So - I've had some things change around at work, which isn't out of the ordinary. Generally though, when things change around I'm usually in the "know". Well, this time, I was so far out of the "know" it wasn't funny. AND the changes effected me and my direct report. So - we're going to be reporting to a new attorney. I don't have a problem reporting to the new attorney but change is so difficult. I hate having to prove my worth over and over and over with new teams. But - whatever. Ten and a half years at the same company, one has to expect change, right?
With that said, I think I'm going to take a personal day tomorrow and just figure out my place in the department and the company. Everytime something like this happens to me if I just take a day I'm good. So - that's what I'm going to do. :)
Anyway - that's all I have for now.
- Mood:
complacent
So - the girls and I went to paint at Get Fired Up, with is the pottery painting place in downtown Melbourne. We had a BLAST! Greta showed up a little after 12 with lunch, and we painted until around 3. Then - I took Mady's little friend home, and Greta went to pick up Ethan (our friend's little boy), because we promised to keep im for the night.
Ethan is quietly sleeping in our make-shift nursery (which will be our baby's nursery - the bonus room right off of our master suite), Mady is playing online, Greta's killing people on the XBox 360, online thingy and here I am posting a new blog. What a wonderful life. :)
BTW - have I mentioned recently that my Mady will be 11 in a couple of weeks? We ordered her cake today from Publix and it is sooooo freaking awesome! She wants a Wii for her birthday. Couldn't find one in the stores down here, but I was able to find one on Ebay. Haven't rec'd it yet (which is making me a bit nervous), but I'm hoping it'll be here in time!!!
In other news, on the education front: I registered for my first MBA class today. Class starts on August 13, 2008, and my first class is Business Communication. I'm actually a little excited, because I LOVE communication classes. Even though a lot of the class is objective, there's a decent amount of the study schedule that's comprehensive.
Well, this update is a bit longer than I intended it to be, so I'm going to wrap it up.
Great weekend everyone!
- Mood:
tired
Greta took her first prenatal vitamin today. :) She didn't throw up and she successfully swallowed it on the first try. :) She's going to get her labs done tomorrow, bright and freaking early. Then, she has to go to work - ON A SATURDAY. :( I'm taking Mady and her little friend Kaitlyn to the pottery shop and we're going to paint until around 3. THEN...I have to take Kaitlyn home, go pick up Ethan by 4:00, and then bring him back to the house. Our friends are going out on a date in Orlando, and it takes about 45 min to get there. So - (why that matters I have no clue) - I'm keeping Mr. E-Train tomorrow night. I'm going to run by Toys R Us, I think, and pick him up a new couple of toys. The stuff he has here is like 3 months old - and he's about to start walking. Since we're going to have him from Sun - Fri of next week, we're going to need some stuff I think.
New subject:
Can I just say how freaking excited I am to be OUT OF SCHOOL until August 13th? I got an A on my Appellate Brief, which means that I made a solid A in my Capstone class. I also made an A in my Career Development class. I can't wait to check out my GPA for the whole program. I hope it's at least a 3.5. I made one C this program, but I lso made a couple of B's. I hope it all averages out. I want to graduate Cum Laude again.
I think that's about it. Not too bad at the updating, huh?
Tara
- Mood: tired
So - we can do a cycle once a month. Since it's IUI instead of IVF, it's not nearly as invasive as the IVF cycles are. The only medication she'll be on will be Chlomid (sp), and the ONE injection to release the follicles (egg(s)) right before insemination. Our doctor thinks she has a really good chance of getting pregnant. YAY! She's going for blood work on Saturday, and she has another doc appointment on July 31st. That appt will send us for the Chlomid. She'll be on that medication for five days, and then she'll go back for an appointment to check the size of her follicle(s). Once the follicle(s) are the right size, then she'll do the one injection to release the follicles, and then we'll go for insemination. After the insemination, we'll know if she's prego in 2 weeks (thus called the two week wait).
I'm currently looking around online to find message boards of some sort for lesbian couples that are going through this process. If anyone knows of any out there, please let a sister know. :)
- Location:living room :)
- Mood:
hopeful - Music:So You Think You Can Dance
In Feb, Greta and I will have been together five years. I think we're about as committed to each other as we possibly can and I think we have a pretty damned good relationship. We're still in love - just as we were four and a half years ago. We've made many dreams and goals come true and still have a long list of things to-do. We're to the "baby" piece on that to-do list. Now that we have the specifics ironed out (which doctor, which sperm bank, who's carrying, names, etc.), we're ready to go. I just really hope and pray that everything works out medically and we'll be able to get pregnant the first time. I'd hate to have to go through the disappointment of not getting pregnant over and over and over. I've done that before, and I just can't even imagine going through all of that again. But - alas, we're really trying to go through this with a positive attitude. We're going to need to set some boundaries so we know when enough trying is enough. We'll have this discussion at some point I think....just not today. LOL
Anyway - that's my update for the day.
