What a heck of a month. And my trials are still going.
Where did I leave off? Oh yes. My 35th birthday was the beginning of April. I think that was the day everything started going downhill. But for the sake of easing back into blogging I will start with the birthday celebration.
Indy planned a dinner at The Melting Pot with another couple. The guy in the couple is Indy’s friend and I guess since this guy got married, this couple is now considered “our” friends. However, I feel that this does not truly make them “my” friends. I asked Indy why he invited them. The Melting Pot is not cheap but they are. Indy said he thought it would be fun. The couple ended up canceling on us because one of them got sick.
Instead of Indy and I having a nice romantic dinner alone, he invited his sister, her husband and her daughter. Don’t get me wrong, I love Indy’s family. But the fact that Indy had to invite his friends and family to my birthday dinner made me feel very pathetic. I had no one that could have been plan B. I have no friends of my own in this city and that makes me sad. All my friends and family live in another city 4 hours away. At any other time, I am fine with the fact that I have no one. But when Indy has to call upon his posse to help me celebrate my 35th, this makes me want to jab my eye with a flaming marshmallow on a skewer.
Although I lament, the dinner and company were wonderful. The Melting Pot is a fun novelty and should be experienced at least once. For me, having to cook my food got tedious but the dessert made it all worthwhile. I say go there just for the dessert.
Thank you to those who inquired about my well being. I just had to take a break from the computer and blogging. I have missed visiting my fave blogs so it will be good to get back to lurking.
This little girl is so cute. I will only say this here and if you ever mention it, I’ll deny it. This girl is cuter than Indy’s niece when she talks about Star Wars.
Here’s more Star Wars and Lord of the Rings a la role playing style, for your reading pleasure.
Indy and I shopped for wedding bands this weekend. But only after we argued about where to go and what kind of rings to get. He wants matching bands. I honestly don’t want to spend money on rings, I would rather put it to use in the house. We need a new dryer and if he wants matching, we can get the washer.
Indy didn’t go for that idea. Something about love and symbolism. So rings it is. I really like the Elvish rings but they are out of the price range we set. And they also take a month to to complete. Tattoo rings was shot down too.
Off to the mall we go. I found a 1/2 karat Princess cut anniversary band for $599 at 3 different places: Kay Jewelers, CR Jewelers and Ultra Diamonds. I liked the ring at CR the most but Kay has a better deal with lifetime diamond guarantee. I want to look at a couple more places just to do my due diligence. It’s supposed to last me a lifetime, right? I might as well find something I love. Besides, I can’t very well wear a dryer on my finger.
Gary Gygax co-creator of the role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons passed away Tuesday. He doesn’t hold much significance for me as I have only played Lord of the Rings Trading Card game. Way back when that is . Indy, however, does RPG and played D&D back in the day.
His group comes over about once a month to play their campaign and I have to deal with lots of testosterone and the house ends up smelling like boy. I don’t mind that the guys come over but I do mind when they stink up my house because they don’t know how to flush. Are there no commodes in the D&D land?
Gary, I thank you for what you created. It was part of what shaped Indy, helped him develop that sparkling personality that swept me off my feet so long ago. May you rest in peace.
I have been trying to put my craft cave together for the last month and I am getting closer and closer to the end. When I am working in it, I usually have some show or movie playing on my computer. (Love ABC.com) I also use the heck out of the Netflix instant movie watching and I have yet to exceed my allotted time each month. It’s strange but this old desktop, built by my ex-husband about 8 years ago, can play the Netflix movies. The bad news is it won’t play standard DVDs. My Compaq laptop does not have the system requirements to play Netflix but it runs DVDs like a champ.
I have been shopping around for a flat panel monitor for a while, looking at sale ads for 19 inch monitors. I went to Fry’s after seen an ad for $139 after rebate on a 19″. The resolution wasn’t that great and after seeing it against the 22″ and 24″ monitors, I didn’t get it. Now I am looking for a 22″ and think the Gateway is the best one I have seen for me. You can get picture in picture which would be a great function to have when I am actually working on the ‘puter.
After all the monitor searching, I decided to just get a new computer. I really debated about getting a new system since my computer now is working fine although a little slow and a lot noisy. I poured over the Sunday ads and found a few at Office Depot and Office Max. Best Buy and Circuit City didn’t have deals that appealed to me. I ended up getting the HP Pavilion Slimline Smarter Digital Entertainment. It has a compact design and a remote.
I’m surprised I haven’t gotten buyer’s remorse yet. Maybe cause I haven’t seen the charge hit my account. Still, I think I will wait until this weekend to break open the box. Just in case.
If you choose to bless me with a baby after going through blood test, vaginal vioaltions with a probe, egg extraction and IVF, I promise not to make my kid do this:
P.S. I cannot be held responsible however, if his/her natural talents are discovered at Gymboree.
I have been coughing and producing so much drainage that I coughed up phlegm containing blood yesterday. That was pretty much the catalyst for me to go to the doctor. Strep test was negative but because my snot was green, she gave me antibiotics for a sinus infection. I hope it goes away i a hurry, it is so disgusting hocking loogies. I feel like my cats when they cough up a hairball.
I am loving my new insurance. It was the highest premium insurance my company offers but it is the best and my office visit copay was only $20. And my antibiotics were less than $5.
This morning, I gargled salt water and thought I was getting better but my mid-morning, I lost my voice. I was whispering and people stayed away like I have the plague. Then during a coughing fit, I must have dislodged a loogie because my voice started coming back. I tell you, it was the freakiest thing.
February 19, 2008, 10:05 pm
Filed under: Health, Personal
I am a test subject for a fertility study. I signed up 3 weeks ago and was getting worried that I had not heard back from the facility conducting the study. I was going to give it until the end of February to hear back from them and go on to plan B.
I went in for my first visit today and for some reason I was very nervous. I read through all the info on procedures covered and not covered by the study, drugs that can’t be taken while in the study, side effects of drugs that will be taken, etc. That made me even more nervous about getting involved. Some of the concerns I had were potential birth defects from the medication, the drug interactions with current meds and meds not allowed. And then there were patient costs such as embryo cryogenics and anesthesia for embryo transplant.
After going over the concerns with the Physician’s assistant, I decided to do it. I feel like I have gone as far as I can with Clomid and I have no explanation for my infertility. After 2 years of trying, I am looking for other options.
I went through the well woman exam, my third one in a year, but the highlight of this visit was the Pelvic (transvaginal) ultrasound. When I saw the probe, I panicked a little. Maybe someone who is used to having large mechanical objects shoved in their ‘gina would not have been phased. Luckily, the woman giving my exam explained everything as she went along and although there was some discomfort, it wasn’t painful. When she was poking around, she commented that my uterine lining was very thick. She said it so many times that I had to ask if that was bad. Her analogy was if you were going to rest somewhere, would you rather have thick, plush carpeting or a cement floor. Well bring on the shag carpet and throw in a lava lamp, at least that “environment” is conducive to procreating. I was beginning to think I had a hostile womb. She took a peek at my ovaries and showed me all my follicles. I started to feel more positive about the study when she said all my innards looked great and that I would be easy to stimulate. Ovulation that is.
I don’t want to get stressed about making it to the end nor do I want to get my hopes up too much. But it would be pretty awesome if someone decided to rest awhile in my shag carpet.
