Baby Blues...and Happy Surprises...

For the past few days, I've been feeling kind of down about the extending wait times and the prospects of seeing Lia before 2010...I know I need to stop visiting certain website and blogs that depress me and just keep myself focused on the prize...there is still a long way to go. Anyway, I posted a little bit about my current state of "baby blues" to one of my Yahoo LID groups yesterday and everyone there was so supportive and I know that they all understand the ups and the downs of this process, because they are going thru it now, and many of them have been thru this before. It's nice to have people who can justify that we all have our hard days during the wait - and that's OK.

When I got home from work last night, Steve said "You got flowers!" - which was a shock. Was it my birthday? No. So I looked at the card. They were from my Yahoo Group Secret Pal. Not sure if she saw my post and KNEW I was having a rough day, or whether it was a coincidence, but it certainly was a lovely (and much appreciated) surprise! They are a beautiful display of pinks and red in a wonderful vase:


So THANKS Secret Pal for thinking of me. It really helped lift my spirits. And thanks to all my Yahoo group friends for the great support system we have in place.

I was also pleasantly surprised yesterday afternoon when my boss called me into the conference room and shut the door (rarely a good thing!) It turns out the hospital has been doing some salary analysis' and my job description/title was approved for a small bump up in pay! Whoo hoo! Again, nothing major - this is a non-profit after all - but every little bit helps, and when added to the bump I received at my annual review in June - it ends up being a nice little raise!

So two happy surprises to end a day that started out pretty rough...not too shabby.