray and read my scriptures and find happy thoughts online. Since doing that, I have felt better about the past year. It has been a growing experience and it has taught us a lot about our marriage and our strengths and weaknesses. Abe is so patient and loving. He really is amazing and is always willing to give me a blessing when I am feeling upset and impatient. This is really a trial for me and I am so thankful to have such an amazing husband to help me through this.
We are so happy that its summer! We are going to camp and hike a bit this summer. We hope to make it up to Yellowstone for a weekend. We love all of our family and friends and hope that you all are doing well!
-Amanda and Abraham
Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Extremely Late Happy Holidays and updates!
Hello All!
Happy Holidays! Yes it is late and I have not written in ages! For Thanksgiving Abe and I went to Rexburg and had Thanksgiving with his family! It was a lot of fun! We played a lot of games and ate a lot! As is customary for Thanksgiving! We were able to go see my parents and sisters a couple of times while we were up. We did not do Black Friday (or Thursday now). Shame. We plan on doing it next year though! Abe's parents have an exchange student from Italy staying with them until June! It was fun to see her reactions to Abe's whole family there and trying new food. She also introduced us to yummy Italian snacks and cakes! It was great to see Abe's whole family together. We truly enjoyed it.
School ended two weeks after Thanksgiving break. We passed all of our classes with very good grades! Abe's older brother Isaac graduated from Weber State. I am sure he is happy to be done! I got like 8 inches cut off of my hair. It only took me a year to actually do it. But I love it and it is so much easier to take care of short hair! Abe and I were able to visit Temple Square before we went to Rexburg for Christmas break. We really enjoyed it, like we always do! It is so beautiful and the Temple just looks gorgeous with Christmas lights surrounding it.
Since we work for Weber State we got a whole month off of school and work. We have been saving up for months to be able to afford that long break, and we did it! We are pretty proud of that. We stayed in Rexburg the whole month that we were off. Our poor parents got to deal with us, our cat, and hamster for that month since we stayed with them. We switched in between houses during that month.
Christmas was wonderful! We spent it with my family this year. We did go to Abe's parents house Christmas Evening. We got a lot of awesome presents! We got a coffee table from my parents! Which we forgot in Rexburg when we came back to Ogden. I am pretty disappointed about that. We were able to see Amber and Joe and Allie. It was great to have everyone there for Christmas. I am sure my parents truly enjoyed it (not being sarcastic)! We were able to spend New Year's Eve with my family and we played with nerf guns, hide and seek, and board games. I get homesick, so being there was the best. Spending a month in Rexburg was really awesome. We loved our time there and we were so sad to go home.
School started up Monday. So far it has been good. We are only two days in though. I have two classes with labs this semester. So that is going to be a lot. Abe has a class called Horror and Superstition. Sounds pretty cool! He is excited for it!
We are still not yet pregnant. I went to my doctor again and she just checked to make sure I was ovulating again, which I was, and gave me a prescription for Clomid. I have been putting off taking it so that if I do happen to get pregnant on it, I will be graduated by the time I give birth. So I will most likely start it in March or April. We are praying that it works, because frankly trying to get pregnant is hard and gets depressing when it takes a long time. It has almost been a year of trying now and I get more depressed every month. I feel like Wendy from What to Expect When You're Expecting. She is the one that has her phone tell her when she is ovulating. Yeah I have totally done that. I have Crazy Ovulating Lady Syndrome. November and December I tried relaxing a bit and chilled out. I will keep trying to do that until March. We hope for the best!
We hope everyone had an awesome holiday season!
~Abraham and Amanda
Happy Holidays! Yes it is late and I have not written in ages! For Thanksgiving Abe and I went to Rexburg and had Thanksgiving with his family! It was a lot of fun! We played a lot of games and ate a lot! As is customary for Thanksgiving! We were able to go see my parents and sisters a couple of times while we were up. We did not do Black Friday (or Thursday now). Shame. We plan on doing it next year though! Abe's parents have an exchange student from Italy staying with them until June! It was fun to see her reactions to Abe's whole family there and trying new food. She also introduced us to yummy Italian snacks and cakes! It was great to see Abe's whole family together. We truly enjoyed it.
