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Alisa L's Diary Entries Diary Navigation: Choose A Diary Entry -------------------- Latest Entry: 6/14/03 -------------------- 6/7/03 5/30/03 5/5/03 4/2/03 3/17/03 3/3/03 2/7/03 1/30/03 1/29/03 12/29/02 12/15/02 12/10/02 12/3/02 11/16/02 10/30/02 10/25/02 10/9/02 9/21/02 9/4/02 9/1/02 8/18/02 8/8/02 7/29/02 7/14/02 6/20/02 6/17/02 6/12/02 5/22/02 5/6/02 4/28/02 4/25/02 4/20/02 4/7/02 3/28/02 3/23/02 3/2/02 2/16/02 1/27/02 1/19/02 1/6/02 12/26/01 12/20/01 12/2/01 11/24/01 11/10/01 10/20/01 10/7/01 9/23/01 9/12/01 9/7/01 8/31/01 8/9/01 7/31/01 7/26/01 7/21/01 7/14/01 7/1/01 6/24/01 6/17/01 6/9/01 6/9/01 5/27/01 5/13/01 5/7/01 4/27/01 4/24/01 3/29/01 3/17/01 3/6/01 2/27/01 2/20/01 2/8/01 1/26/01 1/23/01 1/10/01 1/1/01 12/29/00 12/16/00 12/6/00 12/4/00 11/21/00 11/16/00 11/15/00 11/6/00 10/29/00 -------------------- Alisa L's Introduction

November 21, 2000

Hi all!!! Well it is Tuesday and I'm still waiting for my nephew to make his entrance into this world. If he's anything like my brother he will decide to make a grand entrance and be born on Thanksgiving. That's all right, it would be a nice thing for our family to be thankful for on Thanksgiving.

Today we had our annual Thanksgiving feast in my classroom at school. It was really nice --probably the best one yet since I've been with the school district. We have a new program this year where we set up fourth graders with our kindergarten special needs kids for lunch. It is really cute because the children come and get their little buddy and help them eat their lunch and then go back to our room for play time. It teaches the fourth grader responsibility and is a way for the children with special needs to be included with other children. Well anyway, the program, which is called "circle of friends," has been such a success. It is really heartwarming. We invited all of the fourth grade buddies and their parents to our feast as well as all of our kids and their parents and some of the people from the district office. There were about 50 people. We cooked turkey and the works and the children in our class sang a song while wearing turkey hats that they made. It was a huge success and it made me really grateful to have the opportunity to do the job that I do.

This week has been really busy and stressful for me. My grandmother had a heart attack on Thursday (thankfully, she is doing OK). It is really hard because she lives 10 hours away in Maine. I haven't seen her since last summer. My second uncle had a heart attack also and he is doing OK. My aunt who lives in Florida had major surgery to remove cancer in her uterus, ovaries and bladder. The good news is she made it though the surgery; the bad news is they couldn't get all the cancer and gave her five years to live. One of the children in my class had to be admitted to the hospital today and will be there for two days. And last, but not least, my cat went in the animal hospital to be neutered, declawed and have all his shots. He has to be there until Friday and I miss him terribly. The house seems empty without him to greet me at the door. So with all of these things going on my mind is racing from one thing to the other.

As far as the TTC thing, things are kind of at a standstill right now. I'm in that waiting stage. I'm on CD#26 today and have no signs of AF but I don't know when to expect the witch either. This is my first cycle on Clomid and I don't know whether it is going to shorten my cycles or not. Normally my cycles are anywhere from 32-36 days on average, sometimes longer, but never the same from month to month. We were really good about the whole BDing every other day thing so I kind of have my hopes up and am probably setting myself up for some major disappointment when AF shows up. I hate when I do that but somehow no matter what I tell myself I set myself up each and every month. You would think after 27 cycles I would be able to control myself and not get too excited and anxious.

Does anyone else feel the need to torture themselves with baby things? I think I'm crazy!!! Every time I go to the store I go directly to the baby section. Every day I feel the need to watch "Birth Day" on TV after work. It is a show that shows women delivering their babies. What is wrong with me? It only upsets me and yet I still do it!!!

Well, I'm going to go for now. HAPPY TURKEY DAY!!!!! I will write when my nephew is born or if anything else happens with TTC. I would post on my board but it is still messed up and I don't have one. Feel free to email me directly if you want. abunski@nycap.rr.com

Alisa

TTC#1 2+years Clomid cycle #1 CD#26 and waiting impatiently