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January 6, 2002
Hi there! I hope everyone had a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! So far, it’s been a pretty uneventful 2002, but I wouldn’t want it any other way (really!).
For Christmas, we fooled around at home for a little bit before driving up to my sister’s house. She lives in Oswego. We had a good time. Alexandria enjoyed playing with my sister’s three Shi Tsus. She got a few toys, a few books, and an outfit. If it weren’t for the dogs, though, she would have made us go home!
We drove home the same night, and then celebrated her birthday the next day. I ordinarily make an effort not to mention Alexandria in my diary because I know some of the women on here have been TTC so long and might be bothered, but she is a part of our family. So, just for a little bit, she gets a mention.
And then we stayed home! We made occasional trips to Wal-Mart and K-Mart, but on New Year’s Eve, we all were in bed by 10:30, and I didn’t care. I have always liked to stay home, and Al is the same way (only worse!). I was never a party animal by any stretch of the imagination.
Guess who visited me New Years day? Yes, AF (of course). Well, she started to come around about 10:00 the night before, but wasn’t in full force until the new year. AF enjoys visiting me at the worst times. For the three years before I was married, AF arrived right on Christmas morning. How’s that for a present?
My last cycle was weird. I o’ed late (by about 5 days), and I couldn’t see any reason why. I’ve also been sick this new cycle, low-grade fever, just feeling gruesome in general. I don’t know what is up. And, AF still hasn’t gone away.
After this cycle is over, I believe nothing will be standing in our way (famous last words). We’ll be through with waiting for all the nasty shots that I got to be out of my system. And as long as school doesn’t kill me before then, we’ll be getting the green light.
I enrolled for all of the classes that I can possibly take, but none of them are education ones. You can’t take them out of sequence. I guess it will wind up taking me a little longer, but it doesn’t bother me. As long as they let me out of the Ph.D. program, and they keep paying me (as well as insuring me) I have no worries…relatively speaking.
I am tired of waiting for the “right” time to TTC, but ultimately, Al holds the cards on this one. As is customary, I will have to acquiesce to his desires. I feel like I’ve been waiting so long (it has been over a year) and I hope there won’t be problems (especially with Al). When we were driving home in the car from our Thanksgiving dinner at my parent’s house, I remember sitting in the car, and just feeling empty. It was the first time I have ever felt like that. I could physically feel that I was empty inside, not pregnant. It was horrible. I reassured myself (as many of us do) that one year from then, I would be pregnant. I hope it works out.
Oh, yes…one more thing. I turn 23 on the 8th. Happy Birthday to me! And good luck this month to everyone out there trying. I hope 2002 brings us what we all want the most…a healthy pregnancy!
Candace
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