Stims - Day 9

Well, today we had 2 special guests for my day 9 ultraound. The first being yet another snow and ice storm (seriously Mother Nature - we've had enough already!) and the second being the doctor! Every once in a while he likes to pop in with the nurse and do the ultrasound himself. Guess to see for himself what going on in there, eh? lol

He did have a couple he measured including one lead follie that wanted to run away from the pack! So he had me add in Ganirelix to put my system on hold so the little follie doesn't cause me to ovulate and lose everything we've worked so hard for!

The nurse then later called me to keep my Menopur at the upped 150 iu and had me up my Follistim back up to 225 iu. I'm feeling quite a bit like a science experiment, but I think I like it! Makes me feel like they're really paying attention and we might do better this cycle. Fingers crossed!

And, in all seriously. Mother Nature - we have had more snow and ice storms so far this season and it's only just begun. Save some for next year, ok?! LOL

Winter Wonderland

We got a huge ice storm last night and it looks so beautiful outside right now. Everything is covered in a thick layer of ice. The sun is shining so the bare tree branches and everything is just sparkling and glittering in the sunshine. And when the sun's not out, it's just a sea of white winter wonderland.

On the same note, there is so much damage everywhere as a result of this storm. Full tree across roads, power lines down everywhere, thousands and thousands without power, and it's supposed to get down to 10 F tonight.

It's kind of funny how something so absolutely beautiful can so amazingly destructive, no?

Maybe it's Mother Nature's way of saying "I'm Sorry"? ;-)

Holy Giant Leaf!

The weather today was so absolutely gorgeous, so DH and I went for a walk on the boardwalk and came across a Maple tree full of GIANT leaves - look at this thing!

Gotta love Sundays and Fall!

No Longer Sick!

But DH is. Same thing I had - sore throat, achy, and just basically feel spacy/crappy. Poor guy!

And I just I knew if I broke down and made an appointment to see my PCP about my sore throat, it'd be gone by then. And wouldn't you know it, I wake up this morning and it's all gone. Good thing they let me cancel without penalty!

Decided to take today off - just didn't feel like going to work, so I didn't. So now begins a long weekend for me! Not too much planned for this weekend. We have a birthday party to go to tomorrow afternoon, but depending on how DH feels if we end up going or not. It's supposed to be a crappy weekend weather-wise anyway, so who knows. Might be more fun to just curl up with a book anyway. I do still have the last 2 Twilight books to finish - can't wait!

Other than that, not too much going on. Just waiting for my endometrial biopsy results to come back next week and then for CD1 to arrive to see if we start our next IVF cycle or not. Life is pretty boring right now - not that that's bad!

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

The Dirtiest of 4-Lettered Words

Snow. Yup - that is what is forecasted for some areas around here today. And somone on my local already saw it. It needs to stay away. For a long time.

I know we need it for the ground, trees, blah, blah, blah, but I am just not ready for the white stuff yet. Nooooooooooooooo!

Rain, Rain, Go Away...

Enough already! There are plenty of areas in this country that desperately need the rain - can you visit them instead?

But, I'll take the rain any day over hail or even the evil 4-lettered word SNOW! ;-)

Hail - twice!

We have had some crazy weather lately. Super hot and humid, then cold, then sunny, then rainy and dreary, and then lots of storms thrown in. Well today Mother Nature added a new twist - HAIL. And not only once, but our house got hit twice. Thankfully, the only thing that got damaged were our vegetables. House, cars, etc... faired ok. I wasn't home to see it, but DH was and he said they about dime-sized. We were lucky - other towns near us had golf-ball sized hail - yikes!

The plants that took the biggest beating and were pretty broken and/or shredded were our cucumbers and peppers, but they all are worse for the wear. But they're coming back, thankfully.

Heat, be gone!

The last 4-5 days have all been 90+ degree days and extremely humid. While I will take that any day over the arctic of winter, it was getting to be a bit much. I do love sleeping to the sound of a fan or a/c, though! We had tornado warnings for a lot of yesterday which doesn't happen often in Upstate NY, but as of now, I don't think there were any official touch downs. But last night we did have some sever Thunderstorms. 60+mph straight-line winds, downpour, and hail in some areas. We moved our plants into the garage just in case and I'm happy we did - not sure those poor things would have survived!

The storm broke the heat wave and today we are in the 80's and humid and tomorrow, low 80/uppre 70's which will be perfect. Woohoo!

Hot, hot, hot!

OMG, it is so hot here again today - and for the next few days. 90+ degrees and very humid. I shouldn't complain - it's better than freezing weather, right?! I spent almost all day yesterday inside, so today I have to get my butt outside and do something. Maybe I'll head take a look at our garden and then maybe off to a store or something. Guess we'll see!