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How was your weekend?
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Re: How was your weekend?
Saturday - went to the movies with a few friends then went home. Everyone else went out to lunch but I'm really proud of myself for saying no and saving the money by going home. Then K and I went grocery shopping.
Sunday - K slept in while LO and I made breakfast. Then DD and I took the dogs for a walk and played outside. When DD napped K and I replaced some lights on the outside of the house and cleaned the shed.
Yup, once again I have a super exciting weekend
Saturday L got up and left early to go write. I waffled about taking the kids to the Thanksgiving Day parade since Carter has had a horrible cough, but after seeing him use my bed as a trampoline, I bundled them up and off we went. It was chilly and not too crowded and I hung out with a couple of the docs I work with. We left about 5m before the parade got over and had lunch at Noodles and then home for a nap for the kids. I was craving steak so I convinced L to take a break from writing and meet us at Outback. Home to watch Beezus and Ramona (very cute.) I slept so well in the bed alone without L tossing and turning and sighing about how hot she is all night.
Sunday we had a pj morning. The kids built forts, played Wii, and hung out while I cleaned out my closet, did laundry, and watched Broadcast News (love that movie and haven't seen it in ages!) The kids were fighting and being PITA and I was craving a burger so we went for burgers for lunch (too much going out to eat!), to the library to get new books, and then I decided to go to Super Walmart since we needed some grocery items as well as non-grocery items. Bad decision. The grocery section was a freaking madhouse and I hate that Walmart since there are always things blocking the aisles. Thankfully, I was able to throw the kids into the basket of the cart so we could get around. Spent a long time looking at toys for Christmas and then home for some playground time. The kids played while I made muffins, got stuff ready for the crockpot, did laundry, etc. By the time they went to bed at 7:15 I was exhausted, but I still stayed up watching Food Network. Sigh.
I dont even remember friday night. Just the usual i guess.
Saturday morning we went to a brunch at A's coworker's house. It was nice to see everyone, but i could barely hold a conversation while wrangling the kids and cleaning up after them in her very non-kid friendly home. Most of the other coworkers were childless and we were the only ones with 3 and it was just one of those moments when i felt like walking birth control. I'm pretty sure the moms of 1 were thinking "holy sh!t 3 is way too many" and the childless were reconsidering their plans for children. I told A that she should just go solo to the next brunch :P
After brunch we went to the playground and had ice cream for lunch (what? i cant be a responsible mom all the time). Home for naps for the big kids while Daisy and I went shopping for holiday outfits and her birthday party supplies. After nap we got the kids all dapper and went off to the mall for photos with Santa. I've got more details on the blog but it was a nice trip and the picture is proudly displayed on the fridge
Sunday morning we visited the cemetery where A's mom and grandfather are burried. It was very special. We grabbed pizza for lunch then brought the kids home for a non-nap. Well, Daisy napped. The other two "rested". Then the babysitter came over and A and I got to sneak out and see J. Edgar (i liked it, but wish i had studied up on my history before seeing it so i could follow better). After the movie I dropped A back at home (babysitter had all three kids in bed - score!) while I took a family member to an AA meeting.
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Saturday was the big football rivalry game at my alma mater, so we all went up. We went to tailgates to see a bunch of friends, them my mom came to pick up Gwen so Trav and I could go to the game (its way too rowdy for me to feel comfy bringing Gwen at this point). Afterwards we picked Gwen up and headed home.
Sunday I had a date with my best friend to see Twilight. I feel ridiculous, but I was SO excited to see it! And I would totally go see it again. Its my guilty pleasure. Plus the theater was awesome... they serve lunch and drinks right at your seat! It was a lot of fun.
Gwen didn't nap for Trav while I was gone, so we went for a walk, then had an early dinner so that I could get her down a bit early. Normally we do the night routine around 7:15 and she's out by 8... last night she was out just before 7!! It gave me 2 hours of evening hours, so that I could relax, spend time with Trav, and still get to bed early.
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Thursday: We decided to sleep in and ended up leaving for SF at 9am, the trip was nice and the girls were very well behaved the entire way. When we were about an hour into the trip, I got a call from our agency asking if we could do respite for a baby girl for 2 days, had to say no because we would be gone. We got to SF around 6pm, checked in and stared at the amazing view from our rooms for a little while (23rd floor looking out toward the Bay Bridge). We were hungry so J looked through the hotel's local eatery map and saw that there was a Whole Foods right around the corner, we bundled the girls up and walked to the store. The Whole Foods that we went to was amazing, it was in an industrial building on the second floor, beautiful location. We went back to the hotel and had dinner, let the girls watch TV for a bit in their room (we had adjoining rooms) and then put them to bed, J and I went to sleep soon after.
