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January 1, 2002
Sigh...I just lost my nice long entry! Into cyber space it went. I hate that. I should seriously write this down somewhere that auto-saves or something.
In any case, it's been an interesting couple of days. If you didn't check out my ttm board, AF came and we're on to cycle 21. I never thought this would take this long. But this cycle we're doing an IUI as soon as I get a + on my opk. Hopefully this IUI will be the boost we need to get pregnant and then I can have the March baby I so very much want. :)
Yesterday, one of my coworkers was sick and work was so busy! But, I got some good news. I got a raise! Apparently, since I'm so dependable and reliable, they wanted to up my pay. I'm thrilled! This couldn't have come at a better time because now we can start paying down some of our debt and also have money to pay for the fertility treatments. What a blessing for us!
Also, yesterday, I remembered around 2 o'clock that I needed to take my opk that evening. Why I remembered at 2 was because my bladder was letting me know it's full. I figured I'd be able to hold it until about 6 when I got home so it would be full of hormones to indicate I'm ovulating. About 4:45 my bladder told me "I'm really full! You should think about visiting the room down the hall to help me out here!"
"I know, but I have to take my opk tonight. Hold it."
"An op what? Never mind. I have to go!"
"Hold it."
Even now, my bladder cringes at the thought of having to hold it for that long! By the time I got to the Metro, my bladder was really really full and I was very uncomfortable. And of course, there was a delay. That day of all days! So imagine me standing in Metro Center, crowded by a ton of people waiting to get home on the red line, shifting my weight from one foot to the other trying to ignore the stupid incontinence commercial song in my head (You know the one, "Gotta go gotta go gotta go right now...") while I waited there for about 20 minutes. They said the delay was only for 10 minutes but 10 minutes always means closer to 15 or 20. Plus, it also means packed trains and I rarely get a seat. By now, my bladder is screaming messages up to my brain and I'm trying my best to calm it down.
"Please! I'm so full!"
"Nope. Nowhere to go. Hold it."
"But, please! You don't want me to burst. I will if I get anymore in me."
"No, I don't want you to burst but frankly, there's nothing I can do now. Hold it!"
When I finally got home (around 7) I flew to the bathroom and was able to help out the poor bladder. And even with all that effort, still no + on my opk. Ah, the things we do to help ourselves to get pregnant, right? Hopefully I'll have better results tonight with not as much discomfort!
I would really like to do the IUI tomorrow because then I would be able to have a few moments away from work and maybe some lunch with my hubby. That's something we haven't done on a weekday since we left Utah. It would be a nice change. But I'm up for the IUI whenever my body says so. The nurses promise that they will be around on the 5th even though it's a holiday to do the insemination and scan but we'll have to see. I am very excited about this and interested to see what my ovaries look like. Hopefully I'll have one or 2 nice ripe eggs just waiting to meet some fast swimming sperm.
Speaking of the holiday, does anyone have anything fun planned? We're going to a breakfast at our church on Monday morning. That should be fun. Oh! We finally have gotten jobs (callings) in our church. I'm in charge of the sunbeam class (they are the 4-5 year olds) and Jeff is the assistant scout leader. I think this is funny because Jeff was never into scouts as a kid and now, he's got to be involved. He's very nervous but I think it will be fun for him. I'm a little less nervous because there are only 2 sunbeams in my class. 2 girls named Shelby and Katy. Shelby has discovered the art of whispering and is practicing will all her might. She has a nice, innocent, wide-open face with soft, strawberry blond hair. She loves to cup her hands around her mouth to talk to me, and her eyes sparkle when I smile at her. Katy is a cute bundle of energy and she talks talks talks all the time. She's got pretty brown hair and big brown eyes. They will be fun to teach and get to know.
Oh! Also this week we had an electric company come and update our power supply. Its call a heavy up and basically, they run more power into the house and replace our breaker box. Why did we have this done? Well, our power flickers off and on constantly. We can't have 2 lights on in the same area and we couldn't keep the computer and the speakers on at the same time. Our house was built in 1974, and with all of our modern appliances running like the refrigerator and the water heater, we had no juice left for anything else. So we opted to have this done. Unfortunately they had to rip a huge whole in the wall around the breaker box to install the new one. But they saved us the dry wall and it should be an easy fix. And we have power that doesn't flicker! That's the good news. The bad news is that during all of this, our air conditioner decided to quit on us. This is also something that's fairly old. Seems like everything is breaking at once! But, I'm not too worried about our air because that's something that's covered in our home warrantee and they'll replace it if it's gone bad. Poor Jeff, though. He spent all day home in the hot house with the workers trying to keep the puppy away from them and their tools. As soon as they left, she peed a lake in the kitchen. He called to tell me that the puppy might not be living by the time I got home. He was very frustrated with her. But don't worry, she's still thriving and Jeff got the kitchen cleaned up.
Whew, if you got through this. Congrats! I’ll post an entry about the IUI as soon as I’m able. Until then!
~Always, Cat
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