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Where the hell did two years go? And how much of a champion am I for remembering my password?

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I had a lovely post written yesterday but my computer decided to download an update and restart itself without giving me an option to save what I was working on. Drat. I guess that’s what I get for trying to do that while I was at work. I’m just hanging out here, just trying to kill time until June 19th. Still low on the symptom front, which is freaking me the fuck out. I know it’s normal, I know, I know, I know. Knowing that doesn’t necessarily make me feel any better.

-Boobs are still tender. Nothing major, still just feels like before a period. Sometimes one of the cats will jump on my chest when I’m lying down and it’s like “yow!” if they hit just the right spot.

-Still no morning/evening/anytime sickness. Sometimes I think I might be getting queasy and I stop to think about it but before I can decide, it’s gone.

-Want to eat everything. I’m trying to keep this one in check but I’m definitely hungry a lot. Tomatoes. I want tomatoes. Fresh, ripe tomatoes.

-I’m pretty tired alot. I took three naps on Sunday. Everytime I sat down for something, I was out.

-Inability to resist watching The Terminator, The Terminator II or the Terminator III if it comes on the movie channel. I don’t care how many times I’ve seen it that day. If it’s on, I’m watching it. Or sleeping through it, to be honest..but it’s on. Anyone else have this symptom? No? Just me? Gotcha.

-Mild cramps, low in my belly. Sometimes it’s a grinding kind of cramp, other times it’s like a real quick zolt of electricity feeling that just lasts for a second. Nothing bad at all and definitely not painful. Just there.

And that’s about it, I think. It’s time for me to get ready for work and I really need a shower.

eleven steps left

I didn’t pee on anything this morning.

Yet.

no time to say hello goodbye i’m late i’m late i’m late

Not much time this morning, headed out on my way to work. This last test confused the flaming fuck out of me. It looks darker on top but lighter on the bottom? This does not bode well.

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Edited: Doctor’s appointment for beta, tomorrow afternoon at 2:45. That’s a long time away. And then I have to wait for results? Waiting sucks! How do y’all do this?

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Here’s all three tests. Sunday on top, Saturday and then Friday. Sunday and Saturday look the same to me. Does Sunday look lighter? Dammit. It looks lighter now.

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lazy sunday for me

I took another test this morning, same brand as the previous two. Still darker than Friday, same as Saturday’s test. I’ll upload another picture later when I get a chance. I’m a touch discouraged that the line wasn’t any darker today, honestly. I know I told myself that I wouldn’t get my hopes up but that was a completely dumb thing of me to even pretend to do, lol. Why would I not get my hopes up? I want a baby. Me not saying that out loud for a few days doesn’t make it something that I want less.

If the line gets lighter and lighter and somehow I get my period on time? I am going to feel like a real ass.

Arnie was very sweet last night. And he’s not usually a “sweet” kind of guy. Over a year of marriage and he still wrinkles up his nose and pouts when I snuggle up to him in bed at night to say goodnight. Except, I think he secretly likes it. On the nights where I don’t do it right away, he makes a point of saying, “Thank GOD you don’t want to snuggle tonight.” He had to work a concert yesterday and last night, so I didn’t see him all day. He called me after midnight to let me know he was okay and as we were hanging up, he said “Happy Mother’s Day, I hope.” As someone who is not super affectionate and definitely not a huggy-feely-let’s talk about our emotions kind of guy, for him to aknowledge that today might mean something to me..it meant a lot.

I celebrated Mother’s Day with  my mom yesterday. I went over to my parent’s house and had steak, baked potatoes and Texas toast. Oh, and grilled portabello mushrooms. It was delicious. I only had a bite or two of the steak but everything else was so good. You gotta love a mom and dad who like to cook. I think they were trying to butter me up, though. I told them I’d come feed and water their two dogs while they’re in Florida. Yeah, that means that I’m not getting to go. Arnie and I thought we could swing it but he’s got too many people at his work that are taking off. And if this pee stick thing does progress, I will need the time saved.

 I’m off now. I washed laundry yesterday but didn’t fold any of it yet. Will post picture later.

I doubt he wants them back, really

I’m feeling much better today. My weird headache finally went away sometime this morning. All is well in the noggin, I think.

So, we had sex last night. So maybe we have a chance this month after all? All Arnie’s sperm have to do is fertilize an egg now. Oh, and travel through space and time. No biggie, right?

My own little Hiro sperm.

Well, not mine but you know what I mean. Actually, they’re now in my womb, so if possession is 9/10ths of the law then I guess they are mine. Cool, I have sperm.

I’m trying real hard to not be depressed today. I just found out that my cousin is pregnant. She’s only 21, maybe 22. She’s been trying since she got married, a year and a half. I’m very happy for her but bitter all the same. Her husband isn’t very cute so I’m hoping for an ugly (but healthy!) baby for her. I really do think an ugly baby will make me feel better.

I know I’m going to hell. I’m already packed.

Heard that you were feeling ill! Headache, fever and a chill!

I think I have what Arnie has. I’m not pukey but my head feels like it’s vibrating.

It’s monday again. Really?

