Three Days

So... today wasn't quite as productive as I had hoped it would be. Blood was easy as wanted... one poke and that's it.

The u/s wasn't quite what I had wanted though (though I know I had high expectations :)). I had the u/s tech that I don't like so much (or at least not as much as the other one I usually get). Every time I go this u/s tech asks "Have you ever been here?" Uhhh... yes, I have. The other u/s tech remembers me and jokes about how many times I've been there to be prodded by her.

Anyways, she didn't tell me the lining measurement (that's another reason I like the other u/s tech... she narrates the whole time), but when I got my call back today they said that everything looked "perfect" so I'm assuming the lining was okay. I can't quite remember the numbers anymore. I think on my right I had 1 follicle that was 12mm. And on my left I think I had two... one at 11mm and the other at 13.5mm. The 13.5mm might have been on my right... I can't remember. So, although I was hoping they'd be at like 20mm today, I guess I am happy with the numbers. I can't get too hopeful about the left side follicles, though, because my left side NEVER PRODUCES ANYTHING. Things always start, but they get too lazy to finish growing or something. :)

Our next day is Sunday at 8:45am. So, it is official, I have to tell my family. I'm going to have to leave camping at like 7:00am on Sunday AM. I am NOT looking forward to going for an u/s after being in the woods for two days, either. Grossss.

I went to school today from 8am to 3pm. I got a bit done, but there is still a lot to do. I'll go in next week probably. It's SO nice to have the whole school to myself. I've done so much laminating that it's ridiculous. I just wish the printer didn't jam after every paper. I did get a bunch of early-in-the-year work copied, so I'm ready. :) Bring on the kids.

And after leaving school I walked/ran/jogged around the pond. It took me just over a half hour... it was hot! I need to improve my running abilities big time! But it felt good to be out doing something! :)

Hoping as always

I'm just hoping that tomorrow's u/s proves eventful. I want 2 fabulous follicles. Yes, two. (I want twins badly) The perfect size with the perfect lining. I want an easy blood test... 1 painless prick that shows I'm ready to trigger. I want a call tomorrow afternoon saying "Ovidrel it up!" I want the IUI to be Saturday afternoon. I want it to go off without a hitch. I want the beta in 2 weeks to be positive. I want this to be over. (Though I know it will never really be "over")

I want a lot of things...

But for now I'll settle for some progress tomorrow AM.

Fingers crossed and wishing on stars and eyelashes. :)

Class Site

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Back in the swing of things

Woohoo! Tomorrow I get to go into school! I am so excited. I have been waiting for so long. My brother is coming up in the AM to help me. I have a ton of stuff to bring in, move around, and put away. I want to try to get most stuff done before vacation in two weeks. Then I can focus on curriculum and last minute things come the last 2 weeks of August. :)

I can't wait to get back in. I'll be sure to put up fabulous pictures of my awesome classroom.

Also, on a side note, I have decided that I really want to start running. I've never really been a good runner, but I've wanted to get into it for years. So, I'm going to start trying. Right outside of school there is a beautiful pond with a path around it. All around it's about 2 miles. It's a start. :) I'm excited. I'll keep updated. And right now I'm very motivated, so hopefully it'll keep up!

Weekend

Another weekend over. They go by too quickly! I know that's kind of a silly thing for someone with the whole summer off to say... but I still enjoy the weekends the most. That's when other people are off and when I can spend some QT with the hubby. :)

This weekend I went down to visit my family again. My mom needed to buy a dress for my cousin's wedding, so I went to "help" her out. Saturday night I saw "Step Brothers" with my brother. It was very, very funny at certain parts. Other parts made me cringe and some parts were supposed to be funny but weren't really to me. Today I met up with one of my teacher-friends. It's always good to see her. Then I came home and have been spending the rest of evening with the hubby. :)

I didn't end up letting my family in on our situation. I just don't know how to bring it up. So I haven't. But, like I said before, I need to let them know so this coming weekend is okay. I don't get why it's so hard for me...

Cycle 4 Begins

Technically I guess it began 3 days ago, but oh well. :)

Blood and u/s were fine. I have 11 follicles on both my left and my right sides. So I take 150mg of Clomid for the next five nights. Then my first day of monitoring is July 31st in the AM (Thursday). SO I'm thinking I will end up letting my parents know what is going on this weekend so when we sneak away over the weekend (which I'm sure we'll have to) they won't be offended.

:)

Grad School

As mentioned a post or so ago, I got into grad school. Woohoo. I had been putting it off for a little too long, so it's good to finally have started the process. Plus, I love to learn. So I'm very excited about starting and accomplishing something. I can see myself moving on and getting my doctorate in the future, so I'm excited to move on. I am completing an online program thru UMass Lowell, but this is only because we don't know where we will end up in the next few months/years. Though it'd be very convenient to attend classes on campus right now, I didn't want to be tied down in the future should things finally move along. So there we go.

I'm set to start in Spring of 2009. I'm going to try to take one class this fall which will be applied to my degree when I start the official program in the Spring. This is just so I won't feel like I'm not doing anything this fall. :) Plus, the pay raise associated with having some extra credits will be nice.

My only problem is financial aid. I'm pretty much banking on it-- we don't really have the ability to pay for all of the classes up front. So I'm going to fill out the FAFSA, but I think that I probably should have filled it out way back in the late-winter/early-spring even though I hadn't even applied yet. Soooo I'm hoping that I can get aid for this spring. If not I will have to get aid for Fall 2009. And we'll have to either just take out a regular ole loan, or just ask my parents to help us out. (Which I'm not too keen on doing...)

So that's the update.

Back to RSC tomorrow and I must say... although I'm looking forward to moving on and getting stuff done, I am not looking forward to the blood draws! :)