School ended two weeks after Thanksgiving break. We passed all of our classes with very good grades! Abe's older brother Isaac graduated from Weber State. I am sure he is happy to be done! I got like 8 inches cut off of my hair. It only took me a year to actually do it. But I love it and it is so much easier to take care of short hair! Abe and I were able to visit Temple Square before we went to Rexburg for Christmas break. We really enjoyed it, like we always do! It is so beautiful and the Temple just looks gorgeous with Christmas lights surrounding it.
Since we work for Weber State we got a whole month off of school and work. We have been saving up for months to be able to afford that long break, and we did it! We are pretty proud of that. We stayed in Rexburg the whole month that we were off. Our poor parents got to deal with us, our cat, and hamster for that month since we stayed with them. We switched in between houses during that month.
Christmas was wonderful! We spent it with my family this year. We did go to Abe's parents house Christmas Evening. We got a lot of awesome presents! We got a coffee table from my parents! Which we forgot in Rexburg when we came back to Ogden. I am pretty disappointed about that. We were able to see Amber and Joe and Allie. It was great to have everyone there for Christmas. I am sure my parents truly enjoyed it (not being sarcastic)! We were able to spend New Year's Eve with my family and we played with nerf guns, hide and seek, and board games. I get homesick, so being there was the best. Spending a month in Rexburg was really awesome. We loved our time there and we were so sad to go home.
School started up Monday. So far it has been good. We are only two days in though. I have two classes with labs this semester. So that is going to be a lot. Abe has a class called Horror and Superstition. Sounds pretty cool! He is excited for it!
We are still not yet pregnant. I went to my doctor again and she just checked to make sure I was ovulating again, which I was, and gave me a prescription for Clomid. I have been putting off taking it so that if I do happen to get pregnant on it, I will be graduated by the time I give birth. So I will most likely start it in March or April. We are praying that it works, because frankly trying to get pregnant is hard and gets depressing when it takes a long time. It has almost been a year of trying now and I get more depressed every month. I feel like Wendy from What to Expect When You're Expecting. She is the one that has her phone tell her when she is ovulating. Yeah I have totally done that. I have Crazy Ovulating Lady Syndrome. November and December I tried relaxing a bit and chilled out. I will keep trying to do that until March. We hope for the best!
We hope everyone had an awesome holiday season!
~Abraham and Amanda
Wednesday, October 1, 2014
Updates: School, New Jobs, Random Stuff, and our One Year Anniversary!
Hello!
It has been awhile! We have been super busy with school and work! Abe and I started school again in August! So we have been back in for over a month now. Our classes are going great! Abe loves his Spanish classes and is even in a class with one of his mission companions! I am enjoying my Early Childhood classes and I am very excited to start this new major! We both are doing very well. Abe has a test over the phone for Spanish comprehension and conversation abilities. He says he is pretty nervous for it, but I know he will be amazing! I just took a test on Early Childhood Education and I got 100% on it, so I am pretty happy!
We quit our jobs at the group home! We were tired of going to work and having extreme anxiety at work. We could get hit and punched at any moment there, and it was exhausting emotionally. So we quit! We are now working for Weber State University at the call center on campus. It is very relaxing and it is awesome! We feel very blessed to be able to work there and to have found new jobs so quickly.
We are still not yet pregnant. I went to the doctor because we have been trying for 6 months and we have been getting very frustrated and sad. Everything looks great for me! My doctor did an ultrasound and I actually got to see the egg I was about to ovulate (sorry if that's too much info!). She gave us a lot of helpful tips so we are hoping for the best!
We had our one year anniversary on Sunday! It was awesome! We spent the weekend at a hotel in Ogden. On Friday we rode the train to Salt Lake City and spent the afternoon there! It was a lot of fun! We went to Temple Square and City Creek mall. It was so fun While we were waiting for the train to take us back to Ogden we got stuck in a crazy thunderstorm! We both got soaked, but it was really cool, and frightening to see the lightning strike over the city. On Saturday we swam at our hotel and went to dinner at Chuck a Rama. Best dinner ever! Their mashed potatoes and gravy are amazing! And their salad bar is huge! It was great! On Sunday we went to church and just relaxed! It was really a great weekend!
We hope everything is going well for all of our family and friends!
