Finally!

It's about dang time that FF gave me CHs!! I wasn't sure what was going on this cycle (we're unmedicated and between doctors), and to add to it all, mother nature threw me a nice cold to deal with about the same time as O. Once I put in my temp this morning, FF puts me at 5 DPO. Granted DH and I didn't have the best timing this cycle cuz I was so exhausted and sick, but who knows. We'll know in about 10 days if this cycle turns into our "holy crap!" lucky cycle. (Very wishful thinking...)

So I've been a little absent on the blogosphere lately. I'll blame this wonderful crappy house on it though. When we moved in, we had no grass in our front or back yards, an ugly bush (more like overgrown weed) nearly blocking our front door and a half-dead bush in the backyard. To make a long story short, I've been working my tush off. I put in patio blocks in an area of our backyard so that we actually have a place for our patio set. I also took it upon myself to remove the ugly bushes since the landscapers wouldn't. Add to that the fact that I built flower pot stands for the backyard (it needed some color out there!), and just yesterday got most of the yard reseeded. I'm so sick of doing yardwork!!

As for other things...DHs birthday is this weekend. I can't wait to give him his gift! I think he's going to be super stoked, or at least I hope he will be. I also have to find some time to make a cake for him. It's just not a birthday without a birthday cake. The only problem is that he doesn't have to work on Friday, and instead wants to have a fun relaxing day and check out the pool and bowling alley among other things. I may just have to get up in the middle of the night and make it. We'll see though. I'm a little apprehensive about making a cake in this altitude. My first batch of trial cookies tasted pretty good, but they were super flat - not something I was too happy with. I did break down and buy a high-altitude cookbook though and there's some good recipes in there, so maybe I'll try one of those.

I finally got a chance to meet with my primary doctor here at our new base. After 3 days of headaches just trying to set up an appointment, I finally got one. His nurse was one of the coldest impersonable people I've ever dealt with in a healthcare setting, but he was the complete opposite. He put in referrals for me for my GI issues and infertility as well as another, so now I'm just waiting to hear something back on that. It's been 2 weeks since I saw him and I still haven't heard back on the infertility one. I requested a local RE (who is approved through my insurance), and I'm not sure if that's the hold-up or what. All I can say is if they deny it and say that I can go to the army base for it, I'm going to throw a stink. All they are able to do at the army base is basically all that I was doing with my OB/GYN back in NoDak - Clomid and minor monitoring. I want to see someone who is able to do more than that. Heck, we've already done 4 cycles of Clomid with no luck, I think it's about time for us to see someone more specialized in the field!

Other than that, there's not too much to say. I've nearly bought all my riding gear so I can ride the motorcycle with DH. He's now convinced that I need to take the motorcycle safety course so I can then get my own bike and we can go riding together with our neighbors. I'm seriously thinking about it once I have all of my gear. Imagine me - a biker chick (minus the leather chaps. Not quite my thing..).

I'm going to try to keep my updates not so few and far between. No promises though!