It’s been one of those days. It hasn’t been a bad day, not at all. Just one of those kind of days. I simply wanted to grab my purse and walk out of the office without a word. I wanted to be in my car with all the windows down, listening to Bonnie Raitt as loud as I could stand her. Driving down some two-lane highway, passing only cows and barns, without a care in the world. Instead, I’ve been keying payroll and paying invoices. It’s probably much better for me than fresh air and sunshine.

Speaking of, my family is going to the beach in the middle of May and I am so jealous, I literally want to choke them all. I can’t afford to take the time off of work and I’m trying to save my paid time for when I do get pregnant. They’re going to Destin, Florida. I’ve gone to Destin every single year since I was seven and this is going on my second year without. It’s only been since I met and married Arnie that I haven’t gone, I’m starting to think it’s his fault. We always stay on the same stretch of beach and almost always always at the same condo. I love change and adventure but with this one thing, it’s comforting to me that my family and I have something that we all love equally. It’s so incredible that I have this love and these memories of one place that we all share.

I actually forget sometimes that my husband hasn’t been around for all this. I’ll say something like, “Hey! Remember that summer that we swam with the dolphin and I freaked out because I swam all the way out and got within three feet of the dolphin and realized that I wasn’t a marine biologist and what if it really was a shark? And then I realized people were throwing food and chum in the water and holy shit, what if it really was a shark? And then I swam all the way back in about two seconds!”And he’ll just look at me and wait it out and not say anything. Then I’ll remember that I was fifteen at the time and we’ve never been to the beach together.

So, they’re going in May. I’ll most likely be severely depressed and drinking heavily that week. We’re taking a long weekend vacation to Nashville during the same time span, so maybe that little thing will be enough to tide me over until next summer. It’s not the beach. There’s no sand like sugar and no shimmering turquoise water. But I’ll be with my husband at a Renaissance Fair and there’s sure to be beer. Ale? Mead? Whatever they call it, if it’s got any sort of alcohol content, I’ll have a mug in each hand. Especially since my period is due three or four days before we’re set to go. There’s nothing like a road trip when you’re dealing with tampons and leaking. I’ll be cramping, depressed about the no baby/no beach combo and probably hot and sweaty for three solid days. Who’s a big winner?

 I really do kid. I’m looking forward to spending time with Arnie and I’m kind of a big geek..so I’m sure I’ll be all up in the fencing and the maypole-ing and the jousting.

p.s. Thank you so much to everyone who was kind enough to come check out my webpage. And thanks to Vanessa for the link. You’re so awesome and I’m soo glad you had good news today.

as spongebob would say…

The nurse from my doctor’s office finally called today, my beta is at zero. Since I got my period last week, I already knew this. I’m still glad she called, they way things are going I imagined I’d be the freak that would manage to have a period with a beta of 500. No such luck, I appear to be completely normal now.

I called my husband, Arnie to tell him the news. “So, you’re ready to be pregnant again?” he says. Ready to be pregnant again? I was ready to be pregnant again about half a second after I saw the empty sac on the ultrasound screen. I was ready to be pregnant again when I was sitting in the pharmacy drive-thru, cramping and bleeding, while they took forever to fill out my prescription. I was ready to be pregnant again when the doctor said he was taking a sample of the “pregnancy tissue”. Hell yeah, I’m ready to be pregnant again. So..I’m on? Day nine? I think? I better go shave my legs, I guess.

bite it, noxema

I remember being twelve and dreaming of the day when I would be all grown up. I would be rich. I would be tall. I would have skin like ivory.

What the fuck happened? I’m not rich. I’m not an heiress and I certainly don’t have a trust fund. But this, I can handle. So what if I’m not a Hilton? Atleast I don’t have a wonky eye.

I’m not tall either. Oh, I’m tall for my family. The tallest of me and my two sisters, to be honest. I check in at a respectable 5′4″. So what if I keep my shoes on when the nurse measures me? I can handle this as well. I don’t have to worry about bumping my head on anything and I feel fairly safe when it comes to dodging lightning.

But what is up with my skin lately? I’m 28 years old and I have the worst complexion in my entire lifetime. It’s bad. Ray Liotta bad. Call in sick to work bad.

I’m blaming the miscarriage for this one, too. Before that I blamed the pregnancy. And before that? The stress of trying to get pregnant, of course. Seriously, I do not know what is going on but it’s atrocious. I’m thinking about sending my husband out of town for a few days, so he doesn’t realize that he’s gone and married Frankenstein.

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I had big plans to clean house today. My husband is working, so I was going to bust out the cleaning supplies and go to town, throwing away all the junk and empty Mountain Dew cans that he collects. Then I turned the tv on so I would have background noise..and look! America’s Next Top Model is on and I missed this season–and I have to find out who won. Suddenly it was 4:00 pm and I hadn’t done a damn thing all day. So, might as well avoid cleaning some more by starting a blog. I’ve actually been meaning to do this for a long time. I’ve always wanted to be a really dedicated diary keeper but I usually give up after a few weeks. Am I the only person who always mistypes/writes “diary” as “dairy”? Maybe that’s why I eat so much cheese, all those subliminal messages to myself throughout the years.