Abraham and Amanda
It has been awhile! We have been super busy with school and work! Abe and I started school again in August! So we have been back in for over a month now. Our classes are going great! Abe loves his Spanish classes and is even in a class with one of his mission companions! I am enjoying my Early Childhood classes and I am very excited to start this new major! We both are doing very well. Abe has a test over the phone for Spanish comprehension and conversation abilities. He says he is pretty nervous for it, but I know he will be amazing! I just took a test on Early Childhood Education and I got 100% on it, so I am pretty happy!
We quit our jobs at the group home! We were tired of going to work and having extreme anxiety at work. We could get hit and punched at any moment there, and it was exhausting emotionally. So we quit! We are now working for Weber State University at the call center on campus. It is very relaxing and it is awesome! We feel very blessed to be able to work there and to have found new jobs so quickly.
We are still not yet pregnant. I went to the doctor because we have been trying for 6 months and we have been getting very frustrated and sad. Everything looks great for me! My doctor did an ultrasound and I actually got to see the egg I was about to ovulate (sorry if that's too much info!). She gave us a lot of helpful tips so we are hoping for the best!
We had our one year anniversary on Sunday! It was awesome! We spent the weekend at a hotel in Ogden. On Friday we rode the train to Salt Lake City and spent the afternoon there! It was a lot of fun! We went to Temple Square and City Creek mall. It was so fun While we were waiting for the train to take us back to Ogden we got stuck in a crazy thunderstorm! We both got soaked, but it was really cool, and frightening to see the lightning strike over the city. On Saturday we swam at our hotel and went to dinner at Chuck a Rama. Best dinner ever! Their mashed potatoes and gravy are amazing! And their salad bar is huge! It was great! On Sunday we went to church and just relaxed! It was really a great weekend!
We hope everything is going well for all of our family and friends!
Abraham and Amanda
Monday, August 4, 2014
End of Summer Update
Hello Everyone!
It has been a busy summer! Busy and very good! Sadly we are not yet pregnant. Birth control was terrible for me and it has taken awhile for my body to go back to normal. Hopefully soon we will be pregnant! It is hard to be patient. Especially since I am in Primary and I see cute little kids all of the time. It is hard for me not to be kind of depressed and upset that I am not yet pregnant. I see FB posts from girls we graduated with who complain about their babies crying and not napping a full hour, and it is really frustrating. And then I have some people who tell me that they know how I feel, and it only took them one time to get pregnant. Haha not what I want to hear. I never believe them when they say they know how I feel. I appreciate them trying to help though! But really we have it good and I am glad that I have good friends and an incredible husband! I am not sick or anything, so it will happen eventually (hopefully)!
We were able to celebrate both of our birthdays in June! Abe's June 12th and mine June 29thWe are now 22 years old! Kinda weird!
My cousin Chandler left on his mission almost a month ago. He is still at the MTC right now bust soon he will be going to the Cape Verde mission in Africa! We went to his farewell and it was just wonderful. He is an amazing kid! We will miss him for the 2 years he is gone!
We went to California for my Great-Grandpa's funeral. The funeral was sad, but the rest of the trip was really good! I cried when we had to come home. I lived in California until I was 10 and moving to Idaho was traumatic (when I was 10, it isn't anymore). We went swimming a few times and we were able to hang out with my grandparents and cousins. It really was so much fun. We had not seen my family since Christmas so it made me so happy!
Abe and I start school in a few weeks! Whoo! We always tell ourselves that we are gonna go to class every day and do our homework ahead of time... Wish us luck with that. We got grants for school. Thank goodness! And we are applying to become Utah Residents. So hopefully we get instate tuition and no longer have to use loans to pay for school!
Fall is coming soon! We are so excited! Cooler weather, warm clothes, hot chocolate, and pretty leaves! It is going to be awesome! I am so excited! It will be great!
Amanda
It has been a busy summer! Busy and very good! Sadly we are not yet pregnant. Birth control was terrible for me and it has taken awhile for my body to go back to normal. Hopefully soon we will be pregnant! It is hard to be patient. Especially since I am in Primary and I see cute little kids all of the time. It is hard for me not to be kind of depressed and upset that I am not yet pregnant. I see FB posts from girls we graduated with who complain about their babies crying and not napping a full hour, and it is really frustrating. And then I have some people who tell me that they know how I feel, and it only took them one time to get pregnant. Haha not what I want to hear. I never believe them when they say they know how I feel. I appreciate them trying to help though! But really we have it good and I am glad that I have good friends and an incredible husband! I am not sick or anything, so it will happen eventually (hopefully)!
