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Archive for January, 2009

Since last I wrote, I’ve:

had two ultrasounds, five blood draws, one shot of Ovridrel in the arm (not the belly, small mercies);
rejoiced when said ultrasounds showed my right ovary with the dominant follicle;
did not rejoice when I found out my estrogen levels were not up to par;
decided not to obsess over the numbers;
bought some new [...]

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I had a funny story about being trapped in a public bathroom this morning and my daring (not really) escape, but then I got upstaged by a plane crash. Whatever, stupid geese and dumb hero pilot. My story was better.
I’m glad no one was seriously injured in that crash because then I can be upset [...]

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Unless “alright” bugs the holy crap out of you like it does me, then it’s really “all right.”
It’s another exciting Saturday night in our household. It’s just after 9:30 and we’re about to retire to bed upstairs and watch some more of the Simpsons’ season four. Did I really used to stay up after 2 [...]

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I’m lost and I’m found

Tuesday and Wednesday were two of the most trying days I’ve had lately. It felt as though I was being thwarted by the Universe at every step I made; the rare moments I stopped crying, I laughed over the absurdity of it all. But mostly I cried. And then cried some more. There might have been some freaking [...]

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Come Undone

I just swallowed my first Clomid pill. I washed it down with a bottle of wine. Oops, I meant glass. Maybe.
Today I somehow fucked up a super simple transaction I should have been able to do in my sleep. I still don’t know exactly what I did, but hopefully everything will be resolved tomorrow. It [...]

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Schooled

First lesson of 2009:
You can’t squeeze blood from a turnip. Repeat ad infinitum.
I should know by now not to expect things from people that they are not, for whatever reason, able or willing to give. So I need to back off from now on and not put myself in the position of being disappointed. It’s [...]

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