Cancun Update (LONG)

Thursday
We got out of bed at 2:45 AM and got ready. Left our house by 3:30 to head to the airport. Didn't have any problems at the airport although we almost had someone miss the plane b/c apparently right after we went though the line to go through security got huge and it took them about an hour to get through it. We had some turbulents coming in to land, but overall it wasn't a bad flight. Once we got to Mexico it was definitely a whole different world. The humidity was horrendous. When you go outside you instantly are sweating. I thought my husband was a crazy driver, these people are worse. There maybe be only 2 lanes, but they drive fast and pass on the shoulder if they have to. Wow! On the way to our resort we stopped at the liquor store to get some beer. Our driver talked to us, too and told us some places to go, etc. The resort was awesome!!! When we got there, we checked in and they gave us wrist bands that we had to wear the entire time. We headed to our room, unpacked fast and got our suits on and headed to the pool. We spent the afternoon in the pool drinking frozen drinks, relaxing and chatting with the others. Around 6:00 we headed to the room to get ready for dinner. We had dinner at this Japanese place. It was good. We had sushi rolls, chicken kabobs, bananas on a stick coated w/ cheese and fried & egg rolls for appetizer. After dinner we sat and talked for a while then headed back to our room as we were exhausted.

Friday
We got up early, since our alarm went off at 6:00 am. (We didn't set it either) We had breakfast and walked along the beach past the other side of the hotel. The "other side" is actually the topless side although they did linger onto our side a little. Anyway, we went to the tennis court and played around a little. We played for a little bit, but we were dripping with sweat and I think the heat was getting the best of me, so I sat down and Eric played a few games with the guy running the courts. After that we headed back to the pool and couldn't wait to get in. At 1:00 I headed back for my spa treatments. I started out with this hydrotherapy thing that was free to anyone. Basically, it went like this... First you go in a talk a shower, then put a robe on over your swimsuit. You sit in the steam room w/ eucalyptus for 5-10 minutes, get out and take a COLD shower, then sit in the sauna for 5-10 minutes. Get out, walk through the cold whirlpool, then sit in the hot whirlpool for a bit, then sit in the foot spa for a bit. Then they come to get you and talk you to a different level where your spa is. My first treatment was the cool mud therapy. I had gotten some sun that morning, so she was leery of me doing it. I said go ahead and it was great except the first thing they do is put these gloves on that are like hard sponge and rub all over your body. Then they put the mud on, you shower, then she puts some oils or lotion on you or something. Next was my 80 min theraputic massage. She was a little rough and really got some of my tension out. I had a headache when I got out of there b/c I was clenching my teeth. I did feel very relaxed though, so that's a plus. Finally I had a deluxe pedicure. Why didn't anyone ever tell me what I was missing? It was great. I definitely think I'll keep that up monthly now. After I finished we headed up to our room to shower and get ready for dinner. That night we ate at an italian place and it was pretty good. After dinner we headed back to the bar and hung out there for a while. Everyone was exhausted though so we went to our room and went to bed.

Saturday
We slept in a little although we were both sunburnt from the day before so we were a little sore. We met up with some others and headed to Playa de Carma for some market shopping. We didn't buy much and since we were with other people we didn't get to see as much as we would have if we were alone. Eric was also disappointed b/c he wanted to eat at Senor Frogs and none of the others would b/c they were scared of getting sick. All-in-all, we probably should have went to the market by ourself, but o'well. When we got back we headed up to our room and ordered room service and enjoyed the whirlpool. Later, we did some souvenir shopping and took pics. We met up with some people and Eric played some pool volleyball. I didn't have my suit on, nor did I want any more sun, so I just soaked my feet on the side of the pool and chatted with the ladies. We had dinner at Japanese again, which was fine b/c it was good.

Sunday
We got up early and had breakfast with another couple then had to check out at 8:00 am and meet our van at 8:30 for a ride to the airport. Everyone in our group got their bags gone through except us, which was good b/c we were also the only ones who were smuggling anything in. Nothing bad though. We landed in Atlanta and as soon as we landed it started storming. We had a 2 hour delay b/c we had to go through customs and stuff, but our flight ended up getting delayed another 2 1/2 hours. We didn't get home until a little after 9. We got home to find that our normally good dog had apparently freaked out and chewed a large whole in our carpet and started on another 3-4 holes. For now, we just moved her bed over the big hole, but soon we will have to get new carpet.

Monday
Eric took the whole week off and I just took Monday off. We just relaxed an caught up on laundry and went grocery shopping.

Today
Today I am pretty sick. I probably should go home, but my boss isn't here and one of us should be. I'll just make several trips to the bathroom today. ha ha Eric called me a while ago and I think he has sun poisoning. His sinuses have been bothering him the whole trip, yesterday he started getting a sore throat and his lips were starting to blister. Today he notices that his back/shoulders are blistered. Poor guy. Good thing he took the whole week off. I hope his lips at least clear up some b/c he has his interview on Friday.

