Hockey Game

The doctor I worked with for the past 3 years (Sales Rep job) called me Saturday morning to see if the Wife and I would like to go to the hockey game that night. His wife wanted to go to another event so they wouldn't be going. I asked if I could discuss with the Wife and give him a call back. My Wife was still in the waking up stage of the morning but I went to her bedside and asked if she'd like to go. We had already made plans to go Christmas shopping, but after discussing, we could just change which mall we went to and still get things accomplished. I called the doctor back and told him we'd take them! He said he would leave them in his mailbox, he later text me he moved them under the snowman on their front porch so the mailman wouldn't take them.

We went downtown to the mall for a quick Christmas shopping stop, then to Whole Foods to use some of the BOGO and FREEBIE coupons I had received from my Wife's friend in Wisconsin for gluten free food. www.getmeglutenfree.blogspot.com We took in the free samples the store offered and perused each aisle discovering new foods and wondering how we would like different things. I love that store, and wish we could afford to buy our groceries from there 100% of the time. That just can't happen.

We took the groceries home then drove out to the doctors house to pick up the tickets. In the meantime the doc had text me there would be 4 tickets in the envelope. We started texting some friends asking if anyone would like to go. Everyone had plans or were out of town. I finally told my Wife I was going to ask CJC if she wanted to go. I follow her on twitter, because she's a singer. She's the daughter and granddaughter of musical legends. She loves sports, and she's overall a kick-ass girl. I sent her a DM and also a tweet. She responded she wanted to go. WOW! What better place to MIRL a twitter-friend? She brought a guy-friend with her that she's known since middle school. I was calmer than I thought I'd be...and I never mentioned anything about her family or her royalty bloodline. I am so starstruck, but I did well, I think. Why I get such a kick out of feeling like I "know" celebrities, I have know clue. Maybe a therapist could shed some light on that.

I am getting excited for Christmas!

I have not forgotten to chart my BBT once! So far it looks to be consistent with what my temp is "supposed" to do each month. I hope I am consistent each month so we can narrow our "window" down.

Our work department volunteered to gather new clothes for a needy family for Christmas. I volunteered to take care of the scarves (four girls). I usually don't donate for things like this, but something was pulling at my heartstrings to help someone less fortunate than myself this year. It made me feel good. I hope the girls like the scarves.

Speaking of scarves, my MIL got me a genuine lambswool Burberry scarf for my birthday. I.LOVE.IT!! I've wanted one ever since I walked into my first Burberry store in Chicago about four years ago. Such a classic item to have in a wardrobe. I'll have to be careful to store it so that moths don't get into it.

BBT

I started tracking my BBT yesterday, as instructed by the chart. 96.63 for the first two days. My chart doesn't go below 97 degrees, but I extended the lines down the page and made it work. I am curious to see how much my temperature rises closer to ovulation.

I survived my first week as a full time employee. I now have benefits. It's very bittersweet for me. I am going to miss my days off...but I love knowing I have GOOD health insurance, a dental plan, and life insurance. We are getting a new group of docs after the first of the year. The new changes they will bring make me nervous but I am going to rely on my good work ethic and hope it pays off to keep my job.

We are going Christmas shopping this weekend, and also going to decorate for the holidays. I love this time of year. I will be working Christmas day this year, which will be much different than the past three years. I get off a day later in the week, and also an additional day within 90 days of the holiday. Yay! Oh wait...I'll probably be sitting in the dentist chair getting a crown and 4 cavities fixed. Ugh!

I love my wife.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS, MERRY CHRISTMAS, and HAPPY HANUKAH!

What Marriages are Made Of

My wife went to a Christmas Village event today with her aunt. Christmas Village is where vendors set up their homemade goods/crafts and sell them. It's a local fundraiser. When she got home...she gave me a surprise...one of my FAVORITE desserts! A pumpkin roll. This is what is left...I should have taken a picture before I ate it. Oops!

This is the kind of thing that keeps a marriage together....always thinking of the other ONE. Very sweet and makes me so glad I married her. They say it's the little things...and this is one I will add to the list.

Cryobanks

California Cryobank....Midwest Sperm Bank...Xytex....Fairfax....Cryogenic Laboratories....Northwest Cryo....

and that's just to name a few.

My birthday is a week away. 33. That used to sound so mature and "PERFECT". What is expected of a 33 year old? I'm happy...going to start a new job on the 28th....and looking to start our family. Maybe it is PERFECT, after all.

xoxo

Bryan Adams

"Still feels like our first night together..."

I always thought that was the cheesiest of lyrics...until I lived them. Sometimes when I look at her, I immediately go back 2+ years ago...various places...Vegas, Chicago, Wisconsin, or even at home...looking deep into her soul and letting her know I'm never going anywhere. Butterflies. I believe they call it soul gazing in the psychology books. It does something supernatural like I have never experienced.

I hate when people constantly announce how much they are in love on social media sites so I'm going to write it here where few people read. I love being in love.

Baby

As we were eating dinner Saturday night...my Wife said to me "maybe we could start trying for a baby in my birthday month (May) 2012" I wanted to jump on top of the table and start dancing!! 6 months. That's 6 months to take folic acid, get rid of any toxins that might be in my body, get all the information on 2nd parent adoption, find a cryobank, and find a donor....oh, and read about what to do with a baby while I'm carrying it and then once it gets here.

I'm SO excited!!!!!

I was talking to my mom on the phone the other day and she was telling me about my aunt (J) and her son (R) not getting along recently. I believe they are having a family feud over some land. Another aunt (S) was apparently discussing (gossiping) about it all and made mention that my Aunt J had not always been kind to her son, R, and that it's a shame they are treating each other this way.

Then my aunt S much have also felt compelled to add this, referring to MY parents: "I know you did everything you could for your girls and then they turn out the way they did."

I have fumed over this for several days. I want to email my mom and ask her #1 did she tell me this to be hurtful #2 why would she feel the need to tell me something like that AT ALL ?

Then today I got an email forward from mom about Christmas and how Jesus is taken out of the holiday by the market and how you should be good this holiday season because God is watching. The email also made mention of how we shouldn't just say Happy Holidays to someone but rather tell them Merry Christmas. It mentioned how the retailers promote Kwanza and Ramadan. When I receive emails like this, it nauseates me. Seriously, I start feeling a tightness in my stomach and I want to just scream!

I realize my parents are never going to change...they will always be fundamentalist Christians, and I respect that, but I really wish they would stop emailing me forwards like that. Maybe I should start sending them LGBT email forwards.

I told my Wife the other day I wish I could somehow magically kill myself but not really die. I'd just like the drama of them knowing THEY were the reason and how ridiculous they are. I'd never do something so selfish, or even think about it, but I wish I could get thru to them. I don't know that even something that shocking would work...they still wouldn't be the parents I hope for.

I can only hope that I break the cycle and pass on love and understanding to our children. I want them to be so proud of me as a mother. I want them to think I'm the best mother in the world. I can't honestly say that about mine...and it makes me very, very sad.

Happy Holidays. *evil grin*