Off

A day off in the middle of the week is a lovely gift. I’m thankful to have it and thankful for the reason behind it.
Because Brian’s company doesn’t believe in doing more than the bare minimum when it comes to days off, he has to work. I’m bummed for him, but a day at home [...]

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Miscellanea

1. The city FINALLY came through and fixed the curb they tore up four years ago when they replaced water pipes in our neighborhood. Now there is a lovely curb and the ground has been leveled and cleaned up. Not only that, but they also repaved our sidewalk and the walk leading up to our [...]

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Wishing Well Runs Wet and Dry

Yesterday’s HSG results show more damage and I got the big ol’ thumbs down from my doctor. So June’s surgery was all for nothing, but hey, at least I have a $1,500+ hospital bill and some scars to remember it by. I get two more shots at Clomid in the hopes that I ovulate on the right [...]

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Do Not Explain Too Much

Beef and barley stew is bubbling away in the crockpot, clean towels are spinning in the dryer, the house is (mostly) clean and I have a Sam Adam’s Cherry Wheat close at hand. I still haven’t showered or properly dressed, but it’s Sunday and there’s no point in getting dressed if I have no plans [...]

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If You were Here

Brian just showed me an adorable Facebook video of his coworker’s babbling baby son. I oohed and ahhed- it really was cute- and then without warning, I burst into tears.
Man. This blows.

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Skin I’m In

All right. This is the start of Operation Get Shit Together.
It has to be. I’m a wreck these days. I still can’t get pregnant, I’m suffering numerous ill effects from hypothyroidism despite the doubling of my medication, my mood swings from neutral to ragey to weepy to calm to anxious and back again, I can’t [...]

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Dear Rite Aid

Why must tampons share the baby stuff aisle? You might as well stock daggers (to stick through my heart) and kleenex there too.

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Tonight

Why, on a hot muggy night in which it is raining so hard I can only have one window opened unless I want it to rain in the house so now it’s even hotter and muggier in here, do I eat Stouffer’s macaroni and cheese? I’m so used to eating the Lean Cuisine version (which [...]

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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 [...]

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Aha

In an effort to shake myself of the creative blahs, I made the decision last week that in addition to writing every night (the next Great American Novel. Or, you know, not), I am going to teach myself two new skills before the month is over.
I tackled the first one on Saturday and lo, I can now purl. [...]

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