Off to Mexico

We will be off to Cancun tomorrow (Thursday), so I will not be updating again until Sunday or more likely Monday. I'll be sure to take loads of pics though for everyone to see. Stay tuned for our vacation re-cap!

Weekend Update

We had a great weekend. Friday we had to drop off some stuff at Don Pablo's, so we just had dinner there. After dinner we went to Target and got a few things, then headed home to relax for the rest of the evening.

Saturday I got up and swept the house, then laid out in the sun for a while. We started getting ready that afternoon and headed to the mall to get a few things for Cancun. You'd think we were going to much longer than 4 days... After that we headed to Taste of Tippecanoe, which was fun. It's sorta like Taste of Chicago. They have a bunch of differnt restaurants where you could taste different types of things they served. It was a little on the cool side and I wore shorts, so I froze.

Yesterday was a LONG DAY. We got up bright and early and headed to the F-1 Race in Indy. We got there by 10. The race was okay and we had pretty good seats. We left a little early and headed back home to shower and change clothes only to head back to Indy again. We went to dinner at The Cheesecake Factory, where I had a chocolate martini, which really got to me b/c I didn't eat much of my lunch. Eric kept saying I was drunk, but I was just tipsy. After dinner we headed to the Vizion Lounge where they were having a Red Bull After Party (the reason for going back to Indy). It was fun. I didn't have another martini even though I would have liked one. They had some motorcross guys doing jumps on ramps and stuff. We got home at 11:00 last night and if you know me, way past my bedtime!

Today hasn't started very well. I didn't sleep well b/c both my arms are fried and I couldn't sleep on my back b/c apparently I'm allergic to the fabric softener I use, so I have these welts where my underwear were. Needless to say I will be wearing thongs for a little bit... So, I'm burnt, sore and tired... What a way to start a Monday...

The good thing is I only work 2 1/2 days this week then head to Cancun for 4 days!

Soon to be Cycle 12, Day 1

Decided to take my temp this morning. It was 97.7, so clearly AF will be arriving today. There is a positive... AF will be gone for Cancun!

Still not sure what we are going to do this month in the way of trying. I was thinking every other day from Day 10-?. Basically from the end of Cancun on. We can do that! Anyway, I'm updating my stats on the side. Notice thatI put my ENP looks like around July 15, which would be close to this month and last. I guess I could test around July 18, so I could still "BE PREGNANT" and know it for our next GWO! That makes me feel better. Maybe someone wants me to learn patience that's why we've had to try for 1 full year... I said I would be pregnant for next GWO, so I don't want to go back on my word do I??? NO! :) This is our month!

On another note, we have a busy weekend in store for us! Tonight we have to go to Don Pablo's for dinner. Eric has to take them some stuff for tomorrow, which is Taste of Tippecanoe. We always enjoy going to that. This is our 4th year going. It's sorta like Taste of Chicago. Several restaurants get together and serve samples of their food and there are bands, fireworks, etc. Then Sunday we are supposed to go to the F-1 race. This is always fun b/c we went to it on our first date. Of course they've moved the time of year it is now (used to be September), but it still brings back memories. Poor Eric, or should I say Lucky, lost at Putt-putt and had to take me on as many dates as strokes he lost by. Aaawww, how sweet!! It's been wonderful ever since!

Major Breakout

I hope it's either the humidity or the change of pregnancy, but I'm seriously breaking out like crazy! I also saw this morning that I'm developing a fever blister on my lower lip. Not this again! Ugh! This will be just lovely for Cancun next week, too.

Mistress was asking me this morning about things, so I thought I'd post some stuff here to keep anyone interested updated.

- AF Due - Truly I expect her anytime between now and Monday. Monday would be the very latest I'd expect her. I figure she'll arrive sometime Friday or Saturday. (If she comes)

- Test - I could test either Tuesday or Wednesday of next week. I don't want to wait until Thursday though like I originally planned with our flight leaving at 6:30 am, thus us being up at like 4:00 am or earlier! Doesn't sounds like a good idea to me.

- Temping - I haven't temped once this month and am very proud of myself. I haven't decided what day I'll start temping yet. Maybe Friday so I know when I can expect AF.

- Next Month - We probably will do a lot like this month only BD more (of course). I doubt I will temp again. It is a hassle.

- Options - I haven't really thought about what the next step will be either. I guess I'll give it a few more months since we've already done the "one year" tests. We also still owe on my HSG, so gotta wait until we pay that. ha ha Seriously though, what are your thoughts? I really don't know what to do from here.

