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How was your weekend?
Friday - We decided to NOT do touch up painting in the bathroom. Got some nice quiet couple time after E went to bed.
Saturday - A friend was at our house both days to rebuild our rotting porch and trim the bathroom and foyer. It.looks.awesome! Ran errands before it got hot(ter). Got plants to put in pots for E's bday. Cleaned. Reviewed an article for publishing.
Sunday - Great brunch at our house with a new-ish friend. Dove into cooking CSA veggies before they have to be thrown. DW made trial cupcakes for E's b-day. Took my dog to the ex. Watched Next Food Network Star together with an easy dinner.
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Re: How was your weekend?
Saturday L was up at 5:30am to assess the damage (25ft limb/tree on our deck stairs) and I started calling hotels and made reservations since L's parents were coming into town. L took the kids to the gym and went to water aerobics while I went to 4 places to get my tires balanced (no one had computer access.) L's parents got to our house and we went to lunch before I took the kids to Chuck E. Cheese for a birthday party (pretty much hell on earth since everyone was there escaping the heat.) Took nearly 2 hrs to get home because all of the left hand turns were blocked, so people were making illegal u-turns to get into our neighborhood. Met everyone at the hotel and went to dinner before going back and crashing.
Sunday morning L went to the house to feed the cats and discovered the power was back on. We proceeded with our plans and took the kids to see Brave (really really good!), to get the kids' haircut (Carter wanted to go really short and he doesn't even look like the same kid!), and to a late lunch at the Cheesecake factory. Everyone else went home while I made a stop at Wegmans for some staples. Got home and emptied out our fridge/freezer.
Hi all!
Overall,a nice weekend, despite being a stress monster with all of the medical stuff that went on this past week. Bleeding and bed rest has stopped and hopefully my worrying won't be far behind.
Friday: out to dinner with my lady. Nice to have impromptu date night. Then we came home and watched a movie.
Saturday: lounged around in the AM(so hot), did a few errands, then went to a friend's birthday party. Capped the evening off at my bff's for s'mores around her firepit.
Sunday: tried to stay cool! Went out to lunch, then target. Took a nap, cleaned a bit, then watched far too many hours of Olympic trials.
Spent the weekend crossing my fingers that this baby would come - alas....
Friday: Went to lunch with EV and her boss, first time meeting her boss who's great. Then drove all over the North/East Bay to visit friends and collect baby stuff. I felt so good, full of energy and I was even "dressed up" meaning not in yoga pants and t-shirt for once. Friday night we worked on creative projects for the nursery.
Saturday: Acupuncture and then driving around running errands. EV and I got into a fight (about money of course). I'm stressed because I'm not working and the PFL/PDL funds will run out in October. We just bought a house and a ton of things for it meaning our savings/investments safety net is a lot smaller than it was two months ago... And I want to live on a budget. But for a couple that hasn't had to be super strict for the last few years (renting/no kids...) its hard to transition and I feel like I'm constantly nagging trying to get us to realize and stick to a budget... :-P Ugh. Anyway we got over it later that day - but I'm still on edge since I'm sure this topic will come up again until we adjust.
Sunday: Visited friends in Piedmont/Oakland who just had their daughter last Saturday (We were "due date buddies" and met at an LGBT childbirth class). Anyway their baby is the cutest most expressive little bean I've ever seen. Totally love her. So excited for them, they're doing really well. While holding the baby Kaden kicked her several times (they're going to be best friends I'm sure). Sunday night we stopped by IKEA to pick up shelves. EV painted them and I watched Eureka (iTunes download) on the couch because...ugh I'm starting to get uncomfortable.
2brides - ugh, i feel for you
glad your power came back relatively quickly but losing all that food just sucks.
Friday - left work early and went blueberry picking. Randomly ran into my brother there so we got to spend a little time together which was nice. Picked up the girls from daycare, ran home to bake cookies, then met up with DW and Sprout at the tball picnic. OMG it was disgustingly hot. I was counting the minutes to go home.
