it's raining
it's raining again.....very yucky outside the last few days.
dan passed his oral boards, he officially found out yesterday (not that he was expecting otherwise). we are going out to dinner tonight to celebrate...yay!
i started my Lupron injections last night. i asked dan to give me the shot b/c it's been a while since i did it and i was a little nervous. it wasn't bad. nothing compared to the dreaded progesterone shots i'll have later on...
i started the steriod as well, which does a great job (for some reason) of interrupting my sleep at night....so I must've woken up 7 or 8 times....fitful sleep. bad dreams, too. i woke myself up talking. and i dreamt some kid peed on my shoes at school and i went to the principal to turn him in.
how odd!
i ordered 2 new nightstands for our bedroom. they arrived on wednesday and they required assembly. i always intended to attempt that myself, but imagined i'd wind up crying on the floor,very frustrated, and would end up having to get dan to finish putting them together.
WRONG!
I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF!! And i mean these nightstands came totally disassembled---in a big flat box, complete with screws, dowels, washers, a screwdriver, and illustrated instructions. i was worried. the first one took me a lot longer, but i got it done. the second one was a piece of cake since i'd already become familiar with it. dan was proud of me, and i'm proud of myself!!! woohoo!!!! they are from crate and barrell (i love that store) and dan was miffed b/c i ordered them without consulting him first. i argued that he didn't ask me before we inherited his grandparents' dining room set & buffet---which is NOT my taste, but I guess better than shelling out tons of $$$ to buy something on our own....don't get me wrong, it's a really nice set, and in near perfect condition...but it's just not my style. it could be much, much worse....and it's not like i would've told him no, we couldn't take his grandparents' set....it has sentimental value....which is fine. so i felt like what was the big deal about 2 little nightstands??? really.
i am exhausted. i went to a lot of trouble to clean up the house and work in the yard for a few reasons, but one of them was because last night we hosted this month's "Journal Club" at our house for Dan's residents and colleagues. A drug rep came and brought Thai food (YUM!). But I wanted everything to be perfect (or at least as perfect as possible, considering we haven't lived here long and do not have the house completely furnished) and clean and nice....I went and bought flowers and lit candles in the bathrooms and swept the front porch....cleaned the house from top to bottom and straightened up, vacuumed, mopped, dusted....plus wanted the yard to look nice and planted some stuff on either side of the front door in large pots....you get the idea....it was a lot of work....and i am glad last night is over. thankfully (at least in my opinion) the turnout was much smaller than anticipated (I guessed b/c holiday weekend). I had been worried we wouldn't have enough room/tables/chairs/food, etc....but there was plenty, and I even got to make a plate of Pad Thai (good, b/c I felt since we were hosting it at our house, I deserved free dinner anyway)....hehehehheheeee
We got a ton of free pens and all the leftovers, plus beer and soft drinks.....all so the drug rep could talk them into his stuff and they could all discuss some journal articles...I took Monster in the other room and watched tv....and everyone left a little after 9 and Dan helped me clean up....whew...
It is entirely possible that a month from today will be embryo transfer day. the day when i will have my "maybe babies" inside me....i am trying to think good thoughts...
i ran into my doctor when i went to pick up all my drugs. thankfully the lupron was only $350, it is the stimulation drugs that are much more expensive...but anyway, i saw my dr in the hall when i was leaving. she was in sscrubs and looked like she was in a hurry, so i wasn't going to say anything to her at all....plus, it's not like i was there for an appointment...she stopped me in the hall and called me by my name (dan says i am a freak b/c i worry she doesn't remember me/my name since i am only there during cycles, and therefore not for months in between)...she put her arm around me and asked how i was doing....i choked up and told her i was just really hoping it works this time...she said she hopes so, too, and that she is there for me if i need anything...and she will see me SOON! i left with a really good feeling. even though she was clearly in a hurry, she stopped to chat with me....and maybe that is a sign....
hope you all are well and that you have a nice holiday weekend....
