We Are Not Dead!

G-d, it’s been a long time since I updated. Things have been so crazy around here that I haven’t had any time to be online. I can’t believe how much time I used to spend online. I don’t even know if there is anyone out there that still cares about what’s going on with us.

What all has happened since November?

•  We found a house and moved in the week before Thanksgiving.
• I broke my foot 3 weeks after we moved in. I have been in a walking cast for the past 7 weeks and probably will be in it for at least another month. It may require surgery to repair soft tissue damage in my ankle.
• R still hasn’t found a job but is half way through her Master’s program.
• Our possible donor had some major life changing events occur in December and still has not decided if he can help us out.
• We decided to have a wedding in December and have thrown ourselves into planning for that. It has worked somewhat to alleviate the TTC stress.
• I am not really enjoying my job anymore and am looking into NC teacher’s certification in chemistry.
• We are still shopping for donors. We have narrowed it down to a bank and have a short list of donors that we like.
• I have ovulated each month on my own since Nov. It’s exciting! We will begin TTC with my body if R hasn’t conceived by August.
• We have found that there are few, if any, doctors in our area that are willing to do insems for non-traditional couples. My midwife doesn’t perform insems and said that she doesn’t know of any doctors in the area that will perform an insem for a nonmarried woman. Anyone know if someone that has a doctor in the Triad area of NC? Email me and let me know!

Back in the Game

It is day 3 of Cl0mid. We have tentative plans with our donor for next Wednesday. He is free from Monday through Thursday if Wednesday isn’t good. It feels so good to be back in the game.

Things are really up in the air on the house front. We didn’t get the rent/purchase option house. Apparently over 50 people applied and they were able to narrow it down to 4. Then they chose the first person that saw the house. We were number 2. I am upset, but maybe something better will come along. One of my dad’s friends is a house fl!pper. He has a few houses now. He is willing to do a rent/purchase option with us. He is going house hunting in the area this weekend for us. He knows we want at least 3 bedrooms, a big kitchen, and a good sized yard, preferably fenced in, but we could do that ourselves if we needed to.

I am still loving my job. I did more work today than I did all last week. They are trusting me to work on my own now. R was supposed to transfer down here with her company. She went through all the proper channels and the manager for this area was supposed to call her last week to let her know when and where she was starting. She never called though. R has left messages for her daily and nothing. R did find 5 jobs this week that she has applied for, but we’re really worried since both of us are relying on her job for our health insurance.

R is finally down here with me. Our furry kids are here too. It is really cramped at my mom’s house and we hope to find somewhere else to live VERY soon.

Hopefully something goes right for us soon…