Oh, the irony.

photo posted from my iPhone

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here we are at the amazingly beautiful porches inn. here to relax and head over to tanglewood tomorrow for the jazz fest and katrina tribute. 
instead, we are glued to the weather channel. 
already having a hard time reaching my family… “all circuits are busy now, please try your call later” is mostly what we get. touched [...]

hurricane katrina. my photos and words.

three years ago today, i was sitting in an embassy suites hotel in houston, tx with my brother, my maw-maw (new orleans for grandma), my 2 nieces (2 and 9) and my sister-in-law. we had driven there the day before as we were evacuated from slidell, la – just outside of new orleans. 
 this is my [...]

Trauma just doesn’t work like that

i was sitting here this morning thinking about Gustav. thinking about writing my hurricane katrina story to post this year along with some photos. thinking about calling my family and thinking it was too early and i’d wait. 
i called at 9 their time. i couldn’t talk. i just froze when my mom picked up. and [...]

and so are the days of our (ttc) lives…

i decided today to take a break from being in my self-absorbed ttc headspace and spend some quality time hearing about my wife’s new job. so, i texted her today and asked her to meet me at our favorite thai restaurant after her tutoring gig. she texted me back “no money for entertainment in joint [...]

after such a long day in ttc-land, it’s nice to sit back and watch other people who’ve been through it…

i am not allowed to judge kate in my house. according to lani, we have NO idea how we’d act or what we’d do if we had 8 kids so we shouldn’t judge. really, lani hates kate as much as i do but she likes to play devil’s advocate and she thinks it’s funny that [...]

“…i mean yeah, it’s a little creepy…”

i was trying sooooooooo hard to keep with my RE because i really trust and believe that ultimately she has my best interest at heart. i also respect the fact that she hasn’t been a big med person and is trying really hard to do natural cycles. 
however, there have been a couple of occasions where [...]

waiting…

still waiting to hear back from the doc about whether or not they want me to come in for another ultrasound tomorrow. which would be cd12 and in my opinion would make a LOT more sense if one knows that i ovulate on cd 14/15. 
i’ve made the executive decision that the OPK yesterday was facocked. [...]

Sittin this one out

looks like my dominant follicle is on the left (wrong side) – and it’s not even that big at 14mm – however, i’m not supposed to be ovulating for about 3 days so it will grow. the follies on the right were all around 10mm. 
ultrasound tech said doc may want me to come in for [...]

how’s this for confusing

did OPK this morn as it is day 10 (also going in for day 10 ultrasound in an hour) and it was positive??? wtf??? i can’t surge on day10! i’m thinking it’s the strip or something. i mean, i guess they’ll know when i go in for my ultrasound? if that is the case and [...]