Lots and Lots of stuff
It's been a while. Michael and I went to Arizona over Thanksgiving and visited my parents. It was awesome. My parents took us to the Grand Canyon, which, if you haven't been there, cannot be described in words. Even pictures and video footage can't capture it's beauty. It was so. so. awesome. We took over 230 pictures, and we filled almost 3 tapes of film. We also went to Oatman AZ, which is a mountain town that is so cute, there are wild burros you can feed carrots! It was really fun. For Thanksgiving itself, we headed South to Apache Junction to see my grandparents as well as my aunt & uncle and their family. It was a really great time. We were there for a week, and it was really sad saying goodbye. I get to see my parents maybe once a year. :-( Michael's parents live a state away, and he does get to see them at least 3-5 times a year, which isn't much better. It sucks that no matter what, one of us will always have to sacrifice their parents more than the other.
Gus, our newest kitty, is doing well in the household. :-p He's adjusted nicely, and he still acts as if he never gets to eat! He meows like he's still a hungry stray that hasn't eaten all day...it's kind of annoying. But also, endearing. He just doesn't shut up until you either feed him, or leave the kitchen altogether. Heh. Tiger and Little One like him and do well with him in the house, but he tries to play with them sometimes, and he invades their space. So there's some cat bitchy-ness every so often.
We want to start trying to have a child soon. Is it okay to be jealous of those who are already expecting? Two of Michael's cousins have announced their wives pregnancies within the last couple of months, and I'm happy for them. I'm just also a bit jealous. I went to my obgyn not even a month ago, because my periods are so irregular, and were non-existent, so she told me to take the progesterone when we got back from our trip, and she also prescribed me chlomid, which would help me ovulate. Well, I started my period on my own not long after we got back from Arizona, so I haven't had to take either script yet. But I'm still planning on picking up the chlomid. Just because I just had a period, doesn't mean my body is going to decide to be normal again next month and the month after and ovulate regularly. Honestly, I'm nervous about my body, and whether it will give me issues when we actively try to conceive. The less problems, the better, because I'm already a Type 1 diabetic, and it will not be a picnic when I'll have to be monitored so closely. It may not be a picnic, but it will be the biggest blessing of our lives. We want so much to have a child.
Hmm, what else...I hope the writer's strike ends soon. I may go postal if I run out of my new favorite shows to watch. However, I completely agree with the strike and why the writers are doing it. It's ridiculous that they make such a minimal, marginalized profit off their work as it is.
I think that may be all for now.