Not such a great idea

I'm not absolutely sure how I should present this here - but I told Jakobe I was going to share it, becasue something this outrageous cannot go without being shared.

He has had a brilliant idea on how to make me feel better.

Are you ready?

Cause it's a little bit out there...


Does this help?

Or maybe this?

Still a bit stumped? - or too chicken to guess?...

His suggestion:  We should shove a fertilized egg up my (*&^% so that I can lay an egg, hatch a chick, and get to experience motherhood in some form...

yep - He really said that.

To give him credit - He was trying to make me smile, and he certainly got a reaction.

Yikes! Tagged again...

Okay - so I've been reading on other people's blogs when they were tagged, and I have to admit that I was feeling just a tad bit jealous and unloved.  But now I've been tagged twice.  Thanks!

Now if only feeling a tad bit jealous and unloved would get me knocked up.

Anyway - Thank you to Foxy - I'm honored that you specifically mentioned me.  Oh, and Jakobe had every intention of answering the question you posed him on his blog, but I think he got lazy!

1. What is your favorite holiday and why?

 My favorite holiday would have to be Christmas.  I love spending the time finding the perfect gift for everyone, and I spend waaay too much time creatively wrapping the gifts and making my own ribbons and bows and generally getting all crazy like.  You get to see family, share how much you love people, and have champagne and open presents in your pajamas! 

2. How much time do you spend on the phone? on blogger?
 I personally don't usually spend more than 30-40 minutes on the phone for personal stuff every day, and half of that is talking to Jakobe when he's on his breaks at work.  Yes - we still call eachother about 3 times during every work day.  It started while we were dating, and it continues.  I think it's a lovely way to keep connected and to touch base, especially on days when I have school and I'm away from home form 7 AM until about 10 PM.

I don't spend all that much time on Blogger, only the time when I'm actually writing posts - I spend a lot more time on Reader, which is where I try (emphasis on try) to keep up with the blogs that I follow.  Probably about an hour a day.

3. What are your favorite TV shows?

I have been watching too much TV.  May favorites would have to include Grey's Anatomy, Private Practice, Stargate Universe, Burn Notice, and  NCIS.  I miss Battlestar Galactica, and some of the othe SciFi shows...  Some of these are favorites because Jakobe and I watch them together, and some are just guilty pleasures that I just have to watch.  Remind me I'm supposed to ride my bike while watching TV...  It's exercise at least.

4. How did you meet your lover?

My high school boyfriend (who happens to be Jakobe's best friend) and his wife decided that Jakobe and I should date.  But they were really sneaky about it because Jakobe and I were both seeing other people at the time, and they just invited both of us to come to play that same role playing game at their house once a week.  I mostly didn't notice him too much until he started flirting with me (turns out, he was trying to show one of the other guys how to flirt) and well, I was a hopeless flirt - I couldn't help but flirt back, and then it started getting past friendly flirting.  The rest is history.

5. What is your favorite color of nail polish?

I rarely wear nail polish.  But when I paint my nails they're usually a muted shade of red.  I try not to get too crazy anymore, and it chips so damn fast that I just can't keep up.  (oh, and I'm not really girly)

6. What in your life are you most proud of, personally or professionally?

I'm most proud of the fact that I have my shit together and have had for a long time.  I can take care of myself and I do.  I'm proud that I bought myself a house just before my 24th birthday.  I'm proud of the fact that I'm 30 years old, and I have 15 years of experience in my field.  Finally I'm proud of the face that I got off of my rear and have gone back to school - it's been extremely inconvenient and time consuming, but I'll be done in June, and it will be awesome!

 

7. Did you have a Bachelorette Party? What did you do?

I did,  It was great.  We got hotel rooms and then took a shuttle downtown where we went out for sushi, and then hit the bar for a drag show.  The only lap dance of my life was given to me by a drag queen!  I got waaay to drunk (courtesy of my mom and sisters) and then went back to the hotel, where my sisters saved me from being the most embarrassing drunk there (no details here, but damn - I don't think I'll be able to top them!, Nor do I want to.) 

