Catch-Up

So I'll try to make this short and sweet.  Key word - try.  No guarantees though.

Thanksgiving was fun.  We went to my parents and spent the weekend there.  My best friend from high school also got married during that time, so we celebrated with them too.  Amazingly, we decided to do Black Friday shopping and it was completely manageable!  I was shocked!  Not to mention we got almost all of our shopping done that day.  In fact as of now, I think we're completely done with Christmas shopping!  It's odd...I've never been done this early before.

So for Thanksgiving, my brother drove to Texas to bring his ex-fiance back to SoDak.  She's actually a lot nicer than my brother depicted her back when they were dating/engaged.  We got some quality bonding time in while we scrubbed the walls at my brother's new place (which is a complete dump).

So the job that I had a phone interview and real interview for, I ended up having a third interview last week.  This time I met with the recruiter who actually makes the decision for the office I think.  At the end of that interview, I was told they'd have an answer in the next couple of days.  That was last Wednesday.  Here it is over a week later, and I still haven't heard anything from them.  *sigh*  I'm beginning to really dislike job hunting.

This past week, Hubby and I traveled to Texas for our Orientation meeting to start IVF.  Aside from crappy weather, our GPS taking us to the completely wrong area, and an extra couple of hours of driving time, we made it there safely.  I was pretty excited for the orientation because I thought that meant we'd really get the ball rolling and be well on our way to starting IVF soon.  Yeah, that so wasn't the case.

One of the doctors did the meeting and basically went over everything that I already knew when pertaining to IF.  I was a little bored, but then I realized that not everyone in that room was to the point that we are.  A lot of couples were, but not everyone.  I did learn that they are not able to do FET or PGD screening.  I also learned that the meeting was basically an introduction to their abilities and limits as a facility.  Then we got the wonderful news - we'd have to do an initial consult with a doctor before they'd even put us on the waiting list for IVF.  Say what!?!?!!?  Hubby and I weren't pleased.  Here we had traveled over 15 hours to find out that the 20 minute meeting was nothing.  And we were told we had to attend before we'd even get on the waiting list.  During Q&A time, I asked Dr. K. if there was a possibility that we could do monitoring closer to home or if we had to stay there.  Yeah, that was a big fat no.  However, that did help.

As most of the couples were filling out the questionaires to get started with the whole initial appointment stuff, Hubby and I discussed what doing things there really meant.  Basically it meant we'd have to make another piddly trip down there to meet with an RE just to see if we could do IVF.  Then, we'd have to wait another 6-8 months before we could start any treatments.  So we'd probably be twiddling our thumbs for a year before anything would get done.  We debated if we just wanted to spend the extra money (okay, it's like 5x higher) to see an RE closer to home.  We also discussed trying to meet with a co-worker of Hubby's and his wife to see how their IF treatments are and if they like the facility/doctor where they go.  Meanwhile, Dr. K. came over to us and asked where we lived.  We told him Col.o.ra.do and he seemed pretty surprised that we'd drive that far.  He was super nice though.  He stood and talked to us for awhile and, come to find out, he actually knows my doctor that referred me to him - they applied for residencies together.

But anyways...Dr. K asked us if we had come all the way down there just for the meeting and we replied "Yeah."  He then asked if we had anything planned for the rest of the day, which we didn't.  Then, to our shock and surprise, he asked us if we wanted to do our initial consultation that afternoon so we didn't have to come all the way back down for another short trip - we'd be all set and ready for IVF.  I looked at Hubby and we instantly agreed - heck yeah!!

I didn't have any med records with me, so we basically went off the questionaire and the discussion with Dr. K.  He did an ultrasound and everything looked good.  (What's funny about that is the other RE walked in while Dr. K. was doing the scan.  Great way to meet a doctor while your naked as a jay-bird and laying on a table with your legs spread and the love wand shoved up your hoo-ha.  haha!)

So now the ball's in my court.  I have to get all my records, surgery pictures, and HSG films and send them to them.  I'm hoping that I'll be able to scan everything and e-mail it to Dr. K.  He said once they get all the records, the team will review them and see if opening my tubes would be a possibility or if there was another treatment plan they could do before they jump straight to IVF.  However, he was also going to put us on the IVF list for August 2010.  (Hubby is supposed to be deploying for most of 2010 once again.  Hence the long wait.  Otherwise, it would have been in March or April when we could have started.)  He said that most of our stuff should be able to be taken care of via e-mail and then the next time we go down there, we'll be all set to start IVF.  I'm so excited!!

So that's been the majority of what I haven't blogged about lately.  It seems like I've been running all over the place and not getting too much accomplished.  This time of year always seems to make me feel that way.

Until next time...

