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erin — Thu, 20 May 2010 04:13:12 +0000

Things have been busy for the past few days, sorry for the lack of posts and comments on your blogs. Briefly, here’s what I’ve been up to:

A *ton* of teaching jobs were recently posted for next year and I have been applying like crazy. It is a long process and I have to apply for all of them within a week, so that is where most of my time has gone.
I have now done four lupron injections. And, as an update on an earlier post, it is going quite fine. Fear of needles (at least the teeny, tiny lupron ones) is gone. Actually, I kind of oddly look forward to the injections each morning – both for the structure they provide (did I mention I love structure?) as well as the sense that I am doing something proactive that will help get me closer to a baby.
My pup Cassie has a ton of allergies and will need to start allergy shots. I am a bit sad for her, but mostly relieved that her allergies will require shots – they have been really bad and if the test results said they weren’t bad enough to require shots, I wasn’t sure where we would go next. My other pup, Zoe, gets allergy shots and after about a year is doing fantastic with them. She is almost off her allergy meds.
Only four more BCPs left. I will not miss them.
My suppression check is scheduled for next Thursday, the 27th.
I got offered a job teaching summer school (kindergarten) this year! Sooo excited.
Plus, I will be an Area Leader at my favorite queer camp for one of its lovely weeks this summer. Again, sooo excited.
Lupron keeps your pituitary from producing hormones and its been nice and relaxing not to have *any* mood swings (though also odd not to have any strong emotions at all.)
My stepbrother announced his engagement to his (conservative Christian but very sweet) fiance and their wedding *this August.* This caused a lot of family drama (because of the quick turn-around, need for people to adjust schedules when doing so wasn’t always possible, etc.) It seems to all be worked out now.
For my last three BFNs from IUIs (Jan, Feb, and March), I bought myself something as a bit of a consolation prize. The last one, kin.der eggs (which I fell in love with when living in Germany) finally arrived, imported from Canada, after a much too long wait (due to poor customer service, etc., that eventually caused me to cancel my order and place a new one with a different company.) But they. are. here. Only they don’t taste as good as the German ones, so my little sis, who is in Deutschland right this minute, is sending me some good German ones.

Thanks so much for all your kind comments about my post on “deserving” a baby. They are much appreciated and it is so wonderful to have people out there who understand. I’m in a bit of a better place right now (helped, no doubt, by the lupron-induced lack of strong emotions.)

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erin — Thu, 13 May 2010 02:31:50 +0000

She spent the day at the vet after being sick yesterday evening and night. They had to give her subcutaneous fluids that make her look like a camel (even moreso than you can tell in these pictures.) Poor baby.

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erin — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 02:31:07 +0000

Happy Pet Parents Day (actually yesterday 4.27)! Okay, its probably a holiday created for the sole purpose of feeding off consumerism … but I’m happy to celebrate it without buying anything.

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erin — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 20:01:50 +0000

“I’m ignoring you.”

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erin — Wed, 14 Apr 2010 19:48:51 +0000

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My girls in one of their favorite spots!

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$500 Chicken Dinner

erin — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 01:30:34 +0000

I’ve been vegetarian for about ten years. In that time, I only ate chicken on a trip to Italy, because I wasn’t sure what gluten free food I would find. In all that time, I never had any craving for meat. Not once. Yet for the past week, ever since visiting my lovely locally-owned co-op grocery store, I have had an intense craving for the chicken dinner they were selling in their deli section. After debating about it for most of the week and then getting my negative pregnancy results, I decided to go ahead and get it. I needed some cheering up after the preggo results. So yesterday afternoon I went out and treated myself.

After I ate it, I buried the bones in the kitchen trash (to keep them away from the pups) and headed out to meet my friend A for tea. (Tea was lovely, by the way, and it was great to see her – and learn she’s thinking of becoming a history teacher!) I returned home, was pretty exhausted, and went to sleep early. I didn’t step foot in the kitchen.