Saturday - up early to hit the gym. Brought Daisy and RB to dance class...sprout origionally went to watch, but the teacher invited him to join so it was a cute, albiet not very focused, dance class
After dance we met up with our moms group at the splash pad and had a great time hanging out. Home for naps (all 3 kids passed out!!) and DW and I did some stuff around the house. In the evening we attended a birthday party at a bounce place which was a lot of fun.
Sunday - DW went out for a run while I got the kids up and ready then we all went to a farm for a nice outdoor breakfast with my SIL and niece. After breakfast we went down the road to a different farm to pick blueberries. It was really hot but the kids held up well. Home for naps...except, DW was the only one who actually slept
In the afternoon we went to my parents for a swim and dinner.
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Aww 2brides, sorry to hear about your lost fridge of food.
Friday: I went to HH with the nurses and one doc from my office. It was a good time. When I got home I made a pasta salad to take to a bbq on Saturday.
Saturday: I had a group.on to get my car detailed at a place near the airport. So I dropped my car off and then walked to the airport to hang out since there is a place to sit, a bathroom. and I can sit and not be bothered. After that I ran a few errands and then went to my friend's 30th birthday bbq. Saw a few work friends, met some new people, it was a good party.
Sunday: Slept in a bit. Then I was up to do chores around the house. My bff and her family came by to pick up an A/C unit that I had in my old place. They got to see my place and visit for a bit. Then I hit the grocery store, did laundry, and caught up with my parents and brother on the phone.
Fri: Went for a quick grocery trip after work. Came home to no power...fantastic. Spent the evening cleaning while it was still light out.
Sat: Took all of the food in our fridge and freezer to my parents' house since we still did not have power. Ky and I stayed there in the a/c until we went to a local festival with a bunch of free kids' activities. We went home and both napped in the heat...I dropped Ky back off at my mom's for the night. Ann and I went to go pick up her new cell phone and get dinner. We still were without power when we got home so we hung out in the car to chrage our phones for a while.
Sun: Woke up to no power still. Took a small load of work essentials to my parents' house to wash. Took Ky to urgent care where she had to be catherized (sp) and was diagnosed with a uti. Ran a few errands and came home to let the dogs out for a bit. DW went to hang out with some friends while I went back to my parents' to finish the laundry. I picked her back up and we got dinner out. Power finally came back on at 7 pm! We were so excited to have a/c again!!!
Today I am working but I have to go pick up all of our food afterwards....I relaly wish I could have called off to get everythign accomplished todya that I could not do over the weekend due to the power outage!
Sorry to hear about those of you affected by power outages. We had several last summer and it stunk.
Friday - I worked late finishing up a project it was my goal to complete for the week. Came home around 9 and grabbed takeout for myself, C got home a bit later from Capoeira. It's a Brazillian martial art that she's trying since it is much easier on the body than her old karate.
Saturday - Slept in (glorious!) and went for C's day 3 bloodwork. Grabbed lunch at this great little middle eastern place and then headed to one of those bounce places for 2 hours of EXTREME trampolining with some friends. We got it via a Groupon and it was a ton of fun. Came home, showered, both puttered around the house for a bit and took naps. Then we got ready for Late Ride.
Sunday - Late Ride is an all night bike ride through the neighborhoods of Chicago. You start at 1 am and finish around sunrise. It's only 25 miles, but the pace is very slow because it's a very big event. It was really cool to ride through the different neighborhoods and we stopped along the lakefront to watch the sun rise. It was enjoyable, but we're not sure we'd do it again because the crowds and inexperienced riders made the whole thing a bit dicey. Still, I'm glad we did it. Made it home by about 7 am, took showers again, and slept until noonish. Planned food for the week, grocery shopped and ran a bunch of errands, came home and did laundry and watched a movie before bed. We did a lot this weekend, but it was still a relaxing weekend and I was glad we got to spend so much time together (no work for C!)
AMH 0.5, AFC 5-8, FSH 7ish
IVF #1 - antagonist. Empty follicle syndrome. 1 retrieved, 0 fertilized.
IVF #2 - antagonist. Ovulated early. 3 retrieved, 2 fertilized, 0 blasts