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thursday
i almost fell asleep writing that. Lord I have been tired lately! I even got 8 solid hours of sleep last night! Wah.
Ate too much at my work BBQ and then cocktail party yesterday. And did not run. EPIC FAIL. I hate when I do that.
Will run tonight and lift, and then run tomorrow for a quick hill run.
Our friends were supposed to come up this weekend to tube the river, but now the weather is not looking so good so I do not think they will come up. Which means shauni can sleep late and totally relax this weekend (aside from an 11 miler). YAY.
Still have to survive today and all day tomorrow first. This week is dragging a$$.
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The weather reports for today are very doomsday. Looks like we might not even see the sun here today.
Easy night last night. K picked up the dog from DDC AND had dinner in the oven when I came home from work. Woohoo! Tried to go to bed early but just didn't happen. We did put the baby in his carseat to sleep last night so he was upright and he slept for 5 hours. Hot diggity dog.
Finally got details about the memorial service (K's uncle) this weekend, and mom is already starting to stress about Christmas. Bring on the weekend.
I agree the week is dragging big time and I am also exhausted today. I have to say you inspire me to get up and get my butt moving! You are doing awesome with your running!
As for the storm, I am NOT looking forward to this weekend at all. I had an event I was doing on Sunday, and we ended up having to reschedule to September 4, which is our first anniversary. Not happy, but I guess that's the price you pay being self employed.
How come I live in Florida and we are not getting a hurricane?!?! But NE is getting one. Greg and I have been dying for a hurricane since we moved here. Not a bad one just enough were we don't have work, one with not too much damage.
I slept pretty good last night, yay! However, this morning my back is killing me.
It is Thursday, right? Yesterday I knew it was Wednesday in the morning but by 4 p.m. had transitioned to Thursday in my brain. Not good.
I stopped at Pathmark on my way home and forgot the one thing I really went for, so MFD is going today to get it for me. I weeded for about 40 minutes and cut a lot of stuff down too. Mums will go in soon in some spots.
I watched The Glades and Rizzoli & Isles on DVR, reorganized the coat closet, washed and froze grapes, packed lunch and gym bag, and had a blissful deep sleep thanks to Benadryl. Glorious.
Everyone is all aflutter with hurricane talk here. I see from FB that my stupid inlaws are still going to the shore, where it floods awfully in front of the house they rent when there are non-hurricane rains. They are total dumbasses. Why would you waste the gas to drive down there when it's going to flood? They can't even park their cars there. Morons.
SusieQ holllerrr for K having dinner on when you got home. That rocks!
Xtine - I fear water and all the damage it can do to roads and power lines and infrastructure. I don't think there is such a thing as a hurricane with little damage. It scares me that people can lose their homes and pets and everything they have.
Hey all!!!
Thank god it's thursday!!! This is week is taking forever!! Yesterday I felt like crap again, but i made myself a little better by looking up ways to decorate a nursery without painting. We rent and our landlord will only let us paint if we paint white. Waste of time! So i'm looking into little projects I can do.
Planning on hitting up goodwill at lunch and then another one after work. Madison generally has good stuff at those stores and i'm just going to see if there are shelves or any other things that I can spiff up and make workable instead of spending an arm and a leg. I know I sound like a crazy person going to 2 in one day. I was going to go on saturday but i forgot the students are moving into campus starting today and they'll take all the good stuff (like shelves and stuff I wanted), so I'm trying to beat them. Now I sound like a crazy goodwill shopper. I swear I'm not batty.
hurricanes up here do not bother me, but i live far north and inland, so the hype for this area is driving me crazy. calm your tits, people. however, i have great sympathy and empathy for those who actually do get damage and not just some wind and rain.
in other news, it's only 9:22!?!
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Good morning! I'm back from a few days in the lovely Toledo, OH. Had to go do some consulting for work. Blah. Totally had a shiit time getting there and back due to hellacious storms and an earthquake. I'm exhausted, but feel productive at least.
