I'm sorry that I don't update this more often -- part of that (and only a small part of it) is that I know I owe you some updates on heavy topics, like our fertility struggle. I've been putting it off ( Read more... )

Breast Cancer Scare 2013This story has a happy ending, and I'm in good health ( Read more... )

I remind other people so often that you can't control your emotions; you can control only what you do about them. I had to take a dose of my own medicine today. A good friend gave me the honor of making me one of the first friends she told that she's expecting -- and no, I don't believe a single one of you out there reading this is friends with the ( Read more... )

Friday was our consultation with the fertility specialist -- We are cautiously optimistic! We liked the doctor quite a bit. He has a gentle, honest manner which we both appreciated. From looking at our medical profiles, he was able to narrow the playing field slightly, ruling our a couple of things, which is great. Believe me, the array of tests ( Read more... )

Random Life Tip of the Day: (Also shared on Facebook.) Open a new ream of paper by whacking it on the ground ( Read more... )

Made the appointment -- Friday, January 4th!

Trace

I am actively procrastinating right now. I should be working on my final paper for my Legal Research class; it's worth 25% of my total grade. I had three weeks to work on it, and I blew off the first two. It'll be a whopper of a topic, too -- researching case law on airline liability when a commercial flight crashes due to pilot negligence. ( Read more... )

I MADE IT TO WATER AEROBICS LAST NIGHT! (And, no, I did not break down and have Coke for breakfast today, why do you ask?) (Truthfully, I'm not missing it.) (Really.) It feels great to get moving again, both physically and to my pride. I had a dream two nights ago that I was slacking on New Year's Resolutions, and as I said, "This means something." ( Read more... )

Ian and I sat on the couch last night watching "Alien vs. Predator," which just happened to be on TV and we were too lazy to change it - I found it totally amusing in the theatre anyhow. We talked a little bit about our recent LARP experiences, and things we'd like to do if we were going to continue to play... which we probably won't. Our talk ( Read more... )

The subject of this entry is taken from Christopher Moore's story of the Christmas Miracle, The Stupidest Angel. You really had to be there to understand the beauty of the entire text of Chapter 17:

"So that sucked."

And on that note, we begin this broadcast day with...

( Medical TMI of a girly nature )