Tonight is the first night of "early fall" quarter at school. Instead of having one online class and one on-campus class, I have three on-campus classes. I'm not looking forward to driving to Woodbury, three nights a week, in the middle of rush hour. Doing it one night a week was bad enough. I am, however, looking forward to getting another ( Read more... )

Friday afternoon, I got a text from one of my girlfriends stating that she was going to tear down her deck this weekend, and she needed assistance. In exchange for my help, she would pick me up and drive me to her home in Crystal, and she told me to bring my laundry with to do at her place. SCORE! She arrived just before 8am yesterday, and we ( Read more... )

In my mind, a "friend" doesn't have to be someone you see on a regular basis, or even talk to often. In my mind, I have many "friends" who I only know online. Friends are the people I care about, regardless of how often I actually see them. They are the people I think about, laugh and cry with, support in what ways I can, and wish nothing but ( Read more... )

The miscarriage is official. I have a prescription for the medication that will make it happen quicker; the reason I went with this option vs. "natural" miscarriage is because a) the natural miscarriage could take another couple of weeks, and b) I just want my body to heal and be able to move on. I've done my mourning and have accepted it--in ( Read more... )

"but we're not out of the woods yet." Today's ultrasound revealed a yolk sac and fetal pole. They still told me not to be too hopeful, as there was no heartbeat. However the tech who did my ultrasound today said I'm more likely six weeks along than the eight weeks they originally had me at ( Read more... )

Ultrasound tomorrow...

I went to get a blood draw done this afternoon. My clinic has online test results, posted pretty much as soon as they come back from the lab. I wasn't expecting to see or hear anything until tomorrow, but I got an e-mail stating that my lab results were available. As if three positive home pregnancy tests weren't enough...the blood doesn't lie ( Read more... )

At least I won't have to go through summer being super preggers.

My boobs hurt and I want to vomit. Working for a food company that tends to be permeated by various smells every day...uh oh...better keep a back-up garbage can handy.

Catharsis really is good for the soul. Posting all of my frustrations exorcised them from my brain, at least enough to clear my mind for a while. The last week just hit me hard, and when I'm alone (like last night), I tend to dwell on stuff. I've found that the best way to deal with it is to dump it ( Read more... )

After rounds of antihistamine therapy, medicated shampoos, topical hydrocortisone, and food trials that were marginally successful, we broke down and took Teva to a specialist. We received a referral from our regular vet to the McKeever Dermatology Clinic, the only veterinary allergy specialist in the Cities. Teva had the skin test done; of the ( Read more... )