One more month and we'll have completed 1 full year of trying. That sucks! I never thought it would take this long. NO one else has in my family has had any trouble, but maybe that is b/c none of their pregnancies were planned. And they were much younger than I am... Who knows!?

Anyway, I'd love to hear your thoughts. Feel free to comment or send me an e-mail...

Long Lost Friend

My friend Deana e-mailed me this week. I haven't talked to her in years! She seems to be doing really good and it was nice hearing from her. Maybe we'll stay in contact a little more now even if it's through e-mail.

Cancun Info

Just got our flight information today for the trip to Cancun. On Thursday we depart Indy at 6:30 am (early thirty) through Atlanta, arriving in Cancun at 11:35 am. The good thing is that we have the afternoon to get settled and a scheduled dinner that evening. Other than that there isn't really a schedule. Everyone can just mostly do what they want. On Sunday we leave Cancun at 11:20 am (better) through Atlanta again and arrive back in Indy at 5:00 pm. We did find out that we are flying economy (last year they flew 1st Class), but the good thing is that we can always bribe them to bump us to first class; WE HOPE! But we can't complain, we aren't paying anything!

Also, we got word on Friday that we are no longer staying at Moon Palace b/c of room availability. Why they didn't make reservations or block rooms months ago we have no clue, but they didn't. We are now staying at the Aventura Spa Palace. Still a good place... Again, I'm not complaining, It's Free! The only bad thing is that it's 50 minutes from the airport and 90 minutes from downtown. I really wanted to check out the market and stuff, but don't know if we'll do that now. We'll see how it goes. I think I can suffice just laying on the beach relaxing...

Weekend Update

We left around 11:30 am on Saturday for the wedding. Eric thought it started at 1:30, but we left early. Thankfully b/c it actually started at 1:00. We got there just before the bride came down the aisle. The church ended up being air-conditioned (just since last year), so that was nice. The ceremony (being catholic) lasted a little over an hour. After that we headed to a local bar where several others went to wait until the reception which wasn't until 5. We didn't stay at the reception too long. It seems more like a gathering for everyone to just get hammered. Anyone who went to our wedding knows that crowd. On our way back we stopped and had dinner then on to Eric's parents for our final night there.

We got up fairly early on Saturday and went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast before heading home. Pretty boring drive. Except we took back roads from Covington. Along one of the roads we saw a doe and a fawn. When they saw us the doe took off, but the fawn just freaked out and didn't know what to do. It ran along side the road for a little bit until the guardrail ended where it could get down into the woods. That was neat b/c we just drove slowly along with it until it went into the woods. Once we got home we relaxed for a bit then ran to Target to get a few things and grabbed Pizza for dinner. I'm back on my diet today.

This morning hasn't been the best so far. Right after I got out of the shower, Eric went into the kitchen and realized there were little ants all over out counter. I had cut up a watermelon last night. Not sure what happened, but I KNOW I cleaned up the mess b/c I remember thinking that we had to make sure the trash got taken out quickly or we'd have ants and I cleaned the entire counter even where the juice couldn't have gotten. Eric sprayed some stuff and I cleaned down the counter again, so hopefully that will take care of it. Then after I got done blowdrying my hair I realized that my curling iron wasn't working. GRRR!!! Gotta go buy a new one of those tonight now. That about sums up the excitement of our weekend and morning.

Quick update

We didn't end up going to Ashlee's ballgame last night b/c it rained all day and we had the dogs with us and didn't want them getting muddy then getting back into the car for the ride to IL. So we left right at 5:00 when he picked me up from work. On the way there we kept hearing about tornado warnings, but we didn't see any rain. There were a few dark clouds, but overall a nice ride. I saw 2 deer just outside of covington, so a little nature, too. Oh, speaking of nature... Did I say we didn't see rain? Well, that is true until we got w/in 30 minutes of his parents house? Have you ever seen a shelf cloud? Well, boy did we! It was huge. The weather was very calm and in the sky we saw what looked exactly like a shelf. We we just waiting for a funnel cloud to come down out of it. We even saw a car that had pulled over along an overpass and was taping the shelf cloud apparently waiting to see a funnel come down out of it. We never did see a funnel cloud, but it seems like it was getting larger, so I called Donna. Just in the 2 minutes I talked to her she said the radar didn't show anything but rain where we were. Eric sped up and then the rain hit! Boy did it ever! I got off the phone and we just kept looking around just sure we'd see a twister. Again, we didn't see it, but we had to drive slower and with our hazards on so people could see us (a downfall of having a silver car). Anyway, we finaly made it and thought that was the end of our excitement.

