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Nothing really new to report. Eat. Sleep. Work. Repeat.

Waiting on AF. It's CD30-something. Make that 40.

Just felt the need to type something here.

AF, Reading and The Next Cycle

AF came in a rather timely fashion for a change. Bravo, old gal, bravo! Tomorrow is payday and I already have my Amazon.com shopping cart ready for checkout. That's right...TTC is back ON! Like Donkey Kong even. hehe Gonna shop for healthy foods after work tomorrow. But first...Applebee's wings and an Apple Martini as my last hoorah! I still have a refill or 2 of Metformin so I'm good to go. Come on BFP!!

I just finished House Rules by Jodi Picoult.

Can you believe it? I still remember how to read lol. This book was amazing, all of JP's are though. I feel like I learn so much when I read her books too. This was about a teenager with Asperger's Syndrome which is on the autism spectrum. I also love how her books have courtroom drama in them too. I couldn't put it down.

Next on my list to read is another by Jodi Picoult, Sing You Home.

If you haven't read any by her, you really should! Her most famous is My Sister's Keeper which was a major movie starring Cameron Diaz. A couple more are lifetime movies, The Tenth Circle and now Salem Falls is going to be one. Seriously, go get one of her books. You won't be disappointed.

Not Prepared For That

So, I have been and will be spending a lot of time working in the ER. Today, I admitted a young girl in tears. She was 17. I'm not allowed to ask her what's wrong. If she wants to tell me of her volition, she can...but I can't ask. I found out later that she was approximately 5-6 weeks pregnant and was bleeding. It seriously broke my heart. I don't know about some infertiles, but I kind of have hard feelings about teenagers who don't really want a baby and get pregnant, and so many of us can't that really do want to.

...But, what about those that really do want that little baby they just found out about? And, then just like that - it's gone.

Sobering. Yes, indeed.

Job Update

The job is going good. The last couple of days, I've been in the ER. It's really crazy! Everyone is nice so far. I'm about to start night shift and I'm glad because getting up at 5 was killing me slowly lol. There's really not a whole lot to update, though. Maybe something interesting will happen this week.

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Awesome News...finally!

Nope. Not Pregnant. But getting closer to it thanks to...my new JOB! It's part-time clerical at the local hospital but she assured me I would be full-time in no time. And the best part...fully paid insurance! WOOOOOOOT! My friend works there and she said the insurance is amazing. She went to the doc and they ran about $600 worth of tests. And she only paid a $40 co-pay. Ohhhhh, where have you been all my life? So, TTCing will hopefully be hardcore in the near future! YAY!

Randoms

Some stuff I'm going to be working on.

1. Making half-apron for my photography junk while shooting. It is mega annoying when you're trying to shoot and your camera bag is falling off your shoulder. Another photographer posted a pic of herself and mentioned that was a waitress apron she was wearing to hold her lenses and stuff. My immediate thought was - Genius. So, I'm going to crochet myself one with custom pockets.
2. Make pose blueprints for shoots. This idea came to me while browsing Pinterest. I thought - All these great pose ideas and I forget half of them on shoots. So, my idea is to sketch out blueprints of the pose...stick figures will work and maybe a few keywords on some index cards. I'll go through my stack and handpick some for each shoot.
3. Reupholster 2 junk items I found. This one scares me most. But I didn't pay for the items so nothing is really lost...except maybe my patience in the end.
4. 500 Fans Contest This is actually going on right now on my Facebook Fan Page. I have 14 people competing for a chance to win 1/2 off their session fee. It ends tomorrow (7/3/11) at 6pm.

I suddenly got really sleepy thinking about all that. Or maybe it's just an after effect of all the BBQ. DH is going to be gone for at least a few days, so I have some projects to keep me busy.

Ultrasound Today

It's been awhile since I had one of those suckers. It was sooooooo hot here today even at 10am, so throwin' back 5 large styrofoam cups of water made me wanna puke and pee my pants.

The u/s tech didn't really tell me much, but this u/s was a little different than the others I've had. Normally, I fill my bladder up so my girly bits are visible and just try not to pee while they do their thing,  but in the middle of it she had me get up, go pee and come back. She said the reason for that was to see if my bladder is emptying fully when I pee. I guess that may be a cause of the hematuria.

Anyway, I hope to hear something from the doc tomorrow.

OH and I have graduated from spotting to extremely light flow. :) CD72

Trip to Urgent Care

After 3 weeks of abdominal pain that comes and goes, I decided to finally go to the urgent care clinic. It was especially bad today. And every day when I wake up, I cramp horribly..like before I even make it out of bed. Super weird. But I figured I should get it checked out in case I have some funky cyst(s) issue. It's like CD66 or something like that.

Well surprise, surprise. They found blood in my pee, which happens every single time I go to the doc. I told her that too. I'm like..it doesn't hurt when I pee. They always try to write it off as a uti. But then she asked me a magical question "Have you ever had an ultrasound done?" I could have squealed...but they might have taken me over to the mental ward. I told her not in a looooong time, and when I did they found a 5cm cyst. So *hallelujah chorus* she ordered a u/s. She wants pelvic and bladder looked at. I call Monday to schedule. Oh, I still got an Rx for my 'uti'. And take tylenol, and drink plenty of fluids in the meantime.

Let's Talk TTC For A Sec

Me and my reproductive parts are about to have a fight. Seriously! The short version if you are a chart reader. Didn't temp, opk, nothing!

The long version. CD32 I had some dark brown spotting. I'm like "Oh, hi AF." Not that simple. It disappeared. Fast forward to CD36. I sit on the toilet and before I peed, I felt a gooey sensation. I did a cm check and there was A LOT of it. I though it was clear at first, but when I wiped it on toilet paper it was liiiiight brown/tan. Then poof, that's gone. I have tested (I think it was CD 33?) and BFN. So frustrated.