I feel like I have nothing interesting to report, so I haven't exactly felt like writing anything.
Currently, my life consists of:
1. work. It's good because it's keeping me really busy, but on the reverse side it's bad because it's keeping me really busy.
2. cleaning, cooking, etc. You know, wifely duties. I've written about the frustrations I have with these time consuming tasks before, so no need to rehash. I don't have anyone to help with the cleaning because I am, oh, what is the word, a freak? The thought of someone else coming in my house and cleaning kind of bothers me. And what if they let the cats out? Or don't clean in the exact fashion I would if I were home to actually do the cleaning, which I am not? As a result, I mostly bitch about the perceived squalor of the house (which I am assured by D that we do not live in squalor per se, but more of an indifference to mess) and then do nothing. I am told that it is a very attractive character trait.
3. thinking about our upcoming IVF which is approaching faster by the day. Literally.
Current obsessions include, but are not limited to:
a. Should I stop drinking caffeine now and switch to raspberry leaf tea full time?
b.What about acupuncture?
c. Dairy yes or no?
d.Wheat yea or nay?
e.Metformin?
f. Alcohol?
g.Exercise that is moderate in intensity (which always feels like a waste of time to me. If I'm going to run, I am going to run, not dodder around like I'm afraid of myself).
h. Organic meats and produce consistently?
i. Yoga?
j.Meditation?
k. No artificial sweeteners?
l. A trip to Tibet to have my hypothalamic-pituitary-ovarian-axis blessed by the Dali Lama?
The 90 day egg development rule states that with the exception of (l) that yes, I should have stopped or started doing or taking the appropriate measures listed above but have I done any of them? Um, no. In some ways, I really wish I'd never read The Infertility Cure. It made me too hypervigilant about things I could only fully control if I quit working and pursued getting pregnant full time. I'm not so sure that would be a good idea either.
4. The holidays are coming up. I am not feeling sorry for myself that we don't have any children because I am too busy figuring out how to convince family that we need to stop exchanging gifts and donate to a worthy cause of the recipient's choosing in his or her name. Of course, we would still purchase gifts for the kids, but the adults? It seems kind of silly and overblown. We don't really need anything. It feels ridiculous to me to ask for things just for the sake of having something to open on Christmas. With the exception of D, I think I might be the only one who feels this way. We'll see how it goes.
How about you? How do you feel about the holidays and gift giving?
Saturday, November 17, 2007
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I was thinking the same thing the other day! I received an info packet from an international adoption agency and thought...Really, wouldn't it be so much more fulfilling to donate $$ to help build a house in Ethiopia where these poor orphans could live and play, instead of spending hundreds of dollars on crap? I'm right with ya on this one.
I also agree with you.
In my family a few years ago we agreed to scale down on gifts - we exchange "stocking stuffers" of $20 or less. Then we all pitch in to put together a Christmas Hamper for an underprivileged family. (There's a local group that organizes it.) So, we still have Christmas gift opening AND we get to go shopping - for our hamper family.
Oh crap, Christmas.
I'd forgotten that people quite reasonably expect me to get them things about this time of year.
Off go I to battle the hoards in the shops. I may be some time....
J
well, as it happens the dali lama is in town. maybe have him bless the ute?
accunpcture is awfully relaxing even if it doesn't immediately fix the baby making. which it very well may.
i think it would help if you came over and drank a glass of wine with me.
it's christina. fvkin blogger won't let me in!
I was like "hmm, random anonymous commenter wants me to drink with - oh, it's christina." You scared me a teeny bit there.
Oh yeah. Acupuncture is totally relaxing and I'm actually starting back here soon, week after tgiving probably. I've just got to make the time, meaning leave work in time to get there.
I gave up acupuncture because I was so stressed trying to fit in the time to get there etc. I then spent the hour stressing about what I should be getting on with. I reckoned it was kind of counter productive!
Hi. I stumbled on to your site and I'm currently on my second year of trying to convince my family about cutting back on Christmas gifts. None of us really need anything and my nephews are too old to believe in Santa.
Acupuncture... I just started right before this cycle (currently attempting IVF #2) and I find it relaxing. I would try just about anything at this point (except snake venom). ;-)
I vote for sticking with acu (no pun intended) and doing whatever else you want to on your list. Crossing off those you don't want to entertain doing.
As for the holidays, we stopped exchanging gifts between us years ago. Instead, we go skiing. We always have better Christmas memory that way. We still send gifts to our 12 (12!) nieces and nephews, though.
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