Thursday is usually my Friday

I am usually off on Fridays but tomorrow I have to come in for a couple of hrs after my eye dr appt. We have a new pt that started on Wednesday while I was working in another clinic and apparently this pt is VERY sexually inappropriate with staff. My boss wants me to come in and sit on the clinic floor during this dude's treatment to observe and step in if necessary. Soemitmes being a SW isn't all it's cracked up tp be :-p

Well, I am on CD 17 and still no positive OPK. I am starting to think that maybe I don't ovulate. I know that I can make eggs-I've seen them on ultrasound-but maybe they don't drop or my ovary doesn't catch them. That would really suck if that's the case b/c that means we move directly to IVF which means a bigger chance of having a litter of children. We really don't want a litter, just on or two at a time would be great :-)

P got 2 unit coins today! I am so proud of him. His CSM and another higher up gave him the coins due to him passing Ranger School with no recycles and only having a few days to prepare for the school. This unit has really been the best thing that's ever happened to us as far as the Army and P's career. I hate the town but definitely love the unit and love the fact that my hubby is getting the respect that he has earned.

I guess it's time for an update

Wow, I haven't been on here in forever!!! Our laptop is kaput and blogging on my iPhone is definitely not the easiest thing but I have figured out that work doesn't block this site-WOOHOO!!!!!!! I've also decided to not only talk about the Army life but also TTC while in the Army.

Well, we still live in Suckville, LA but we definitely have plans to move from here. We have pretty much decided that we want to go to Ft. Campbell. P says that the 101st the only regular Army unit that he wants to be a part pf b/c they are the most squared away. Of course I know that will mean at least one deployment while we are there but I know that he wants to deploy again before getting back into the Spec Ops world. I don't know when this PCS will occur but I know that he wants to stay here a few more months to go to more schools and learn more things.

We are almost at the 21 month mark with TTC. We are trying OPKs, Metformin and Letrozole for this cycle and the following 2 cycles. If we don't get pregnant then I will have laparoscopic surgery to see what's going on in my body. Hopefully we won't have to get to that point but if we do then we do. I just hope that we don't end up with a litter. Twins would be fine but more than that and I would probably have a nervous breakdown.

The Metformin helps with insulin resistance (part of my dealing with PCOS) and the Letrazole stimulates estrogen output. I take the Letrozole CD 5-9 and during those days it inhibits estrogen production. After I stop taking my body super produces estrogen (and hopefully eggs) in an attempt to make up for the days it wasn't producing. I am now on CD 16 and day 5 of fighting nausea, one of the wonderful side effects. There have been times in the past few days that I thought I would not be able to make it through the day without hurling!!!

Let me also share the joy of OPKs and peeing in a cup. I never thought that I would pee i na cup so much in my life!!! I opted for the dip strip OPKs rather than the stick kind because of cost. Well I get my best reading around noon so I have to take the strip and the cup to work and do it there!!! So yeah, I pee in a cup at least once a day, CD 10-whenever AF comes or I get a positive OPK. I've become quite the expert now, LOL!

Thankfully TriCare has been covering all of the costs (except OPKs and HPTs)thus far and will continue to cover the vast majority of the cost. We are so ready to be parents and every month we anxiously wait to see if AF shows up or not. Wonderful friends have already given some boy clothes to us and I have already started to buy burp clothes, books and little things here and there. I've been looking at nursery bedding and accessories as well and I have definitely decided that I want a modern looking nursery. P and I have also looked at some of the cutest punk baby clothes and I can't wait to dress our little one in some super cute clothes! For so long I wouldn't allow myself to really think about being a mom b/c I was scared of the disappointment and scared of becoming depressed while TTC. Now I have come to embrace the fact that we will somehow become parents and I am getting excited!!!

And yes, we have a boy name picked out and are working on a girl name. . . and no I won't share the names b/c I don't want anyone to steal them :-p

Hurricane Gustav and Ranger School

This time last week I was getting ready to evacuate due to Gustav. We weren't ordered to evacuate but my neighbors were gone, my hubby was gone and I didn't want to be stuck here with no power by myself. I packed and cleaned and then headed to Ft. Hood, TX on Sunday. My wonderful friend, Sara, was kind enough to let my zoo and I stay with her :-) The kicker was that we had never met IRL until I got to her home. We met online at a great message board (www.armywifechat.com) and became friends. Staying with her and her zoo (2 kittens and 3 dogs) was AWESOME and I can't wait to go back. I also met many other women who I also knew from the message board. I really hated leaving the Hood area b/c it was so nice to be around friends.

My husband is still in school and I miss him terribly. We have such a great marriage and are so blessed that rather than fight/argue when we're apart, we appreciate each other more and truly become closer. I can't wait to have him home with me.

Too damn hot and super fleas

I am sick of the heat. It is just too hot here. . . way hotter than it was in Savannah. Apparently the heat and everything else here has made the local fleas damn near invincible. We are currently treating Chloe (lab/pit mix) for fleas b/c she is allergic to them. . . she's quite pitiful but is doing better. We keep flea treatment on our furbabies and we bath the dogs every month but apparently these Cajun fleas are tough to kill. Just one more reason I hate this place.

Seriously, Ft. Richardson is looking like a great option right now.

Our 4th of July

Can I just say that although I was dreading the whole "hanging out at the lake with soldiers" plan, I actually had a great time! Soldiers+alcohol+fireworks=crazy times :-p My hubby along with his friend Bobby made 2 bombs out of the fireworks and set them off in the sandy area next to where we were. The first one was made in a plastic water bottle and it made some pretty fireworks. For the next one, they stepped it up a notch and filled a Corona bottle with fireworks powder. . . that was one loud freaking blast!!! After it exploded, they came back up the hill for beer and to light more fireworks. All of a sudden LH (another soldier) starts saying "fire, there's a fire!" Our boys had started quite a fire out there; thankfully there were plenty of them who knew what to do and we did NOT burn down the forest :-) There were alot of other people out there shooting fireworks so we had quite a nice display. After we left the lake we went to LH's place on post and hung out with him, another soldier and Mary, a fellow Army wife. All in all it was a very good night.

Need to move from this place

I realized today, while watching What Not to Wear, that I seriously don't care about clothes any more. . . . and that is not a good thing. I wear scrubs to work and workout clothes on the weekend (b/c we have been going to the gym). We rarely go out and when we do, who cares if you have cute fashionable clothes when everyone does their clothes shopping at WalMart? I haven't shopped for clothes since we've been here b/c there's not a damn store worth anything within an hour and a hlaf of this hell hole. I'm gonna need Stacey and Clinton when we move b/c I won't have a clue how to dress cute by the time we get out of here.

We have seriously got to get out of this place. I can't take it.

A good, no great, day at Polk

Preston and I have found a way to work out together-the rock wall at Wheelock. We both love it and we can do it together :-) We do it and the tread wall together about 3-4 times per week. I love it!!!! We had tried running together but he is so much faster than I am so he never got a good workout. He is teaching me better rock climbing skills and we actually plan to take some rock climbing trips and get our own gear :-)

After our great workout, I got a great haircut! I went to French Quarter Day Spa and my girl did a great job. I am so happy b/c I thought I'd have to drive at least an hour for a good haircut. She's also a fellow Army wife so I love being able togive her some business.

We also went to lunch, got the oil changed in the Tahoe and then walked the dogs. . . . so we have had quite a productive day! Now we are looking online for furniture, planning a trip to CA and chilling out with our furbabies. Yeah, it has been a great day! I love long weekends :-)