Vicky: 2 days 'til Argentina? Fab. I hope you have a great visit and that it seems to last forever. This is great timing for some good BFF time.
Robbo: 360 miles from your clinic??? Wow, that sounds like a total pain. Glad to hear they weren't concerned.
Melissa: total bummer on the whole prep thing.
(but i have to say, the survivor "poop, watch, pause" thing cracked me up! thanks for the good laugh!) Sounds like a horrible experience. glad to hear they weren't alarmed by what they saw. Will be looking forward to hearing your "all clear" report in a few weeks. As for the wedding. Wow. Having your mother stroke out and be gone for your wedding. Total bummer. But it sounds like things worked as well as possible considering the situation. They must be very happy with you!Angie: Now... as a disclaimer... both in med school and residency, i avoided all things GYN. BUT, i believe you can have bleeding with anovulatory (no ovulation) cycles (I think the AF is usually irregular and variable. It can, though be completely absent, or can be very heavy or prolonged). Probably not helpful. And, not having PCOS, not sure how that affects it... I just hope AF stays away so that you and dh can have a long, romantic anniversary wkend. Enjoy!!!!
Jenn: LOVE the purple privates. it is a sisterhood classic story! I am so glad to hear stims are going very well... much better than last time. Wooohooo! You go girl!
Meg: WAAAAT?
they are taking "us" off scans cold turkey. Do they not understand we need a sweetpea (yes, fee i am a fan of this one!) report on a regular basis? After being monitored so closely for IF treatments, then numerous ultrasounds early in the preg, I can't imagine how it would feel to be cut off. I think sweetpea is just kicking to let you know she's all right, ultrasound or not!Coco: Fab to hear from you! I look forward to hearing of your exploits now that you will be footloose and fancy-free! btw... are you going w/parents to China??
Wanna: any updates? The only twin names i can come up with right now are remus and romulus (having just been in Rome), which are totally unacceptable. So i will keep thinking....
Fee: Oh, girl. The whole Root Beer Float thing is as american as apple pie. SOOOO good. Was our fave dessert growing up. And if you put the ice cream into the (big) cup first, then pour the rootbeer over it, there is this kind of foam that builds up around the ice cream. Fab. Sometimes people will do Coke Floats. Same idea, but not as good without the richness of the root beer IMHO.
Nickster: ahhh, cleaning can wait. I hope you had a fab wkend!
So... as for me.
Let's just say that BIL's arrest eventually caused a bit of a breakdown on MIL's part (not a surprise) and the rest of us bore the brunt of her lashings. Had i been able to access the internet at the time, you would have had one ENORMOUS rant on your hands! You may anyway in the next few days. But yes, at least his siblings (and siblings-in-law) are grateful that he is in jail and therefore (probably) detoxing and relatively "safe".
My SIL (not N that i am very close to...), we will call her "T" has an US today (she is about 12 wks preg) and they think she might have twins. Great... just what i need is for this SIL to get preg with twins. This is her first preg with this husband (she has 2 kids from prev husband), and all she has done since they got married is complain about him looking at other women, him on internet porno sites, and how maybe they should get divorced. I KNOW it isn't right, but it will piss me off a bit if she is having twins (why so much more than if she is having only one child... i don't know... maybe b/c i want twins).
One more venting... I told the scheduler at work that i was getting in VERY late Tuesday night (i.e., flight was scheduled to land at 11pm), and didn't want to work Wednesday am if at all possible due to jet lag, etc. So last Thursday, i emailed her and asked her to send me the schedule for this week, that i wouldn't have email access until very late Tuesday, and i wanted to know what my schedule would be for this Thurs and Fri. I never heard from her. When we landed in Neward, i had no voice mail from her. So i called the office (10 min before they closed) and asked when my first shift was.... they said "tomorrow (Wed) morning". I was all WHATTTTT? I wasn't supposed to work unless it was an emergency as i am getting in late. So she said she would get a hold of the scheduler and someone would call me before i got back on the plane. Well, unfortunately our plane was delayed for a few hours (!). When i still hadn't heard from the scheduler, i called her cell phone and left her a message to call me and tell me whether or not they REALLY needed me this morning.
No message. I got home at 2:30 AM (!) and there was an email with the 2nd edition schedule (ummmm, never received the FIRST) and sure enough they had me working this am. So, responsible as i am, i came to work this am after traveling for 24 hrs and only sleeping 3 hrs (actually, wasn't able to fall back asleep once off the plane, so i have been up until 1am). I show up before 8am, and everyone looks at me totally surprised to see me.... "we thought you were still out of town", etc. They had arranged coverage.... but no one told me!!!!!! Grrrrr. I stayed up most of the night for NOTHING! Screw them. i stayed here anyway, and they have to pay me for it. D*mn, sometimes i wish i was more irresponsible. I am heading home after being here for 2 hrs this am.. run a few errands.. then it will be NAP TIME for me!
Ok, enough b*tching (oh, but really, is there ever REALLY enough b*tching???
). I have reconsidered... and am thinking that i will cycle in July. Very apathetic about it, but that hasn't changed in the last few months, so probably won't anytime soon. I will have to decide for sure in the next few weeks... but it would be nice to get another under my belt...Hope you are all well!
Love the vents!!! I cannot believe that your work did that to you after all that, that really bites the big one!!!
! That is my plan anyway!