We were able to celebrate both of our birthdays in June! Abe's June 12th and mine June 29thWe are now 22 years old! Kinda weird!
My cousin Chandler left on his mission almost a month ago. He is still at the MTC right now bust soon he will be going to the Cape Verde mission in Africa! We went to his farewell and it was just wonderful. He is an amazing kid! We will miss him for the 2 years he is gone!
We went to California for my Great-Grandpa's funeral. The funeral was sad, but the rest of the trip was really good! I cried when we had to come home. I lived in California until I was 10 and moving to Idaho was traumatic (when I was 10, it isn't anymore). We went swimming a few times and we were able to hang out with my grandparents and cousins. It really was so much fun. We had not seen my family since Christmas so it made me so happy!
Abe and I start school in a few weeks! Whoo! We always tell ourselves that we are gonna go to class every day and do our homework ahead of time... Wish us luck with that. We got grants for school. Thank goodness! And we are applying to become Utah Residents. So hopefully we get instate tuition and no longer have to use loans to pay for school!
Fall is coming soon! We are so excited! Cooler weather, warm clothes, hot chocolate, and pretty leaves! It is going to be awesome! I am so excited! It will be great!
Amanda
Saturday, April 26, 2014
Big Changes Happening!
Hello!
This has been a very eventful week. I have changed majors and quit part of my job. Abe has found a new job and has started training. School is out for summer (unless you are taking summer classes like I am). You may be thinking, why the heck would she change majors if she is two semesters away from graduating? Let me tell you! It is a long story though so if you really do not care, I would suggest not reading the next five paragraphs.
So I was working at a foster care agency as an Assistant Program Administrator, I was in social work so my supervisor and I thought it would be awesome if I could do my Social Work internship with them. I would be working with the foster parents and the foster children, and I would also be working at a group home that the company is in charge of, for mentally disabled women, for the experience. So I was working like 3 different jobs for one company. It was going well at first, but things started to get a bit crazy because of the end of the semester. I had homework and tests that needed to be done.
Easter Sunday, I told a foster parent that I could not take the foster children for her Monday because I had two finals that I needed to take that day. She said okay and thanks for letting her know. Then an hour later she sent me really nasty texts on how I am not making her a priority and I am not doing my job and she hates me and the company and we are unprofessional. She stated she was letting my supervisor know that I do not help her out with anything and I am not doing my job. I apologized and said I will take them and try to figure out my tests. She sent a few more rude texts and I never answered back.
Well, I was up all night crying because I did everything I possibly could for her, the kids real mom cancelled visits almost every week and rescheduled visits with them all of the time and I took them every single time to see her. I had cancelled once before with the foster mom because the company needed me at the group home, and once because of tests and homework, but that was it. The next morning (I had gotten like 4 hours of sleep that night) my boss called me and very harshly asked what I had done and said he had never had any problems with this foster parent before today. The foster mom had told him that I have cancelled on her every week and never took the kids anywhere, and she said she was filing a complaint against the company because of me. So pretty much I was feeling like it was all my fault even though I was telling the truth.. I told him what had happened and I emailed him all of my time cards, and reports I have written on the kid's visits (it was required that I write a report any time I saw the kids, thankfully I did it!). I never lied one bit, and he could see that thank goodness.
It was enough to show me that Social Work was not something I want to go into. I have never been treated so poorly in my life. I have never been accused of so many false things in my life. It caused me so much stress and worry and I just do not want to go into a career that makes me feel so stressed and worried and gross. I had been thinking about changing for a few months now and had done some previous research about what interests me, but I never really had a reason to change, but now I do and goodness I am so happy and excited to be out of social work! So I switched! I am now a Early Childhood major! This change only adds one or two more semesters to my schooling, so I figured, what the heck. I deserve to do something I want to do.
I have also resigned from Assistant Program Administrator and taking care of the foster kids. I now just work at the group home, and I really enjoy it! I am so happy about this change. I feel a thousand times better and happier. I just take things too personally. I had my supervisor tell me that you get used to it and become numb, but that seemed terrible to me so that is when I made the absolute final decision to switch. I am so excited to start my new major! So instead of having 2 semesters left, I have 3 or 4. Depends on how many classes I take a semester and if I get permission to do student teaching at a preschool with some other classes I am supposed to take before I do that. I am so happy though. My family and my amazing husband have also been very supportive of my decision. That makes it even better.