I have an interview! (updated)

Just thought I'd drop a super quick note...I have a phone interview today!!  Or at least that's what I think it is.  A lady called me regarding one of my applications that I submitted a little over a week ago.  She wants to talk to me for a few minutes about the position!  Yay!!  I'm going to call her in a few hours (there's a little bit of a time difference), but I'll try to post an update once the convo is done!

It's a great day!!

~*~*~*~ Update ~*~*~*~

So I just got off the phone a few minutes ago.  Bascially, it was a prelim interview, which is what I figured it probably would be.  I now have an official interview and test on Friday.  Whodathunk there would be a test for a receptionist position??  Interesting...  But yeah, so I have my offiicial interview on Friday and we'll go from there! 

I have totally been absent.

But not from blog-world.  I haven't posted on here (despite me having a lot to write about), but I've certainly tried to keep up with everyone else's blogs.

So here's yet another bulleted updated version:

• On Halloween, I celebrated my 25th.  The big 2-5.  On Friday, hubby invited the neighbors over and we made homemade pizza.  Granted since it was my b-day dinner (a little early), I wasn't supposed to help.  But Hubby's time-management skills in the kitchen leave something to be desired.  On Saturday, I thought I would relax and just enjoy my day.  Yeah, that didn't happen.  That night, a bunch of young couples/young people from church were getting together for a Halloween party.  I know that a couple of people in our circle have food allergies and their choices of food would be limited for that night.  So I decided to make a graveyard cake using stuff they can eat.  Here's how it turned out:

From the front

A side view

An overhead shot (don't ask me why it's yellow...Hubby took this pic)

• For our costumes, Hubby was a Redneck (for like 10 minutes - the hat, hair, and teeth were bugging him) and I went as a more conservative school girl.  We didn't get a very good picture of the two of us, but here's a not so great pic anyway:

I had the white stockings and black shoes to go with it all too.

And that's not a beer in Hubby's hand.  He was drinking IBC rootbeer all night.

• Last week, we got a phone call from the IVF clinic.  Our referral was approved!!  I was so excited to hear that, and hear that shortly after being told it would take probably a month to hear back from them.  Either way, the next step for us is to attend an orientation meeting at their office.  We have to do that before we can even be put on the waiting list for a consult.  That's okay though.  I'll drive the 18 hours to go see Texas.  It's not quite as beautiful as Colorado, but maybe I'll be able to wear shorts again!  haha  Oh yeah, and the waiting list isn't 6-8 months as they state on their recording...it's only 4 months!!  Granted, Hubby may be deployed at that time, but maybe he won't be.  Either way, I was excited for that call and the great news it brought!
• I decided to quit waiting on that other job that I interviewed for.  Even though it would pay excellent and from what I've been told the staff are a great bunch of people to work with, I'm getting tired of sitting around day after day doing nothing.  I applied for a couple of different jobs, so it's once again a waiting game (the story of my life).  I'm just hoping to have a job soon.  With the holidays coming up and now the IVF thing, that extra paycheck would come in handy.
• Our dryer decided to quit working.  It's nearly brand new (we've had it for a little under 4 years), but it just decided to stop in the middle of a cycle.  I wasn't impressed.  Our laundry has piled up over the past few days.  Thank goodness we bought an extended warranty/repair plan.  The repair guy came today and we found out that the thermostat fuse was blown which is why it wouldn't start at all.  The nearly $140 bill didn't come out of pockets at all, and the warranty repair plan paid for itself, with just this one little thing!  So the rest of my day will probably be spent doing the 18 piles of laundry we've accumulated.  Lucky me!
• I have officially joined the worship team at our church.  Singing has always been something I've truly enjoyed, and it's been a few years since I've been on a worship team.  I've missed it, and since we have a great team at our current church, I decided to join up!  After a month of 7:30am practices on Sunday morning, I will finally have a chance to actually perform on Sunday.  Then, I'm gonna sleep in and enjoy it!  haha
• I've gone back to temping.  I think Hubby's not to happy with me on it all, but I figured that since my cycles are so messed up, it's nice to at least have somewhat of an idea when AF is going to show.  This month though, I think FF is wrong.  According to my chart, I O'd on my own on CD13 which puts me at 10 DPO today.  My body is saying something completely different.  I have absolutely no post-O symptoms, which I haven't had since I actually had the HCG trigger.  My boobs don't hurt, I'm not bloated, I'm not all that moody, nothing.  It's very odd.  I guess I'll have to see if AF comes on either Monday or Thursday next week.  I'll keep temping until then, but I really don't have a lot of faith in FF right now.

And I know I have a couple of awards to pass on too.  I'll get to that eventually.  Right now though, I hear laundry beckoning to me, not to mention the errands I need to run too.

Sorry this post got so long!!

Kate, for some odd reason I can't leave comments on your blog, but I had something I wanted to share with you in response to your last post.  Could you possibly email me or leave your email in a comment?  I won't publish it.  TIA!!