8. Where do you blog from? (I mean, where is your computer, describe the setting.)

Where I blog from changes depending on the post or on the day.  Sometime I blog from my phone, and that from wherever I happen to be at the moment. Right now, I'm blogging from my Data Communications and Networking fundamentals class - the professor is basically reading us the slides that came with the book, and most of this stuff I'm already familiar with.  Once in a while I'll write a post while I'm at my desk at work - either during my lunch break, or after work but before I go home for the day.  Most of the time though - I blog on my laptop while sitting on the couch...  I keep trying to set up a workspace for myself - but right now it's covered with a filing box, bills, fabric, and the cat's foos and water.  So I can't sit there...


I'm not quite ready to pick out a list of people to tag...  so, if you're reading this and haven't been tagged yet.  You're it!

Post-it Tuesday: I'd like to say more...

Thanks Suzy for revealing the option of Post-it Tuesday to me.  I'm feeling guilty for not keeping up... but I'm still here.  Here are a few things I've been thinking about.

I got Tagged...

...by Marianne at My Violet Thoughts

So how does this work?  She's asked me several questions that I get to answer, and then I choose some of the bloggers that I read to answer questions that I think up.

Her questions for me:


1) If you could go back in time and choose a different career path what would you choose?


I'm still working on mine, but if I were to go back in time, I would choose to have faith that I would find a way to pay of the loans and I would go to medical school.  It was a big dream of mine, and part of me really regrets not making it happen.

2) If it was possible to know what would be going on in your life 5 years from now would you want to know?  Or would you want to be surprised?


This one is kind of up in the air.  Part of me really likes surprises, and I really think that know int the outcome causes you to make different choices, and therefore changes the outcome anyway.  So - I'll stay in the dark, and take each day as it comes.

3) What character from a book, movie or tv show is most like you?


I just don't know.  I've never found one character that really feels like me, althoguht I've found characters that seem to do well for bits and pieces of me like Abby from NCIS, and Merry Gentry from Laurell K Hamilton, or Phedre from  the Kushiel books... or even Armida from "A tale in the suicide Mountains"  I'm a bit all over the place....

4) What's your family's best holiday tradition?


We've got a great big upheaval in family traditions right now - my parents got divorced a couple of years ago, and don't speak much now.  One of the best ones was getting together Christmas morning/afternoon, having brunch in our PJs and exchanging gifts.  Certainly something I would like to see continue, and something I want to carry on to another generation.  


The other thing that happens every year is that the extended family (grandparents, aunts, uncles, cousins, etc - there are about 50 or more of us) get together for Christmas eve and do a white elephant gift exchange.  It's crazy - but a whole lot of fun.


And now I get to tag some others, Questions first:

1. What would you say is the craziest thing you've ever done?
2. If you had to pick one thing to describe yourself as a child what would it be (the shy one, the quiet one, the crazy one, the pretty one, etc..)?
3. If you could go an vacation anywhere in the world for as long as you wanted (No obstacles), where would you go.
4. What is your Favorite Color?
5. If you had three wishes, and you could only use them for other people, what would you wish for?

I'm tagging:

• Vitamin C
• Jules 
• Brave IVF Girl
• Cortney

4 million!!!

Jakobe had his repeat SA and the results showed marked improvement.  OTOH the nurse was quite surprised at my excitement - she kept saying "You know this isn't good, right?" and I had to tell her that it was so much better then before I had every right to be excited.

I don't have the full report, but here are the highlights:

Semen - Normal, no White blood cells, no agglutination, PH normal, liquefaction Normal

She didn't say anything about volume or concentration

And now for the good stuff!

Morphology: 3%
Motility (rapidly forward): 50%
Total Count (my guess): 8 million
Total Motile: 4 MILLION!!!!

That's a damn sight better than 20 thousand funny shaped sperm that sit there and wiggle.


Apparently the plan is still to continue with IVF with ICSI  - but when we get a little bit closer, I think it's something we'll want to talk about.  Is there a way to split the difference?


In other news:

• I decided against ICLW this month, September is always really busy for me, and my night classes start today.
• We now have about $7500 in savings, even after we had to put $1100 of work into Jakobe's car.  Oh well, you gotta know that things like that are going to happen.
• I'm still unmotivated and a little depressed - and what's worse, I can't seem to work up the motivation to do something about it either.
• We graduated from couples Counseling - at least until we start treatments, when we might need it again.