Catch Up

I've been a little quiet.  Sunday did not go quite as expected.  I did get a day to myself, sadly I shared it with a hang over.  I don't know what it is about my bowling year end, but I have to remember to switch to water a little sooner.  Well, let's start with switching to water at some point in the evening.  Sunday was a complete write off.

On the plus side...

• We did get the patio furniture together
• Mr. Lina bought a storage box for the deck so we have a place for the cushions
• I did have a lot of fun at the bowling party
• Year end party means I get my winnings. 
• Somehow I ended up with the second highest prize money in our league.
• The majority of money won is based on your team, not individual.  My team did well and I won a singles award (high triple with handicap I think), mostly because in fairness, you can only win one award, so I probably came in third but the people above me won prizes worth more like high average or high single flat.
• Mr. Lina finally got his screening blood work done
• My thyroid levels came back high on Friday, so I went with him to get it rechecked
• Thyroid levels checked out fine on Saturday, still slightly elevated based on my Googles on the subject, but if the clinic says it's normal, I'll trust them
• I had the endometrial scratch and intralipids done yesterday
• Scratch was WAAAAY better than last year, more like an aggressive pap test
• Intralipids were not bad, but not as comfortable as last year
• I was the only one getting it done so they put me in an exam room, not the comfy leather chairs in the basement
• I couldn't get comfortable on the hard table
• IV had to go into my left hand, my right arm had too much bruising, my veins on my left are too deep
• They needed to check my blood pressure every half hour on my right arm which was towards the wall
• So I couldn't sleep with my IV hand tucked under me, so I'd try to nap with my right arm down but then I'd have to roll over for the blood pressure. 
• Last time I had a blood pressure cuff and in the chair they could access each arm, it was much easier to nap.
• Mr. Lina was a trooper and drove me to all my appointments
• Good thing too, when I got home from intralipids, I napped for 2.5 hours
• Probably a sign I shouldn't drive if I could sleep that long
• Next visit to the clinic isn't until Sunday, so a nice break of just taking my Estrace.

On the down side, since Mr. Lina was squiring me to appointments, I took my car in for an oil change, tire rotation, etc.  Apparently there were 3 or 4 other things wrong with it (I was given the full list between intralipids and the nap, I vaguely recall the conversation) so my car had to stay the night and I have a bill with roughly an extra decimal point from what I thought it would be.  My credit card is going to be doing the funky chicken pretty soon between the IVF, drugs (which I should get some money back from insurance, but right now it's on my card), intralipids ($750 each time) and now the car bill.  As much as I won a good chunk of change, it's not enough to put a big dent in those bills. 

And on the down side, I can't find my camera.  And I do have pictures I'd like to take.  Hrmph.  It HAS to be around here somewhere.