Photo Friday-Tranquility

My Girls-TranquilityOriginally uploaded by NotACrayon

I’m getting back in the game!

I was forced to use an old photo for this Photo Friday theme. With the nasty weather we’ve had lately and the funk I’ve been in with the flu on top of my deep loathing for my job I couldn’t come up with a single tranquil thing in my life this week.

I had to go all the way back to last spring. It was my last semester of undergrad. I was working on my thesis, preparing for my defense, studying for my finals and major field assessment test, relieved nothing happened to my brother at VT, gearing up for another (failed) TTC cycle, looking for a job, trying to decide what I wanted to do with the rest of my life, the list goes on and on. April 24th was one of the first really beautiful days of spring. The grass was finally turning green and the grey of winter was gone!

I came home from class last spring to find the house empty. I knew R was home, her car was in the driveway. After checking upstairs I went into the back yard and this is what I found. My girls were taking full advantage of the beautiful day by lounging in the sun belly up. I was jealous. I had a quick bite to eat, kissed my family goodbye, and headed back to campus.

Job Update

I am still miserable at work. I sent out several resumes and applied to a few jobs in my area. We live in a relatively small town and there are not a lot of places within a reasonable commute that employ chemists. I got a call this week about a job. It was in the same town where I’m working. I had a brief phone interview and the HR manager determined that I was overqualified for the job that I had applied for. She asked me if I would be interested in a different position. It pays more than I’m making now. It is actually in the area of chemistry that I focused on in school (current job is no where near it). Sounds great, right? There’s a huge problem. It’s about an hour from where we used to live in PA. I moved all the way down here to get asked to interview for my dream job where I used to live. I am still going in for an interview. I was planning on taking a trip to PA next weekend to visit some friends anyway. Now I’m taking a vacation day to drive up Thursday evening and interview Friday morning. If the pay is right and they offer relocation assistance I will consider moving.

R still hasn’t found a job in the area. She has 3 weeks of unemployment benefits left. We’re starting to sweat. She has even considered begging my dad for a job. She has had a few interviews in the past few weeks. One is very promising and she hopes she gets the job. It’s a state job so things take forever. They told her she should know if she got the job in a month.

R is convinced that as soon as she gets a job down here I will be offered the job in PA. I told her that I’d turn down the job in PA and keep looking in this area if that’s the case.

I hate my job

So remember that job that I loved 6 months ago? Well I can’t stand to be there anymore. I’m looking for another job. There’s not enough work coming through to keep even one chemist busy. There are three of us. I spend most days just staring at the wall.

You know it’s bad at work when your doctor tells you that your ankle may require surgery to repair ligaments that you tore when you broke your foot and sprained your ankle and you get excited because you won’t have to go into work for a few days.

Anyone in NC?

I talked about this in a previous post, but it’s getting so frustrating that I’m bringing it up again. We’re having trouble finding a doctor in our area. There are plenty of doctors, but they won’t work with us! They refuse to perform IUIs or even fill out a medical release form to for a sp.εrm bank if you are not legally married. I would be legally married if I could. We’re so frustrated. We have a donor picked out. We want to start trying again soon. We want to go ahead and order the chromosomes. My midwife says she has heard of someone in Grεεnsb0r0 that is willing to perform IUIs on unmarried women. I have been making phone calls. I have been told many times that they can’t help me. I have not received a single apology. I have left messages with other doctors. They aren’t returning my calls. I know there are doctors in the Trιαnglε area, Chαrl0ttε, Ashεvιllε, and Wιlmιngton; we just don’t want to have to drive that far. I would have to miss a full day of work for every appointment. I have a limited number of vacation days at work since I have only been here 6 months. They would only last for 2 cycles of IUIs. Then where would we be?

So I’m forced to beg…If any of my readers are in NC (especially the Triad area), know anyone in NC, read a blog of someone in NC (you get the picture) that has been TTC and is not legally married please let me know. You can send them my email if you’re uncomfortable giving out their info. Send them a link to the blog. They can comment anonymously. I just need the name of a doctor.

 I’m really regretting moving here. This isn’t the only reason, but I’ll have to talk about it in another post.