This morning, I got up, let the dogs out and discovered they had left me a little surprise in the middle of the kitchen: the bag I had buried the chicken bones in. And just the bag. As for the bones, they now live inside my two sweet pups. I called the vet and this afternoon took my girls in to get exams and X-Rays. It turns out Miss Zoe ate most of the bones. I am now quarantined in my house until further notice (minus school tomorrow when the girls will be at the vet) so I can observe them. Apparently should they start vomiting, they need to get surgery *immediately.* They seem to be doing okay for now, and I am crossing my fingers that everything comes out the other end okay.

So, let’s recap. I had my chicken dinner. And then, in response, I get two sick pups, a $500 vet bill, and am not allowed to leave the house. Think someone is trying to tell me something? I sure won’t be eating any more chicken anytime soon!

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BFN – and way early, too :(

erin — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 06:31:22 +0000

Yup, not-so-lovely Aunt Flo appeared this evening. This is only cd25, only 11 days after I inseminated. I really thought I might be pregnant this time – had all the cramping and bloating I had with my chemical pregnancy this summer – and actually got my hopes up a bit, so Aunt Flo’s arrival this time is harder than usual.

I am definitely going to call my doctor on Tuesday (tomorrow if they’re open) and insist that they actually run some tests because clearly something is wrong.

In happier news, Zoe started her allergy shots. She’s only had 3 so far but already seems to be doing better! She’s significantly less itchy and hasn’t coughed all weekend. This could be coincidence (they said not to expect any progress for the first 6 months), but I’m going with it.

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like mother, like … pup

erin — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 17:08:07 +0000

My sweet Miss Zoe has been diagnosed with a number of allergies. You may remember that she has had ongoing health problems. Well, she’s also had a cough since she was about one (she’s now four). Vets kept saying it must be kennel cough, they’d treat her for it and it wouldn’t make a difference. She also has very itchy skin and gets dandruff. Last fall, she was having some kidney problems and her new vet took an X-Ray of her stomach. It happened to also include her chest, and the vet found that she had a slight inflamation: Asthma. So that’s what’s caused her coughing all these years. Anyway, eventually she got tested for allergies and will start allergy shots in another week or so.

I have many, many allergies, so I definitely feel for her! I’m just glad we finally figured out what was causing the problem. She’s on a steroid/anti-histamine right now, but my hope – and the vet’s – is that she won’t need it long-term as a result of the allergy shots. I was also surprised to learn that dogs can be allergic to people! She’s not, thankfully, though she is allergic to cats.

By the way, as I’m writing this, I’m listening to a story on NPR about perfume for dogs. Definitely *not* something I will be spending my money on. They just interviewed a vet who said, well, you should be careful because it can interfere with the dogs’ sense of smell. Seriously, folks, I know dogs can smell bad at times, but perfume?!?

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First Snow!

erin — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 03:57:22 +0000

Seattle had its first snow of the season yesterday and today. When I lived in Maine, we would get sick of the snow by the end of the winter. In Seattle, though, we usually only get snow once or twice a year, so it’s always a real treat. Someone forgot to tell the city that, and so we are notoriously unprepared for snow and wind storms. We’ll take rain any day of the year, but give us a bit of snow and the whole city falls apart. It is fun, though, and reminds me of growing up in Jersey.

When I got home last night, I let the dogs out to play in it. Here’s a video of them on the back deck. It’s also (dog trainer hat *on*) a great example of dogs playing well together -- my younger pup, Cassie (the tricolor one), has especially beautiful play skills. Enjoy!

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Happy Birthday to the pup

erin — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 00:01:11 +0000

Zoe’s fourth birthday was on September 1st. The sweet girl had what I think was a lovely day. She spent most of it with me (a *big* plus for her) and got a new rope-ball toy. She promptly chewed the ball off and tore it into bits. She’s been playing with the rope ever since.

Happy birthday, sweet girl.

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