WTO Tues 4/3

AdorkablePixie

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GTKY: If you could go anywhere in the world for a week, where would you go and who would you take with you?

AdorkablePixie

Month/Cycle: 4/2

CD: 26

WAYDTGKU: BBT, BD, OPK, CM
 
R/R: Rant: I am so annoyed with my body/chart. I had three higher temps and FF thought I ovulated but I knew better. It was a little warmer than usual because it was actually starting to feel like spring, so my temps were a little higher. FF thought I ovulated, even though I had no signs I did. Yesterday my temp went back down so FF took off the crosshairs. This morning it went down .04 more, well FF put the crosshairs back. WHAT?? No. So I had to override it. I'll post the chart below.. maybe.

CS/Q:

So that's what I am dealing with.

GTKY: If you could go anywhere in the world for a week, where would you go and who would you take with you?

Probably either to a tropical place (Aruba, Belize, etc) or to backpack around Europe. I'd love to see Italy again, I'd love to see Ireland, Scottland, Amsterdam, Germany, etc. I'd take DH.

bdream0916

@AdorkablePixie Backpacking around Europe sounds heavenly.

fantasyflyte

Month/Cycle: 2/2

CD: 9

WAYDTGKU: pnv, bd, charting, starting opks for this cycle later this week
 
R/R: not a ton going on today. DH may end up off again tonight which is good/bad; good because we can hang out, bad because he doesn't get paid if he doesn't work.

CS/Q: none yet

GTKY: If you could go anywhere in the world for a week, where would you go and who would you take with you?
I would go on vacation with my husband to Ireland with a side trip to London. We both have Irish heritage and I've always wanted to visit Ireland itself. It'd be especially cool to see the old family farm and such. The side trip to London would be a bonus because I've also wanted to see London and it's close enough to make the quick day trip.

@AdorkablePixie I'd love to travel around Europe in general too. There's so many amazing places I've never been (I mean, anywhere not-US is somewhere I've never been lol) and would love to go to.

catlady2015

Month/Cycle: 7/8

CD: 4

WAYDTGKU: PNV, charting, temping, OPK's, B complex, CoQ10, IF testing/bloodwork. Supplemental progesterone after O. 
 
R/R: it's evaluation time at work. ohh, boy .... 

CS/Q: nothing to see yet

GTKY: If you could go anywhere in the world for a week, where would you go and who would you take with you? I'd go to Sweden (where my dad's family emigrated from) and spend the week exploring the country. Probably a side trip to Norway. I'd take DH with me, probably, even though he's not much of a traveler because I don't like traveling without him!

catlady2015

@AdorkablePixie - I'd love to go anywhere you mentioned. but after all this snow, i might want to go tropical first! PS - good call on your chart, I think FF is drunk off its ass. I'm not sure when/if you O'd, but your temps are definitely NOT showing it. 

@fantasyflyte - Ireland sounds awesome! I've been to Mexico once and otherwise have not been out of the country, so I definitely want to explore. Not sure which way you're leaning tonight, whether you want DH home or at work, so I'll just say I hope it works out the way you want it to! DH also has had jobs where he didn't get paid if he didn't work and it was pretty aggravating to not be able to count on the hours and a consistent paycheck. So i totally understand how frustrating it can be. 

LJMoon6

**Lurking from TWW**

@fantasyflyte MH and I went to Ireland/London last year (it was the cycle we kicked off TTC). I would highly recommend it! We chose to fly into London from the US because it was way cheaper! Then just hopped a flight over to Ireland where we spent most of our time. We rented a car and just drove around. It was amazing! We didn’t have anything booked in advance (besides the very first night in London) and it worked out great. But we were in the beginning of the travel season so nothing was overbooked. My great great grandmother was from Ireland so we went to the small town where she was born and explored the city. We even found an old abandon church outside the city that I wonder if she ever went to. We hopped the fence and roamed around the church, peeking our head in the windows lol

darkstar42

@AdorkablePixie Sorry FF is being obnoxious!
@fantasyflyte I was in Ireland several years ago, and it's such a beautiful country! I hope you and YH get a chance to go.
@catlady2015 MH's family is from Sweden, and we'd love to go there too!
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Month/Cycle: 14/15 (2 benched)

CD: 17

WAYDTGKU: all the things except medical intervention
 
R/R: Back to work today after spring break! And it's snowing. I'm ready for spring to be here! Plus my cat is determined to wreck the kitchen right now. I keep having to jump up and pull things out of his mouth. He likes plastic packaging because it makes a crinkly sound when he bites it. Ah the joys of pet ownership.

CS/Q: Pretty sure O was Sunday, just waiting for crosshairs now.

GTKY: If you could go anywhere in the world for a week, where would you go and who would you take with you?
I'd love to go to New Zealand and Australia with MH, but a week wouldn't be nearly long enough!

emmasemm

Month/Cycle: 37/35

CD: 9

WAYDTGKU: The whole shopping list of supplements and vitamins. Plus supplemental progesterone during LP.
 