Friday: We ate breakfast and decided that we should walk to Lombard Street since it wasn't too far from our hotel. We walked 8 blocks in one direction (in the rain) and then 3 very steep blocks up the hill to the top of Lombard, the girls weren't as excited as I thought they would be, oh well. We could see Alcatraz and the Coit Tower from the hill, A was more excited about Alcatraz than anything else. We walked back to our hotel to shower and get ready for court then drove over to listen to the speeches and eat finger food, we were #16 out of the 20 adoptions done that day but the wait was quick and easy. While we were waiting for our turn with the judge, I got a call from our agency asking if we could take placement of an infant for foster, I said we couldn't right then (it was an immediate placement) but to call back if another family couldn't be found and we would drive home immediately after court, we were never called back. Our CSW ushered us into the courtroom and we sat at a table across from the judge, we swore in and the judge read over our approvals and explained that Iz was now fully and legally in our hands as our child, obviously more was said than that but that's the jist of it. All the paperwork was signed, the girls were given teddy bears, we took pictures with the judge and left the courtroom. We had to wait for the SW to file the paperwork and give us our copies of the adoption order, then we profusely thanked him and left. We went back to the hotel to change and headed out to the wharf to wander around and find dinner, we ended up eating at the Boudin Sourdough Bakery, tomato soup in a sourdough bread bowl with half of a sourdough grilled cheese for me, and clam chowder in sourdough bread bowls for everyone else, perfect meal for the cold and rainy evening. After dinner we went to a jewelry store and let A pick an oyster to see if she could get a pearl, she picked one that had a silver pearl, so pretty! Iz got to pick next and got a white pearl that was pretty big. I got excited and wanted to try my luck, I ended up with an 8mm white pearl, it's huge! We went back to the hotel and let the girls enjoy the TV/jumping on their beds in their own room while J and I talked about court/watched TV/read/tried to connect to the internet in our room. J and the girls went to bed early and I stayed up watching TV, hoping that I wouldn't wake up early again.
Saturday: The girls had breakfast and we all got ready to go to the wharf. At the wharf we bought tickets for a double decker bus tour of the Golden Gate Bridge, Golden Gate Park, the city, and a nighttime tour of the city. We did the bridge and park tours and went to walk the wharf before it got dark. J and A bought souvenirs and we had dinner at Boudin again. J said we should walk to Pier 39 to see the sea lions, there weren't a whole lot out of the water, only 2 decks were filled with them but the girls got a good laugh out of their barking. We did more souvenir shopping, stopped at the Ghirardelli store for peppermint bark squares and then went back to the hotel for showers and bed.
Sunday: I was up early again, 6:45 every day with no alarm, boo to my body. I read for awhile and then got ready to leave. The girls ate breakfast while J and I packed the remainder of our things. It was raining heavily so we decided to skip our last stop, the Castro, maybe next time. J got a little lost trying to find the bridge entrance but we finally made it out. We stopped to visit J's cousin about an hour out of SF and were there for 3 hours, oops. We finally left their house and drove home mostly in the dark, we got home around 10pm last night.
Monday: Up at 6:45am again...
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Friday- Was insem numero dos. So heres to waiting. IT is already making me nuts.
Saturday- Lazy house day while DW worked on her thesis. Then we drove to western MD to pick up BIL who was in town visiting friends and we went to the mall from hell (Arundel Mills) for dinner and a movie. BIL was ok but I am still not a fan of the guy.
Sunday- Put a TV stand together for Mom and Granny. Then we went to a football gathering with our close friends. Yay Ravens!!!! BIL left last night and house is back to normal. Excited that DW has a lot of off time this week.
Friday: I used a group.on to have sushi dinner by myself. Played phone tag with E's dad about his plans for her staying with me while he went to a class Sat. morning. He ended up dropping her off around 8:30p.
Saturday: up at 7:30 with E. We had breakfast and then headed out shopping for gloves, hat, scarf and boots for her. It is feeling like snow! Home for lunch and then E's dad came by to get her. After they left I did laundry and a few chores and got groceries. Made lentil soup for dinner and watched bad tv.
Sunday: Attempt at sleeping in was not successful. So I was up and made shopping lists for bulk shopping and turkey day while watching football. Then I ventured out to the stores and they were not as busy as I expected. Home to make homemade macncheese so we have easy dinner tonight and half watched the AMAs while cleaning up the house a bit.
I typed mine all but it disappeared, boo. Nutshell version:
Friday evening: Worked out, ate leftovers, made successful muffins, made unsuccessful quiche.
Saturday: Went to Baltimore with friends, had a fun time. The American Visionary Arts Museum is awesome. Both crashed in the evening.
Sunday: Went maternity pants shopping, ended up at a PACKED Old Navy during the "Five Hour Frenzy," got a cute sweater for $8. Went to Target but Jen was so tired she ended up sitting against the wall between two racks of underwear while I brought her things to choose from. She napped all afternoon, I made delicious pork chops and asparagus for dinner, and spent most of the evening on the phone catching up with my brother.
Friday: I had rehearsal while she did a few final party prep things, and she worked OT.
Saturday: my baby turned TWO! crazy! we had a little party for him, it was a lot of fun and he really enjoyed himself.
Sunday: slept in, then my chorus performed. we went out for dinner after with my parents, sis, and SIL and a friend of hers. then we went home and chilled out until she had to leave for work.
it doesn't really sound like a lot since it's like one thing per day, but it sure felt like it. plus I think I may be coming down with a cold, or at the very least some kind of sinusy thing. I hope it doesn't last, I want to eat lots of turkey and mashed potatoes on Thursday!
Well, I came on here on my lunchbreak ready for Ten Things Tuesday. Does that answer your question?
Sat: We were supposed to go to all-day foster parent training & my mom was going to watch Pumpkin. She was sick, so we had to choose between taking Pumpkin with us to training (exposure to lots of germs) or leaving him with a friend (what!?! he's only 3 weeks old and I barely wanted to leave him with my mom.) We chose to skip morning training (our social worker will be fine with that) and attend afternoon training--leaving him w/ a friend. All went fine.
Sun: His sleep is off, off off. During the day he will sleep in his crib/basinet for 2 hours by himself. At night--wakes up after 20 min to one hour--wants to be held or....
I had to go into work for more hours than L would have liked. Stressful at work, hard to be away from them.
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