Sechs

Because lists make me happy:

1. I’ve had hot dogs (yes, plural) for dinner twice this week.

2. My dad called me two nights ago and it was the first time we’d talked in months. Since late March, maybe? We talked for almost two hours. That’s how we do. Long periods of no contact followed by epic phone calls. He mentioned coming out in October (his first visit since I left Seattle) and that would make me happy. My dad and I, well, it’s complicated. I see an angsty post in my future. You’ve been warned.

3. I told myself I would learn to make bread from scratch in July and I lied. I lied.

3. Last month I met with my fertility doc to go over the results from June’s surgery. He checked my lady parts and then we discussed what was up. He was able to clear out the blockage in my left tube; he showed me before and after pictures and I was slightly fascinated/repulsed. There was no scarring anywhere else, a big relief considering we thought that was a possibility. My right tube was also open, another relief because that tube looked funny on the hysterosalpinogram. However, he couldn’t determine what caused the blockage, other than that it was not an infection. No PID or undiagnosed STD. Woot! No need to blame myself for whorin’ around a bit in my younger years. We decided to give my body a chance to conceive without further intervention for a couple of cycles (hahahahah) and then it’s another HSG to see if my tubes are still open and maybe some more rounds of Clomid/Ovidrel. Then he did it. He brought up IVF. We discussed it briefly, including the cost, and I made it clear I was not ready to go down that road. When the appointment was over, I sat in my car and cried.

4. My cat is getting on my last nerve.

5. My cousin and his wife are coming out here in September. It’s a little weird for me because I’ve never done anything social with him outside of family functions. Ditto goes for his wife. Actually, it’s a lot weird and I’m kind of freaking out about it. I know him best as a three-year-old who couldn’t get enough of He-Man. I see another ‘family issues’ post coming soon.

6. I’m going to body slam the next person who tells me to relax. Just sayin’.