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Catching up today. Hubby and I spent the weekend painting our living room. It was a huge job, because our living room is huge, but it had to be done. The previous owners painted the room this poopy brown color. I hated it. It made the whole room look cave-like, and it sort of felt like the walls were closing in on me. Why they would want to make the room look smaller is beyond me.

So we went from this...




To this...







All the furniture is in the exact same place as before, but the room looks and feels a whole lot larger and airier. It really feels more open. Yellow is my favorite color, and this yellow is soft and buttery, and should be easy to live with. The color is from Lo.we's Nat.ional Trust colors. It is Home.stead Resort Tea Ro.om Cream. I love Lo.we's Nat.ional Trust colors. They are usually a good bet.

I had the day off today, which was really nice. I did have a productive day and got caught up on things I had been putting off. Hubby and I have our intake eval tomorrow with the counseling center. I have an eval coming up at work. Hmm, I sense a trend...

Next week I have my appointment for the injection class. We decided to try IUI with injectables using Hubby's guys. I think we are planning on trying this for at least three cycles. If that does not work , the we will move toward donor insemination. If my period arrives as expected, my TWW for this first IUI with injectable cycle will likely be during my vacation. Hopefully that will take away some of the anxiety. We will see.

Robot Thursday

The surgeon I was with had two robot cases today, and they both went well. (Both done by 2 PM. I was impressed. ) Overall, a nice day at work, and I got to leave early. Even better.

Hubby made the appointment for couples counseling. We go next Tuesday for our intake interview. We will see what happens from there. Hopefully I will have my schedule for the next month, so we can make the appointment for the next one. I think the counseling will be worth doing. I think there are things we can work through. (Such as IF, moving to across the state, communication.)

Other than that, there is not a lot else going on. I am waiting for the injection class in a couple of weeks. That will allow us to try the IUI with trigger next cycle. Until then, I am trying to be patient.

Lurking

I seem to be doing a lot of lurking right now. I am reading, but not doing a lot of commenting. Not sure why. I guess I am just not inspired to say much right now. I am still around, though.

I get a three day weekend this weekend. I love it. I could use the extra day off. I know Hubby is enjoying having my around. Speaking of Hubby, I think he has concluded that he is going through a mid life crisis. He is 37, and he is looking at his life and deciding that this is not where he expected to be right now. He still wants to do counseling, but he has not made any move to actually make an appointment with a counselor. I am willing to go with him for couples counseling. It will not hurt anything. I am sure there is IF stuff we could work through. I am just happy he is not chasing other women and buying sports cars.

I am making scrub hats this weekend. I have worn the same dozen or so for the past few months, and I was starting to get bored with them. I think I have the pattern to where I like it now. I found that I like some size to the bouffant on the hats, and I like the band I did this time. I think it will be way more comfortable. They are fairly easy to make. I am also thinking of doing some seasonal hats. I might like to do some for Halloween and Christmas. I may have to get some material for that this weekend.

Here are a couple of the hats I made this weekend.... (Thanks to my dog's teddy bear for the modeling help.)

I hope everyone has a good Labor Day weekend!

Rainy Wednesday

And I have the day off! I really needed it, too. Work has been really rough. I was in two really bad cases over the past couple of days. One was a trauma, and the other was a scheduled case which went bad. Really bad. I hate trauma, and I hate having cases go bad. I prefer nice, predictable scheduled cases where things go exactly as planned. I do not get all excited by trauma, I get stressed out. I need to get rid of the bad mojo. Hopefully it will be gone by the time I go back to work tomorrow.

Hubby has been in a funk lately. The other night we tried to talk, but I think we missed what the other is saying. I think he was trying to tell me that he resents the fact that I made us move out here. I was the one who took the job at this big hospital in Roanoke. I was the one who said I could not stay in Tappahannock. I really could not stay. I was way too depressed. He keeps wanting me to stop working so much overtime. I actually do not work a lot of overtime. Usually it is about 4-5 hours per week. I think that is not so bad. They usually let me out of my room when I am scheduled to get off work. I am not on call very often. I love what I do. In order for us to be financially comfortable I have to work the hours I do. I pack lunches for both of us most days. I pay the mortgage. I think Hubby is doing fantastic with his practice. I really appreciate the fact that he is able to help pay the bills. I am actually impressed that he is able to do that so soon after starting his solo practice. I may have been a little stressed out for a while once I realized that my paychecks would not cover all the bills coming in, but that was no indication on how he was doing. That was me being stressed about not being able to pay the bills, and not feeing comfortable enough to ask him to help pay them. I was trying not to put any pressure on him because I was not sure how well his practice was doing. I do not know what else I can do to be supportive. I think between his feelings about the move and the IF stuff, he may not be happy underneath it all. I do not know what I can do to help. We may try seeing a marriage counselor. Hopefully the counselor can at least help us communicate better, which may go a long way to helping us work through this.

Lazy Satuday

Hubby and I had a really hard time getting moving this morning. We did not eat breakfast until 9:30 this morning. It was really nice. I think I feel that way every Saturday morning we sleep in.

I think my venture into eating core foods with WW this week was a bust. I just do not eat that way. I think I like food and wine too much. I go back to Flex plan this week. I have lost weight, though, so they took another point away from me. It will take me a little bit to figure out where the point will come from. At least I have lost weight. Hopefully that will continue.

I got my big blue tunnel so that I can play with my dog. I realized that I need to find a way to keep it from rolling in order to get her to go through it. I will work it out. My new agility class will start this Tuesday.

Work was all right this week. Nothing too very exiting. The robot took most of the week off, though. I think it was tired.

And now for some thing completely different...
This made me smile.


more animals

Patience, Grashopper!

Patience is not my strong point. I feel like I am so close, yet so far away.

There was much confusion at my appointment today. I made the appointment for the ultrasound yesterday. I thought that was what the RE wanted. I was mistaken, and the staff there did not set me straight. I have not seen the RE in over a month, so I think neither of us were sure what was going on. So, the appointment was made, and I went in today. I talked with the RE, who was confused on why we were doing the ultrasound. He said he usually does baseline ultrasounds once patients have the medication in hand. He was also not sure what we wanted to do. We discussed the options. I let him know that we really wanted to try injectables next. The clomid and IUI did not work. So, I now have an appointment to get the teaching on the injections. Yippee! Hopefully both me and Hubby can get off work. I am crossing my fingers that things will be better now that I can see him regularly.

I am just generally crabby today, though. Despite the fact I have the day off. I switched my WW eating plan from flex to core, just to see how I could do. I think I am going to have to try it for a couple of weeks before I get the hang of it. Right now I am feeling shaky and irritable, and i think it is because I started trying flex plan yesterday. At least I do not have to be at work. I hope I will adjust soon. I am trying to drink a lot of water and bear with it for the time being.
I may try to work out later today. I think I need it, and it should make me feel better.

Off to clean house a bit. I do not know how, but the house seems messy to me almost right after we clean it. Very frustrating...

Monday, Monday.

Not bad for a Monday, really. The robot case went well, despite the grumpy surgeon. (Damn those grumpy surgeons! I got off work on time, and that can be a minor miracle some days.

I made an appointment with my RE for the ultrasound of the uterus. They made it for tomorrow! I could not believe it. I was lucky enough to be off, and they had time to fit me in. Yay! I love it! The only problem was, I thought the test would be done 7-10 days after my the start of my period. I hope they are able to do it. I guess we will see tomorrow. At least I will be able to talk to my RE and hopefully get things moving. As I said, we will see. Hopefully all will become clear in the morning.