Pass the Soup

I can fully admit that generally when it comes to illness and pain, I am a wimp.  However, the last few days have really knocked me off my feet.  I lasted a whole 30 minutes before being asked to leave work.  So for now I'm enjoying my day of napping.
In other news, we have gas!  Natural gas is pumping through lines and into the appropriate appliances. It only took nearly a month, $320 in supplies, and eight trips by the utility workers to find out the regulator on the outside of the house was broke the entire time.  The good news is everything but two feet of piping has been replaced and should be leak free for quite some time. We are happy to finally be taking showers that don't require boiling water on the stove.
Liz has been promoted and is now working as both a nurse educator and charge nurse.  I admire how hard she works.  She is a great nurse and I know she will make a big difference in the hospital.  I could go on and on about her.  I love my wife with all my heart.  She treats me so well, and I am incredibly lucky to have her in my life.
We are hoping to narrow down our donor choices this weekend. AF keeps popping around and confusing me.  I had such textbook cycles before and since we started TTC my organs have revolted. We're so excited to get started again. The overanalysis has already started and we aren't officially in a cycle yet.

Hurry up and wait

So it's been a little while. There has been tons of things going on around here which leaves minimal time to blog. First, I turned in my resignation at the small pet health store where I groom. I will be going back the "big box" store that I started at. There are numerous reasons why I need to do this but it all works out to one category. This is for my family present and future.  I need the money, security, and benefits. Liz works her tail off and it's time for me to pick up some slack. Second, my mom will be moving out of our house on saturday.  Which will lead to some serious home renovation and reorganization. Probably the biggest change is that we are on a ttc hiatus. We have to address some financial issues before we sink more money into ttc.  Also it'll be nice to settle into the new job, renewed house, and enjoy each other before starting another rollercoaster.  I will be posting a more put together entry soon. It has been hard to look at the ttc, fertility, and sperm bank group. I'm very happy for the ladies that are doing well, but it's rough knowing it's not our time.