So, I need to take that next step

October 30, 2007 at 8:21 pm | In Family, Infertility | 3 Comments

People keep asking about the baby thing, so its been on my mind a lot lately.

Some of you may remember that my insulin was high and I was taking metformin to help get it in check- first labs were very promising- and with an increased dose the second set of labs…went half way back to where they started.  I was devastated.  And I have been scared to get the labs done again.  I know its really silly, and in the grand scheme of things the labs are not a big deal.  But, along the way- every part is as important as the next- so it may as well have been (to me at the time) a negative pregnancy test.

This comes up today because my Mother-in-Law called me to tell me she heard the UAMS infertility department was going to close its doors.  I had already gotten the news from someone else- and been told that sometime next year (late summer) the program would come to am end.  So, a little pressure- not such a bad thing- but coming from Mother in Law it was not what I needed.  She also decided to tell me the nurses in her department were really more fond of the reproductive endocrinologists out in private practice, and pretty much assumed we would now be going there.  (I know they are good…but…this is my issue, thank you).

While she is telling me this my phone is beeping with a call on the other line- and so I end my call and dial back my friend from Dallas …who has called to tell me she is pregnant.  I know I shouldn’t be upset, but it’s just a little like salt, ya know.

I am probably going to get the lab work done next week, hopefully it is good and we can get to the real deal sometime soon.

so far so good.

October 28, 2007 at 9:04 pm | In Uncategorized | Leave a Comment

I have spent many, many Saturdays cleaning the house, only to be defeated by Sunday.  Sunday is the day my husband camps out on the sofa to watch power block and I pretend to fold laundry, or whatever.  Or at least that’s the way it seams.  Sundays get away from me and by the end of them Saturday’s efforts were almost a waste.  *sigh*

I am trying, systematically (is that word overused?), to de-clutter my house, in hopes that I will feel more settled.  And so far so good.  Sunday is just about over and the garage we cleaned last weekend is still clean!  And so far- so is the office.  And I am about to go to bed and the kitchen is clean.  This may not be a big deal for most of you- but it is for me.  In addition to cooking our dinner I cooked a big ‘ole pot of stew.  The stew is for Tuesday evening as tomorrow we will be detained in town, hubby for Fiore practice, and me- to hang out with friends and …get a massage!  I can’t wait. 

Back to my pot of stew.  Hubby’s mom does not cook, and when I say that I mean it. I have been taking a meal or two here and there over to hubby’s grandmother as she is ailing and can’t do for herself as well as she used to.  Well, hubby’s mom must like some of the meals I have been bringing because she has asked me to cook for her and her family (total of three) twice a week.  She buys the groceries, enough to feed us as well as her family.  I was very hesitant about this, but decided that my pocketbook liked the idea of it.  a lot of what I will be cooking for the lot of us will be crock pot type meals and casseroles or big pots of soup or stew, etc…  I’ll let you know how this all goes, i could be setting myself up for trouble!!

Today, hubby also told me he wants me to finish his gambeson by Dec 1.  Wish me luck (better yet, wish him luck!)

I’m playing hooky

October 27, 2007 at 10:33 am | In Uncategorized | 1 Comment

… from cleaning our office.  We are not good with clutter- and the amount of paper is astounding, all in the form of junk mail and the little things we print because we want to make that/read that again/ look that up/learn more about that…

Last weekend we “clean sweep”ed the garage.  If you’ve never seen the show, a group of folks go in to a home and literally drag everything out, furniture and all, and then force the people who live there to sort though it all- deciding what to keep and what to toss.  We were pretty ruthless in our effortsand now the garage is wonderful!  It felt strangely good…!?

So, this weekend I have kicked out the husband (oh poor him, he’s riding is mototbike) so I can clean the room we share as our office.  I have not really begun because- to be honest, its a bit overwhelming.  I decided to write a blog entry instead!

This is one of my new goals, this organizing thing.  I have a new job and I feel its kind of like a new start.  Little by little I am going to try to go through the house and GET RID OF all the crud we are dragging around with us, that is taking up space and literally choking the life out of us!  Okay, so that last bit is a little over the top, but it really takes a lot of our time shifting it around and picking through it for anything we might be looking for.  I’m looking forward to the freedom, please wish me luck!

Let’s give this another shot, shall we?

October 25, 2007 at 10:08 pm | In Uncategorized | 3 Comments

Well, after many months of ignoring my blog I have decied to start it back up.  I will be sharing this blog address with my family in South Africa, so that will be incentive for me to keep it current- and interesting :)

 And with the new start at the blog, comes a new start at work.  I will be starting a new position in coding and documentation compliance at the hospital I work at.  I can’t wait; new things to learn and new folks to meet! There will also be more of an opportunity for growth profesionally and advancement than in my old position.

There is a lot to tell, most importantly I would like to include information about our family trip to Great Britain and South Africa, but I would also like to share pictures of our new tent- which we used for the first time at and event a couple of weekends ago.  But for now- its bedtime, so I will bid you good-night.

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