Abe has a new job at a group home helping mentally disabled men. It is the same company that I have been working for. He seems to really be enjoying it! Which is really good! He will be working 20-25 hours a week instead of 12-16 hours a week like he was at the WSU Alumni Center. So we will be make a considerable amount more. Which is great because we have been trying to save up for a baby! He is very good at his job. He is good at everything he does really! He is incredible! He is done with school until August, and he is very excited about it.
Big news! For those who live in Utah or close to Utah or anything about Utah! The Ogden Temple Open House dates have been announced! The temple will be available for the public to visit during an open house, which will run from Aug. 1 to Sept. 6, excluding Sundays. There will also be a cultural celebration on Sept. 20. You can read about it yourself and learn more about the open house on www.ksl.com It is pretty darn exciting! It will be rededicated September 21, 2014! This is great because Abe and I have a hard time getting to the Bountiful Temple even though it is like 35 minutes away. We are so excited and blessed to have temples so close to us!
Well thanks for reading! We hope you enjoy!
~Abraham and Amanda Thomas
This has been a very eventful week. I have changed majors and quit part of my job. Abe has found a new job and has started training. School is out for summer (unless you are taking summer classes like I am). You may be thinking, why the heck would she change majors if she is two semesters away from graduating? Let me tell you! It is a long story though so if you really do not care, I would suggest not reading the next five paragraphs.
So I was working at a foster care agency as an Assistant Program Administrator, I was in social work so my supervisor and I thought it would be awesome if I could do my Social Work internship with them. I would be working with the foster parents and the foster children, and I would also be working at a group home that the company is in charge of, for mentally disabled women, for the experience. So I was working like 3 different jobs for one company. It was going well at first, but things started to get a bit crazy because of the end of the semester. I had homework and tests that needed to be done.
Easter Sunday, I told a foster parent that I could not take the foster children for her Monday because I had two finals that I needed to take that day. She said okay and thanks for letting her know. Then an hour later she sent me really nasty texts on how I am not making her a priority and I am not doing my job and she hates me and the company and we are unprofessional. She stated she was letting my supervisor know that I do not help her out with anything and I am not doing my job. I apologized and said I will take them and try to figure out my tests. She sent a few more rude texts and I never answered back.
Well, I was up all night crying because I did everything I possibly could for her, the kids real mom cancelled visits almost every week and rescheduled visits with them all of the time and I took them every single time to see her. I had cancelled once before with the foster mom because the company needed me at the group home, and once because of tests and homework, but that was it. The next morning (I had gotten like 4 hours of sleep that night) my boss called me and very harshly asked what I had done and said he had never had any problems with this foster parent before today. The foster mom had told him that I have cancelled on her every week and never took the kids anywhere, and she said she was filing a complaint against the company because of me. So pretty much I was feeling like it was all my fault even though I was telling the truth.. I told him what had happened and I emailed him all of my time cards, and reports I have written on the kid's visits (it was required that I write a report any time I saw the kids, thankfully I did it!). I never lied one bit, and he could see that thank goodness.
It was enough to show me that Social Work was not something I want to go into. I have never been treated so poorly in my life. I have never been accused of so many false things in my life. It caused me so much stress and worry and I just do not want to go into a career that makes me feel so stressed and worried and gross. I had been thinking about changing for a few months now and had done some previous research about what interests me, but I never really had a reason to change, but now I do and goodness I am so happy and excited to be out of social work! So I switched! I am now a Early Childhood major! This change only adds one or two more semesters to my schooling, so I figured, what the heck. I deserve to do something I want to do.
I have also resigned from Assistant Program Administrator and taking care of the foster kids. I now just work at the group home, and I really enjoy it! I am so happy about this change. I feel a thousand times better and happier. I just take things too personally. I had my supervisor tell me that you get used to it and become numb, but that seemed terrible to me so that is when I made the absolute final decision to switch. I am so excited to start my new major! So instead of having 2 semesters left, I have 3 or 4. Depends on how many classes I take a semester and if I get permission to do student teaching at a preschool with some other classes I am supposed to take before I do that. I am so happy though. My family and my amazing husband have also been very supportive of my decision. That makes it even better.
