Here we go again...

*YEOUCH!*
No, not really. Actually, poking myself with needles everynight doesn't hurt one bit.

So I will officially be on Follistim for one more month before....

dun dun DUUNNNN

IVF!!

IVF stands for "In-Vitro Fertilization"... Basically, a test tube baby. Or two.

I am actually pretty confident that this will work. I don't think the Follistim will, but what the hell, might as well use it if I've got it, right?

The thing I am most worried about is the cost. We are basically putting all of our eggs into one basket (get it?!) and my doctor will freeze any unused embryos* (baby-cicles) to use later.

That aside... My dear sweet husband and I have FINALLY agreed on a couple of names (for now!) For a boy we like Dexter David Tudor Jones, and a girl Daphne Anne Amador Jones. So if we have both they will be Dex and Daph. Too cutesy? The middle names are family names, they ain't goin' nowhere...

* My husband says if we use any of the frozen ones they must be named after OTTER POPS such as Poncho Punch, Lil' Orphan Orange, or my personal favorite, Strawberry Short-kook.

Feeling Good!!

After all of the rants I have had recently, I decided to post nothing but RAVES:

• An END with my Wamu bank relationship (It's not you, it's me!) and the beginning of a beaufitul new relationship with a new smaller bank.
• A PLAN at said bank to get money situation all in order... which means no more starbucks for me, but eh, whateve, I can live with that!
• My new doctor is actually quite fabulous. He has an excellent patient manner, very caring, and we also have devised a plan for me and DH! WooHOO! this means one more round of injections (16% live birth rate) to IVF in September (a whopping 68% live birth rate!). Plus my embryos can be frozen in case it doesn't work and for more kids down the line :-)
• My store.... I am getting rave reviews of it from clients and other managers, PLUS I am killing my sales plan... HeLLO BONUS (which will go straight into my savings, of course!)

So I have a lot to be happy about, huh?

I have a consultation with my new doctor next week.... wish me luck, I hope this works...

I also told my mom about the fertility treatments I have had to go through and the many I probably will go through in the future. She of course is extremely supportive :-)

I also need to find a new abode and will most likely go back to apartment living for another year. I have a goal to work my ass of and save money so that I will be able to get one of these in a year... Not that exact one of course, but I do want some equity in my life and if I have to eat Top Ramen and drink tap water I am gonna do it dammit....

Rants and Raves...

Rants:

• In-laws were here and did nothing but complain the whole time. Such as when asked "how did you sleep?" replied with "terrible, it would have been better with a pillow and blanket, or at least a sheet on the blow-up bed we brought"... Ummmmm, you could have asked, we assumed you had your crap together.
• Having to hide my lovely bird tattoo from said in-laws as to not spark another conversation about it being "unclassy".
• Getting a letter from my landlord saying they were selling the house and if we would like to buy they would "work" with us. By work they mean attempt to list the house at $25K over the current market rate and "working" with us by knocking off 5 grand... So now there's the absolute certainty that moving will be in my near future as our lease is up in September. I wanted to sign another 6 months, but guess not.
• Spending nearly $10 a day driving to and from work. So I guess no more Starbucks for me!

Ok, raves:

• I am actually working now. Happy about that.... but although I get a killer discount on the clothes I still can't afford them.
• Going to the Happy Monkey Coffee Shop today! I loved it, lots of unclassy people there now. I felt like I belonged. And the prices are fabulous, so I can sorta afford it. And they had free BBQ today... yummmmm
• Molly (aka Jelly Moons) my dog actually let me trim her nails today. That's a feat (or "feet" if you want me to be funny)...

So I am feeling a little bad because it took mere seconds to write the rants and I really had to think of the raves... I mean, trimming my dog's nails?!

The Happening... well... wasn't so much...

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Dear M. Night Shyamalan-adingdong,

I have one question for you... why?

Why would you put out AMAZING films such as Signs, The Sixth Sense, even The Village (or as I call it "the Willage") and then put out a piece of poo like The Happening?

Yes, The Happening has a decent storyline, but the acting... oh dear God in heaven...

Couldn't you have either directed Marky Mark* to not act douche-bag-like or cast someone else entirely? And what's with the lack of a weird twist we are all so accustomed to see...

Some of my favorites twists:

• Bruce Willis is dead?!


• The village is actually modern day!


• Samuel L Jackson is the BAD GUY (ok, we saw that coming...)

So why no twist, bad acting, and less than stellar dialogue (to put it nicely)?

I have my theories...

1. You ran out of ideas


2. You don't care anymore (nooooo!!!)


3. You have a film contract with some company you don't like and you are sabotaging your efforts....

So all in all it was a poorly executed, badly acted, made-me-wanna-kill-myself feel good movie...

I want the old M. Night Shyamalan back... I also want my 2 hours and $13.50 back...

*Don't get me wrong, I loves me some Mark Wahlberg, I mean did you SEE him in Boogie Nights??? Don't worry, Marky Mark, you are still on my list...

A little birdie told me....

I got a tattoo! It's kinda big, kinda on my shoulder, but completely awesome...

Thanks to Eddie at Maple Valley Tattoo for this!

Oh yeah, and my levels are good for my stimulation cycle. I have 3 to 4 maturing follies...I go back tomorrow....

I've always wanted a billion babies...

On to Cycle 12 and I am doing injections again... That's ok, I have a good feeling about this one....



WARNING!

Use of fertility drugs could result in lots of babies... or as I like to call it "the Apu Syndrome"...

They DID have awesome names for them, though.... I think I will name my firstborn Manifest Destiny"...