So looking forward to the weekend. I can't believe that this is our last weekend home before Africa!!! By this time next week, I'll probably be too excited to sleep! :-)
Rachel, my BFF got back from Africa Sunday and said it was utterly amazing. I am so excited for you!!!
Shauni - agreed. I live in Philadelphia, we are getting wind and rain. Calm it the hell down people. I feel bad for my peeps who own shore houses in Jersey, they are supposed to get hit hard there. I also feel for my people who live on the Delaware River and who have houses prone to flooding when we get hurricane-type weather up this way. A few of them have lost everything twice in bad floods six and five years ago and can't sell their homes because hello who wants to buy them.
This is kinda how I felt this winter when all these places to the south of us were getting major snow and snow days. WTF?! I just want a day off from work!!
I CANNOT BELIEVE you go to africa in a week!?!?!?! so fun! oh my god i cannot wait to hear all about it when you get back!!!
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I'm not even working right now, and I feel like this week is dragging too. Mowed our lawn yesterday and realized that I have some itchy stuff on my nose... probably some poison ivy sort of thing from weedwhacking Tuesday. Whoo.
Today is grocery shopping and we just added lunch with hubby b/c he forgot to pack his this morning. Hubby's birthday is tmw and I am feeling down with the fact that he threw some cash on the counter this morning to help with groceries since I am running scarily low on funds. Still no jobs in sight. A few things I put on Craigslist have sold, but it's just not enough. I am just going to HAVE to go back to subbing.... but it's still a good month before I get a paycheck of any kind.
Hurricanes can suck it. Yay for Susie having a relaxing night.. Steph, your FB post made me laugh this morning. Sunshine- AFRICA?!?! SO much fun. Shauni, you deserve a splurge every now and then, don't beat yourself up about a work party.
Morning girlies, sounds like everyone is doing well. I've been stalking a little over the last few days. Just haven't had enough time to post. I don't think I've taken a day off in weeks. I did however get to see one of my favourite cousins and his awesome wife last night. They drove down from Canada to see us. We took them out to our favourite restaurant in the city, and I'll get to hang out with them again today. yay!
also...YAY for Africa and fabulous storms that magically leave no damage.
TTC since 2010
Me: 36, slightly elevated FSH. Everything else (hysterescopy, HSG, b/w) normal.
DH:30, with super sperm? >200mil post wash
BFP #1 - May 2011 - m/c @ 8weeks
IUI #1 - July 26 2012 - Femara = BFN
Suprise BFP Jan 15 2013. Hope this one sticks!
Let me explain I more want a Tropical Storm with a day off, Or just a really good Storm. Not a hurricane pre say
Ugh only today and tomorrow until my glorious deep tissue massage on Saturday. Booked an appointment yesterday since my right shoulder is tight like a brick wall and I was in tears last night trying to get the knot out using a tennis ball (that shiiit hurts). DH rubbed my back and I felt so much better but know that Saturday afternoon will be way better.
Anyway - today I'm hoping to go for a run with the dog, of course after it cools down as it's supposed to be 91 again.
IUI #1 10/12/11 (Bravelle + HCG + Prometrium & acupuncture) = 10/26 BFP! Beta #1=250, Beta #2= 615. 1st u/s 11/8.
TTC since 08/2010
Anovulatory since at least 12/2010 (probably longer, unDx)
Dx PCOS 3/2012
SA 5/25/12--normal
June 2012--50mg clomid+TI--BFN
July 2012--50mg clomid+Ovidrel+TI--BFN, lining at 5mm
August 2012--5mg femara+Ovidrel+TI
For some reason, the backs of my eyes feel like they're burning. Could be because I'm exhausted.
