I had my six-month followup appointment with the sleep doctor yesterday. It was an uneventful appointment - the best kind. I told her that I've only been taking one dose of Xyrem per night, because the single dose works quite well for me and helps offset the ridiculous cost of the medication. She was a bit surprised, I think, to hear that I had been taking it that way, but gave her approval for me to continue taking it once a night as long as it is working well enough. She is very pleased at how well the Xyrem works for me, as am I.
We had the corn stove going earlier this week for a couple of days - burning wood pellets - to provide some warmth for the house. The days and nights have been getting quite chilly lately. The wood pellets don't burn very hot though. We tried turning the furnace on yesterday, only to discover that it isn't working. No clue what the problem is. Well, that's not quite true. It's flashing an error code of 31, which is supposed to indicate a problem with the pressure switch. Hannah called her brother this morning to ask if he would come take a look at it as he has some experience troubleshooting gas furnaces. He said he would stop by later today, but he hasn't shown up yet. We're hoping he can figure out the problem, because we can't really afford to call a service technician right now. In the meantime we try to stay warm by dressing warm and using blankets. Oh and we started the corn stove back up today. It is helping heat the living/dining/kitchen area somewhat. It was 55 degrees in the house when we woke up this morning. It's up to just over 60 in the main part of the house now, thanks to the wood pellets. We'll be buying corn soon and that burns a lot hotter than the wood pellets.
Last week we finally met again with the pastor who is helping us with pre-marital counseling. The meeting went well, and he gave us a series of videotapes to watch regarding the biblical view of marriage. We have yet to start watching them, but are planning on starting tonight.