R/R: This morning we were out of the house at 7am to get into the city for an attraction where we needed to be in by 8am. Of course this was the one and only morning all the guests overslept. But they loved it, and we went on a boat tour along the river and around the harbour before lunch in the Hard Rock Cafe. Now they’ve gone out for a walk in the woods whilst DH and I chill out a bit. It’s fun having family to visit, but we will be pleased to have our home back again too. 
I need to get back to finishing off my thesis too... sigh... 

CS/Q: Temp still low, but estrogen rising. So far looks more like a “normal” cycle for me, fx it carries on and we get a good strong O this month

GTKY: If you could go anywhere in the world for a week, where would you go and who would you take with you?
I would definitely take DH. And would probably take him to the east coast of Australia, a few hours up from Sydney. I had a friend who lived on the coast there for several years - it’s quiet and beautiful, warm enough but not too hot as DH isn’t too keen on cooking. We could squeeze in a trip to Sydney en route. It is a bit far for a week, but the new direct flight under 18 hours would make it doable. 

emmasemm

@darkstar42 oh it’s so nice to see your rants are about the joys of quirky cats! 

@catlady2015 I’m trying to persuade DH that we can take a driving vacation to Sweden/Norway as it’s possible to drive there from our house (can actually drive the whole way, but faster to take a ferry). But it depends on our IVF cycles and which house projects need supervising when. But one summer in this next few years we will do it.

@fantasyflyte I agree with @ljmoon6 that you’re best to fly into a major London airport as you have more flights to choose from, then you can fly to Ireland from major or smaller airports in England for very cheap prices. And you can either fly or take the train to Scotland too. So so many places to see in just one week!  

@adorkablepixie I think my backpacking days are over for a few years. I did it a lot some years ago but these days I enjoy a few creature comforts too much. 

Eta last Tag as I hit post instead of save by mistake before I finished... 

fantasyflyte

@catlady2015 ugh, evaluations are the worst. I can never think of anything to say on my self-eval, it's like everything I've done over the past year disappears! I don't really have a specific preference on if DH works tonight or not, it's like a win-win AND lose-lose situation lol. So I'll just look at the positive of whichever way it works out (he works in the sports dept. at a newspaper, and when it rains/snows they don't play games, so the paper doesn't need him to come in).

@LJMoon6 that is so cool! That'll definitely be me creeping around lol, especially if I can find any graveyards my ancestors were buried in. I never would have imagined I'd enjoy wandering around cemeteries, but picking up genealogy as a hobby makes you look at things a lot differently. That's also really good to know about the flights, if I ever manage to save money we'll definitely look into doing that.


I thought I didn't have a rant today, but I just realized one: at work, when I have to blind copy a bunch of people, I send the email to myself so I have a record of it. I accidentally sent one to my personal email instead of my work email, so now a bunch of people are replying all and sending it to both my emails. *facepalm*

meri-mac

Month/Cycle: 15/12

CD: 12

WAYDTGKU: OT
 
R/R: Long weekend is done, but it was so relaxing and this is a short week! Huzzah!

CS/Q: - 

GTKY: If you could go anywhere in the world for a week, where would you go and who would you take with you? I have to go with @AdorkablePixie. A backpacking trip around Europe has always been my dream and I would definitely take my future hubby with me. Since it is just a week, I would probably contain it to the UK. If he could stand warm temperatures, I would go down south to a country with white sand and bright blue waters.

@AdorkablePixie I'm sorry you're having a hard time. Sending you good luck!

@fantasyflyte There are these amazing car/cottage trips for Ireland where you get a car for a set period of time with the GPS pre-programmed. You follow the GPS and stay at various inns and cottages throughout Ireland.

@catlady2015 Fx for your evaluation. My future MIL went on a trip to Scandinavia and went to Lego Land. I was so jealous

@darkstar42 Fx for your CH. Are you a LOTR fan or is there another reason you would like to go to New Zealand?

@emmasemm I'm glad you get some time to yourself. Fx for O.

AdorkablePixie

@fantasyflyte Yes! I would love to go to Ireland! Scotland too. I have such a large list of places I'd love to visit.

@catlady2015 That would be a nice trip. Yeah, I definitely have NOT O'd and I am assuming that when the weather warms up for good, my temps will change and remain higher like that because I can think of no other reason that they would have gone up that little bit. When I've O'd in the past (the whole two times) my temps have had a clear shift that was more than .3 degrees! So annoying. Good luck with your work evaluation.

@darkstar42 Definitely looks like O! I would love to visit New Zealand and Australia as well! DH and I wanted to go to Australia for our honeymoon for two weeks but we couldn't afford the plane tickets so we went with Florida. lol

@emmasemm That sounds like it would be a nice trip.

@meri-mac Thank you! I would definitely need like a month to backpack around Europe, if I'm being realistic! lol DH and I talk about it all the time, if we ever win the lottery.