I am a bad girl!

I have not been updating this as regularly as I should! Not that my life is all that exciting, but my free time is limited, so finding time to blog and comment can be an issue. I think that is one reason I am not as active in the bloggy community as I could be. I guess that is life, though.

At the moment, I am just waiting for the cycle to end so we can start the medicated cycle. I should get my period in the ext week or so. I think.

I did something weird happen to me, though. One of my coworkers dreamed I was pregnant. I asked her if she knew I was about to start IF treatment. She did not know that fact. We decided to hope that her dreaming about me was a good omen. Weird, though.

I will try to write more tomorrow. I will have more time to be coherent.

"Sick" Day

I called in sick today because my meds for my medicated IUI cycle were being delivered today and that was the only someone could be home to sign for them. And they came in the morning. Yay! I actually spent a good portion of the morning dealing with medical stuff and various errands which I have been putting off. So my excuse (of having a medical issue to deal with that would take the bulk of the day) is not that far off the mark. And I got to get out of a really crappy shift. And I get to see Hubby this evening and not be tired and cranky. I do feel sort of silly taking a day off so soon after vacation, but it feels really good. I think this is the first or second unscheduled PTO day I have taken since I got off of orientation in June.

I do not know if I will post the inevitable picture of the fertility meds. It is just Follistim and HCG. Though the Follistim Pen is sort of cool. I hope I remember how to use it. Now I just need to wait for the inevitable period and get a baseline U/S. So far I really like my RE's nurse. She is great. I know enough to simply ask the front desk to transfer me to her, and I leave a message. She always calls me back. I think it is fantastic.

I hope this was not too rambly. Just really enjoying the beautiful day off!

Weekend Relaxation!

What a nice day to have nothing to do! I slept in this morning, and then Hubby and I went out to breakfast. He then left for a shooting match, so I have the house to myself. Bliss!

Last night was a bear. I do not know what happened, but we did seem to get a lot of traumas, and cases seemed to be more difficult for some reason, and surgeons kept posting a lot of cases. I had two lap choles go open. One right after the other, with two different surgeons. I was about ready to tear my hair out by the time I left. Thank goodness they did not need me after 9 PM. They told me to leave, so I left. I have a hunch they were going all night. Glad I was not there! I went home and had some red wine, and a chocolate chip cookie and went to bed. I was dead on my feet.

One good thing was that my eval was pretty good. I only got dinged a little for my attitude. (Damn cynicism strikes again!) Everyone I worked with laughed at that, for some reason. I did get a nice raise. Come December, I will get about 70 cents an hour more. That will be nice. It was sort of neat that I was missed while I was on vacation. I think people like working with me. Who knew?

On the IF stuff: On Thursday I left a message with my RE's nurse, and she ordered my meds for next cycle. My father in law wants to pay for it, so I am sort of waiting for him to pay before I get them. I figure as long as they are here by next week, I should be fine. At least I hope so.

Oh, and played with Google's Picasa, and I have a photo album of pictures from vacation. Enjoy!

Arizona 2008

Boo!

I am back from Arizona. It was wonderful, and I will try to post pictures this weekend. Really.

I have a scary day today. I have a 12 hour shift in the OR, and I am on call until 11 PM. Things could get scary. (What with alcohol likely to be involved.) On the bright side, I do not have to deal with children, unless they end up in our OR. (I hate it when children end up in my OR room.) I am going in expecting it to be crazy, so that if it is not, it is a nice surprise. I am leaving Hubby with some candy, just in case he wants to deal with trick or treaters. I made sure he is not caught unprepared. I am a little disappointed we did not get to really decorate this year. I usually love to carve pumpkins but I did not get the chance this year, between being out of town and my crazy work schedule.

Oh, I also left a message for my RE's nurse yesterday. I told her we were back from vacation, and the she could order meds so that we could finally do a medicated cycle next cycle. I left the message at the end of the day, so I have not heard back from her yet. Ah well, I may not get the chance to call her until next week. Stoopid work.

I hope everyone has a happy and safe Halloween!

I think my body is trying to tell me something....

This is just so typical. I seem to get sick right as I am going on a break of some sort. I started feeling sick last night, and today I really feel like I have a cold. I am taking vitamin C and sucking on zinc drops and making an effort to take it easy. Hubby says I do not sound too bad, but I do not feel great. I seem to tire easily, and just do not want to move fast.

The problem is that we are leaving for vacation tomorrow! I still have to pack and make the house presentable for our house sitter. I ran my errands this morning, so the only stuff to do is drop off the dogs, pack, and clean the house up a little. I think we will both miss the dogs this evening, but tonight was the best time to drop them off. Our flight leaves early in the morning.

At least I can take it easy while on vacation. My appointment at the spa is for Thursday. Hopefully I will feel better by then. At least Tombstone is a sleepy town, so there is not much to do. And Arizona is dry and warm, so the weather should be nice. I do not know how much updating I can do over vacation. The house only has dial up internet. If we get somewhere with free wireless, I may try to get an entry in. We will see.

I hope everyone has a good week!

The Unveiling

I cannot believe I actually did it. Just to prepare you, I am not a small female, so I am not cute, so what you are seeing is me, warts and all. My tattoo is placed right above my mongolian spot, so there is some discoloration below my tattoo, and that is just me and my body.

So here it is....





It hurt to get it, and it still hurts today, and will likely hurt tomorrow. But I love him. I love having a dragon watching my back and protecting me.

I did it!

I now have a tattoo! Went yesterday afternoon and got it.

Pictures to follow. It looks great. He looks almost exactly like the picture. I now have a dragon watching my back and protecting my chi!