Is anyone still out there?
- Mood:
excited
- Location:work, aka living room
- Mood:
content - Music:HGTV
So - it's been entirely too long since I've updated this thing!! Everything's so new I don't even know which button's to push!!
I honestly can't remember the last thing I posted about (just signed in and clicked on update journal), so let's start with the basics.
We moved again - surprise surprise! We're living in Melbourne now. We love it. We have a great house in a great neighborhood, and Mady is really close to her best friend. As a matter of fact, we're only three blocks away. I'm still with AOL working from home and Greta's working for Liberty Aerospace. I've done a bit of traveling for work recently, and have just had a fantastic girls weekend in Orlando!
I don't think there's anything else worth mentioning right away, but I am intending on keeping up with the journal again - I just hope I have the energy to do it!! :)
So - that's the news. Nothing else to report.
:-D
Let's give it a try, why don't we?
So - I just finished the last of my final papers that I have to do. I still have a final exam (I hope and pray the professor will open it up for me to take - it seems I got carried away on my paper and lost track of time - the damned thing closed an hour ago). So - I hope he'll do that, or I'm bound to make a C or worse - which would REALLY piss me off. UGH
New news? Nope. Greta is still working in Savannah - and she may go to Alabama, then Kentucky. Can I just say that I HATE it that she is working away from us and cannot stand the thought of her working so far away that we can't see her every weekend? UGH UGH UGH. We'll know more soon enough I guess, but I hate the though of it.
My new classes, Advanced Legal Writing II and Humanities, starts at the end of January. Doesn't look like I'm going to get much time off this time. That sucks too. (I think thos post is turning into a whine fest - I'm sure it won't do much for the requested posts, huh?)
I have to go to bed now - it's 233 am - and I am one tired bitch. LOL
Nighty night!
Part 1 - LLLOOOOONNNNNGGGGGG post. So long that it had to be put into two posts. LOL
- Location:At home
- Mood:
satisfied - Music:Christina's Court
- Location:Home - as usual
- Mood: satisfied
- Music:Christina's Court - LOL
Greta's still in Savannah. UGH The good news on that front is that she's going to be here for five days over the Thanksgiving holidays. :) I hate that we have limited time to spend together and we only see each other about once a week, but it certainly makes me value the time we have together FOR SURE. The time that we have seems priceless now. I really do miss her and cannot wait until we don't have to count the hours before she has to leave again. I know she's sick of it too - for real. She's stuck in a hotel suite thingy with Buddy and I'm sure she's sick to death of it.
So - in other news - one of my closest friends is going through some serious shit right now. UGH It makes me sick to know the shit she's having to deal with and having to go through - basically alone. Clearly I'm not going to go into all of it here in a public forum, but you know who you are....I'm here for you!
So - Turkey day holiday. Again, all of my family is coming to my house. YAY!!! I love not having to travel and find places for my animals and/or leaving them alone. It's not fair to them. So - in turn, my little tiny townhouse will be converted to a hotel suite. LOL The same thing will happen for Christmas. Greta's mom is coming here from Texas. YAY x 2!!! :-D I can't wait for the holidays this year. I am on some good meds and can handle just about anything this year. LOLOL
Anyway - I guess that's about enough for now.
Look forward to some updates!!!!
OKay - so - this SUCKS. I wrote an entry when I changed my layout and it didn't go through. :'( That so sucks.
I don't remember what I wrote at this point. Nothing much has changed. Greta is still in Savannah and I'm not happy about it still. I understand it and appreciate more than she'll ever know that she is making so many sacrifices for our family. I am so freaking bummed that she's gone. It is not getting any easier - I can tell you that.
My parents came up here tonight to drop Nana off. They are going to a wedding in Atlanta and my grandmother is staying here with me and Madison. I'm really excited for her to be here, but in the same breath, I'm nervous about her being here because there are a couple of times that I'm going to have to leave and she has to make a decision as to whether she wants to come with me or stay here. If she stays here I'm going to be nervous as hell to let her stay here by herself because of the stairs. But, I am going to do everything in my power to make sure that she is going to be safe.
So - here I sit at 1:20 AM, watching my DVR'd Project Runway Finale. I clicked to watch it and I saw the last minute where they announced the winner. I won't ruin it for anyone else - but damnit. I am pissed. I waited all this time to get to this point and my DVR timer screwed it up and I saw the end before the beginning. U G H
I'm going to bed. Yesterday & today are officially FIRED.