H and I are going on a work sponsored dinner cruise tonight. In a thunderstorm. Today is my "day off" for calorie counting and the cruise is catered by Dinosaur BBQ, so I'm waaaaaaay excited. One of the sides is whipped sweet potatoes with marshmallows and brown sugar. This is seriously one of my favorite things in the entire world. I went to a wedding where they had really ewy food, it was like kabobs that were all dry and under seasoned and nasty. BUT they had a mashed potato bar. With sweet potatoes. And for "stuffings" they had marshmallows, brown sugar, cinnamon, roasted pecans!!!! and other awesome stuff. Totally made the wedding. I must have eaten my weight in sweet potatoes.
I am sick and tired of hearing about Irene. I work with a lot of meteorologists and for the past day all they talk about is tracking and troughs and the eye and blah blah blah. The worst part of this is that we have a met tower up on the coast of CT. I submitted all my construction quals as "outside certifications" to my company last week. Guess who's now on the list of potential people to pull down a tower and hang out in coastal CT for the hurricane. Grrrrr. I KNEW I should have kept quiet about all my random certs and licenses.
Anyway, it's almost Friday! Yay!
The Princess of Anything is Coming!
Had a dream I was queen.
Woke up. Still queen.
It's almost Friday. This week needs to end already. Today is supposed to be my slower/have a little bit of planning time day but it's now jammed with meetings and observations. Thank you 8:30 meeting for filling my day...
Last night we went to Olive Garden and used J's GC then walked around Target. Didn't spend anything but boy I have my eye on some boots there. I might go get them. They're the color and everything I've been looking for. Oh and I think I need glasses. I had to squint to read last night so I either need glasses or need to read before I'm exhausted. Probably both...
We're not getting jacksquat from Irene so if anyone else would like to send some rain this way, I'll be more than glad to take it. We need something to cool off.
So jealous of all these trips. Rach - have fun in Africa! I would love to go there just for the giraffes. I'm slightly obsessed with them.
Steph - Your story about your BFF is making me even more excited! Have you seen any of her pics?
Shauni - I know!! I'll be sure to take lots of pics so I can give you all the details when I get back! When do you leave for the Keys? You must be getting super psyched!
Susie - We're gone for 3 weeks. I CAN.NOT WAIT. I'm gonna go mental if I don't get out of here soon!
Can you all belive we're going to start having our first anniversaries here in a couple of weeks?? Where did the past year go??
Should we go back over the TK soon and give some of those girls calming advice? I remember this time last year I was starting to freak out!
I totally feel your pain. My niece lives with my mom and when I was home last I was trying to help with (ie: enforce) the potty training. She's a stubborn little thing and would stand in front of you and grin while she peed her pants. It's a frustrating process. Good luck! :-)
Oh that might be nice. I'm sure this was the exact day I started to freak out since I was a month out.
I am in a funky mood today. Everything is just pissing me off. First I went to McDonalds for coffee and there were about 8 cars in the drive thru. I wasn't going to wait so I went to Starbucks and the drive thru line was also long and slow moving. I said eff it and went to work.
I get to work and the customers are calling in and pissing me off. They are so sexist and want to talk to a "man" because I'm a woman and don't know sh!t about the parts we sell. Then I get a call from another customer who is pissed that we sent his order to his old address. Hello?!?! Update your address one eBay and Pay Pal and this won't happen again...not my problem.
Oh lord, I hope this day is over soon.
Rachel, I am stalking her for pics. She is working on them now!
I bought a birthday card and an anniversary card today and both said husband. That was weird. MFD's bday is 9/1 and our anniversary is 9/25.
We're doing the 3 day potty training. It's exhausting, but it's working. As a matter of fact she has been pretty much dry all day today, and she went #2 in the potty just a little bit ago. The exhausting part is having to stay right by her constantly. She's a very go-go-go little girl!
TTC since 08/2010
Anovulatory since at least 12/2010 (probably longer, unDx)
Dx PCOS 3/2012
SA 5/25/12--normal
June 2012--50mg clomid+TI--BFN
July 2012--50mg clomid+Ovidrel+TI--BFN, lining at 5mm
August 2012--5mg femara+Ovidrel+TI