dan passed his oral boards, he officially found out yesterday (not that he was expecting otherwise). we are going out to dinner tonight to celebrate...yay!
i started my Lupron injections last night. i asked dan to give me the shot b/c it's been a while since i did it and i was a little nervous. it wasn't bad. nothing compared to the dreaded progesterone shots i'll have later on...
i started the steriod as well, which does a great job (for some reason) of interrupting my sleep at night....so I must've woken up 7 or 8 times....fitful sleep. bad dreams, too. i woke myself up talking. and i dreamt some kid peed on my shoes at school and i went to the principal to turn him in.
how odd!
i ordered 2 new nightstands for our bedroom. they arrived on wednesday and they required assembly. i always intended to attempt that myself, but imagined i'd wind up crying on the floor,very frustrated, and would end up having to get dan to finish putting them together.
WRONG!
I DID IT ALL BY MYSELF!! And i mean these nightstands came totally disassembled---in a big flat box, complete with screws, dowels, washers, a screwdriver, and illustrated instructions. i was worried. the first one took me a lot longer, but i got it done. the second one was a piece of cake since i'd already become familiar with it. dan was proud of me, and i'm proud of myself!!! woohoo!!!! they are from crate and barrell (i love that store) and dan was miffed b/c i ordered them without consulting him first. i argued that he didn't ask me before we inherited his grandparents' dining room set & buffet---which is NOT my taste, but I guess better than shelling out tons of $$$ to buy something on our own....don't get me wrong, it's a really nice set, and in near perfect condition...but it's just not my style. it could be much, much worse....and it's not like i would've told him no, we couldn't take his grandparents' set....it has sentimental value....which is fine. so i felt like what was the big deal about 2 little nightstands??? really.
i am exhausted. i went to a lot of trouble to clean up the house and work in the yard for a few reasons, but one of them was because last night we hosted this month's "Journal Club" at our house for Dan's residents and colleagues. A drug rep came and brought Thai food (YUM!). But I wanted everything to be perfect (or at least as perfect as possible, considering we haven't lived here long and do not have the house completely furnished) and clean and nice....I went and bought flowers and lit candles in the bathrooms and swept the front porch....cleaned the house from top to bottom and straightened up, vacuumed, mopped, dusted....plus wanted the yard to look nice and planted some stuff on either side of the front door in large pots....you get the idea....it was a lot of work....and i am glad last night is over. thankfully (at least in my opinion) the turnout was much smaller than anticipated (I guessed b/c holiday weekend). I had been worried we wouldn't have enough room/tables/chairs/food, etc....but there was plenty, and I even got to make a plate of Pad Thai (good, b/c I felt since we were hosting it at our house, I deserved free dinner anyway)....hehehehheheeee
We got a ton of free pens and all the leftovers, plus beer and soft drinks.....all so the drug rep could talk them into his stuff and they could all discuss some journal articles...I took Monster in the other room and watched tv....and everyone left a little after 9 and Dan helped me clean up....whew...
It is entirely possible that a month from today will be embryo transfer day. the day when i will have my "maybe babies" inside me....i am trying to think good thoughts...
i ran into my doctor when i went to pick up all my drugs. thankfully the lupron was only $350, it is the stimulation drugs that are much more expensive...but anyway, i saw my dr in the hall when i was leaving. she was in sscrubs and looked like she was in a hurry, so i wasn't going to say anything to her at all....plus, it's not like i was there for an appointment...she stopped me in the hall and called me by my name (dan says i am a freak b/c i worry she doesn't remember me/my name since i am only there during cycles, and therefore not for months in between)...she put her arm around me and asked how i was doing....i choked up and told her i was just really hoping it works this time...she said she hopes so, too, and that she is there for me if i need anything...and she will see me SOON! i left with a really good feeling. even though she was clearly in a hurry, she stopped to chat with me....and maybe that is a sign....
hope you all are well and that you have a nice holiday weekend....