So - I'm a bit happy, eh? Now - back to my regularly scheduled homework. :-D
JAGS ROCK!!!!!! :-D
- Location:On the couch
- Mood:
happy - Music:Jags Post Game / News
So. UGH (my hands are cramping - LOL). I get to the ER - and I had to wait about 20 min to get into triage. Granted - not that long of a wait, but if left like it was about 3 hours. So- I finally got back in the back - they stuck me three times and finally found a vein. They hooked me up to all kinds of shit. I was still freaking dying with pain and I was actually getting a little scared by this time. They did an EKG and ordered some chest x-rays. Just so this story doesn't take freaking forever -they found out I had A-typical pneumonia and pleurisy. So - hence the pain!!!! I was released from the hospital around 500 or so. Greta got me home and I planted it on the couch for the rest of the day. Weird thing? I haven't been sick at all. No symptoms whatsoever. I went to my primary care yesterday - wait - maybe it was Friday - yeah - Friday. They sent me for more chest x-rays because they didnt' believe the diagnosis. Well - the diagnosis was correct. a-typical pneymonia and pleurisy. I swear to god. I don't know that I've ever been in so much pain. That was horrific. I've been in and out of it for two or three days. I think I'm coming around now. I'm able to stay awake for more than 15 - 20 minutes at a time. UGH. I hope I never have this shit again.
Anyway- that's how my labor day weekend has gone - how's everyone else's?
Moving on - Mady lost a tooth last night! Out of all of the teeth she's lost, this was the first one I've been there for. My mom is a "pulling-tooth-a-holic" - LOL. So anyway, the tooth fairy came and left her $5.00! She was so excited this morning!!!!
In other news - she's doing so well in school!! I'm so proud of her! She's working on her first Science Project and she's reading like a freaking little champ! She's almost completely finished with the Junie B. Jones series now!! We're starting to work on finding a new series for her to get in to. Also, we're starting to work on some outside exercise. I think we're all going to buy roller blades this weekend - although - I want a bike. But - we'll see what happens. HEHE
Mady has another soccer game tomorrow! Although, if it keeps raining like this I'm not sure if she's going to be able to play. She has pictures in the morning though at 8 freaking 45 in the morning. UGH. Maybe they'll reschedule that too. LOLOLOL Anyway - I think that's all I have the energy to post on right now.
Now calling ALL POSTERS to post something, damn it. LOLOL
I swear, Melissa Etheridge is the freaking BOMB!!!! We saw her in concert last night and I thoroughly enjoyed it! I got to see a few friends that I normally don't get to see, and we were lucky enough to be there with our friends Pam and Mel. We had SOOOOOOOO much fun. Freaking Melissa ROCKED the freaking house man!!! She was awesome. It was another three hour show - she didn't walk off of the stage for freaking THREE HOURS!!!!!! How amazing was that? We got a couple of pretty cool shirts and cool stickers.
After the AMAZING concert we went to In Cahoots and had some cocktails. :) Lucky for us it was 2 for 1. :) Yeah! My new drink of choice, Malibu and Pineapple Juice, cost me a meer 10.00 for like 4 drinks!!! I was in HEAVEN!! We got to listen to some really fun kareoke and found out about some awesome specials that In Cahoots has.
Anyway - it was a really, REALLY awesome time and I cannot WAIT to do it again. When's she coming back????? LOL
Who's going to PRIDE?? We'll be at the Parade Saturday and we'll be going out afterwards. We'll be at the Festival sunday the 6th (so will Kimberly Locke - WTF??? WOOHOO!!) but we won't be going out after that one because Mady will be with us.
Who else is going and where can we all meet up???????
We’re back from vacation!!!! Woohoo!!! My GODDESS that was a long freaking drive. The ride there wasn’t horrible, but man, the ride back was sheer torture! So, we stayed in Biloxi the night we left from home. We got to Tyler, Texas on Thursday and I finally met Greta’s mom. I LOVE HER. She is so awesome. :) I think we hit it off. I met the rest of Greta’s family on Thursday too.
Friday, we went to Dallas. It reminds me of Jacksonville on steroids. Good lord that place is huge!!!! We went to the aquarium and then to the planetarium. We then went to Joe’s Crab Shack – that place was really good too. Then – my favorite!!! We went shopping at the outlet mall!!! I found the perfect pair of jeans and a couple of great shirts. I, of course, got Mady a bunch of crap that she probably doesn’t need. LOL
Saturday was the family day. Everyone came over to Greta’s mom’s place and had a huge dinner. I swear – all we did when we were there was eat!! Oh – and there are like 20,000,000 Dairy Queen’s all over the place up there! One at every exit! So – we met Greta’s mom’s boyfriend too – his name is Tony. He’s a nice guy.
So – we just hung out Sunday and Monday morning. We started on the long ass journey back to Florida Monday afternoon. We ended up stopping around Biloxi again on the way home. We stayed in an expensive but crappy room that night. UGH. Anyway – we got home, safe and sound Tuesday around 5:30 PM. We were met with a ton of meow’s from the girls. :)
Mom and Nana just got here today and brought Mr. Buddy home. Boy did we miss him. We’re all back together now – just in time for Mady to go home with my Mom on Monday for one more week.
I guess that’s enough of an update. Who’s next in line for an update!?!?!?!?!??! <clearing throat>
- Location:Home - working. LOL
- Mood:
busy - Music:Mady's babble
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