Abe has a new job at a group home helping mentally disabled men. It is the same company that I have been working for. He seems to really be enjoying it! Which is really good! He will be working 20-25 hours a week instead of 12-16 hours a week like he was at the WSU Alumni Center. So we will be make a considerable amount more. Which is great because we have been trying to save up for a baby! He is very good at his job. He is good at everything he does really! He is incredible! He is done with school until August, and he is very excited about it.
Big news! For those who live in Utah or close to Utah or anything about Utah! The Ogden Temple Open House dates have been announced! The temple will be available for the public to visit during an open house, which will run from Aug. 1 to Sept. 6, excluding Sundays. There will also be a cultural celebration on Sept. 20. You can read about it yourself and learn more about the open house on www.ksl.com It is pretty darn exciting! It will be rededicated September 21, 2014! This is great because Abe and I have a hard time getting to the Bountiful Temple even though it is like 35 minutes away. We are so excited and blessed to have temples so close to us!
Well thanks for reading! We hope you enjoy!
~Abraham and Amanda Thomas
Monday, April 14, 2014
Little Updates on our Lives
Hello! It has been awhile! Again. It is hard doing anything besides work and school right now. Abe is busy with end of the semester projects and last minute homework. He also has to work nights so doing anything fun right now is pretty close to impossible. I am busy with work and school also. Thankfully though, I do not have any projects. In a week and a half we will be done with this semester and we will be able to have some fun! Then I start school again May 5. Abe is taking the summer off. My goal is to graduate as fast as I can.
Anyways! That was our extremely exciting school update! There really isn't much to say! May is coming up pretty quickly and we are hoping to start trying to get pregnant then. Lately it is all I can think about. Which makes me feel bad because I worry that Abe thinks I am not happy with just him. I am! I totally am! I have just always wanted to be a mom. Ever since I was little. There was a time when I was a teenager that I was horrified about the birthing process so I said I was never going to be a mom. Thankfully I grew out of that. About a year ago haha.
Our 6 month anniversary of being married was a few weeks ago! We went and played poker at Abe's bosses home that night. It was a lot of fun! Abe won so he got $20! Whoo! Haha I got second to last. It was still a lot of fun though! We enjoyed it! The week after that we went to Abe's older brother's house and played poker with them. We didn't play with money that time. We usually do not play for money. Just that once with Abe's boss and coworkers.
We finally got our wedding pictures paid off and we received them this past week!! They are so great! Our photographer did a wonderful job! She was a lot of fun to work with. Her name is Rachel Taylor. Her website is http://raetayphotography.com/ . She is an Idaho/ Utah photographer. I do believe that she is moving to California soon though! Which is too bad. I recommend her to anyone! She is awesome!
Well thanks for sticking around to read the boring little updates of our life together! Hopefully soon we will have more exciting things to write about!! I wish I was good at this like some friends of mine are! See you soon!
~Amanda
Anyways! That was our extremely exciting school update! There really isn't much to say! May is coming up pretty quickly and we are hoping to start trying to get pregnant then. Lately it is all I can think about. Which makes me feel bad because I worry that Abe thinks I am not happy with just him. I am! I totally am! I have just always wanted to be a mom. Ever since I was little. There was a time when I was a teenager that I was horrified about the birthing process so I said I was never going to be a mom. Thankfully I grew out of that. About a year ago haha.
Our 6 month anniversary of being married was a few weeks ago! We went and played poker at Abe's bosses home that night. It was a lot of fun! Abe won so he got $20! Whoo! Haha I got second to last. It was still a lot of fun though! We enjoyed it! The week after that we went to Abe's older brother's house and played poker with them. We didn't play with money that time. We usually do not play for money. Just that once with Abe's boss and coworkers.
We finally got our wedding pictures paid off and we received them this past week!! They are so great! Our photographer did a wonderful job! She was a lot of fun to work with. Her name is Rachel Taylor. Her website is http://raetayphotography.com/ . She is an Idaho/ Utah photographer. I do believe that she is moving to California soon though! Which is too bad. I recommend her to anyone! She is awesome!
Well thanks for sticking around to read the boring little updates of our life together! Hopefully soon we will have more exciting things to write about!! I wish I was good at this like some friends of mine are! See you soon!
~Amanda
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