We decided to sleep downstairs in the basement w/ the dogs especially w/ it storming. BAD IDEA! Little did we know that Dave would be up until around midnight watching TV, which seemed to be really loud to us downstairs, then everytime someone got up to use the bathroom, we would hear the dogs run around (thinking they were going out), then either water running or the toilet flushing, let alone them walking around. His mom has to be up early for work. How early you ask? She gets up at 3:30 AM, YES AM! So, we basically didn't sleep until she left around 5:30. Oh, she also decided to take the dogs for a walk at 4:00 am. Goodness! We slept til about 8:30 am. Needless to say we are sleeping upstairs tonight.

After getting up we went to the outlet mall and then on to the regular mall. Of course, I had to buy some stuff from VS and Eric ended up buying a whole new outfit for the wedding. All except for shoes. We are going to dinner this evening with his parents and then we are going to the movies to see Vin Diesel, oh I mean, Chronicles of Riddick. Tomorrow is the wedding, of course, and we won't be home until late, so I'll finish up a weekend update Sunday or Monday morning.

New Assignment at Work

I am really excited about a new assignment that I'm working on at work right now. I get to learn Adobe PageMaker, or some of you might be familiar with MS Publisher. Anyway, I get to create a newsletter that will go out to several of our alumni, sponsors, higher people here at work, etc. My creative juices are really pumping and I'm loving this! I can't wait to see the final product. This will really look good on my resume, too!

Anyway, just had to share.

Long Weekend

We will be leaving tonight for my in-laws for a long weekend. We are going to do a little outlet shopping tomorrow (Friday) and then we have a wedding to go to on Saturday. The wedding should be interesting with this heat. Not only is it a catholic wedding, but it is also in a non-air-conditioned building. Hopefully they have fans or the heat breaks off a little. Should be fun otherwise. I don't think I'll have access to the internet, but will give a weekend update (as always) when we return on Sunday.

Weekend Update

Friday we had to run some errands and grab a few things before our mulch arrived on Saturday. We didn't do much that evening.

On Saturday our mulch arrived early (8:45), so thankfully we got to work on that before it got too hot, or so we thought. It was really hot out and muggy and there wasn't even a breeze. We finished mulching everything around noon, then headed to Wal-Mart to get a few bags of river rock to put where our downspouts are. After that we rested for a while in the house. Eric wanted to go to Battleground to mess around and take the dogs to play in the creek, but I was exhausted from the morning, so we got pizza and watched a movie instead. We watched Master in Commander w/ Russell Crowe. It was okay. I almost fell asleep during it, but made it to the end.

Yesterday we went to lunch and a movie. We had lunch at Don Pablo's and had the worst waiter in history. Apparently he thought this other table w/ three guys was the president or something b/c he kept checking on them and stuff. The manager finally brought us our chips and salsa and drinks. Finally our waiter came and took our order. We always get 2 extra dips. Well, the came out about 2 minutes before our lunch, so we were not happy about that. We even had to ask him to get them. To top it off, Eric ordered a fried chicken salad and made sure (as always) to tell them he wants "shredded iceberg lettuce" not the mixed greens. Yep, it came out w/ mixed greens. When Eric told him it was wrong, he said "That isn't iceberg lettuce?" I didn't realize it took a degree to know the difference. Well, apparently he still couldn't figure it out so he went back and literally cut up fresh lettuce only. After that catastrophe we went to the theatre and saw Day After Tomorrow. It was good, although a little far fetched. The special effects were really good. We made a quick trip to Target and headed home. I apparently got in a cooking spree. I cooked blueberry muffins and brownies. Cooked a squash, which I love. Finished cutting up the other half of the watermelon which is yummy! While everything was baking I swept the house. Finally I made dinner and we relaxed for the rest of the evening.

I am taking Friday off and we are going to Illinois on Thursday. We have a wedding to go to on Saturday, so we tought we'd spend a little time with Eric's parents and maybe do a little outlet shopping on Friday, too. Hopefully this visit doesn't go like the last visit...

On the Fertility Side
Nothing too much to report. I had some cramps on Saturday, Day 15, which I think might have been O cramps. If you remember last month I had cramps around day 14-15, too. It's definitely a possibility.

Seasonal Shedding

I feel like a reptile shedding my skin for a new season. Ugh! Yep, my sunburn has started peeling. I hate this stage. We've been really laying on the "After Sun" Lotion and of course it isn't helping any. I'm going to make my poor husband peel me tonight (among other things). His job needs to be shifting into high gear if he is going to keep his job this month. (hint)

Nothing too exciting happening this week. We finally finished up getting all the rock up from around the house last night. Right now it's a muddy mess. This weekend they are supposed to be delivering our mulch, so we have a chore for Saturday. I'd also like to actually lay out in the sun for a while. I bought some suntan lotion to try.

Speaking of tanning, I got in touch w/ the tanning place and they filled out the paperwork to get us a reimbursement for our tanning package. I didn't want to take any chances. Unfortunately they have to send it to their corporate headquarters, so we should receive a check in 2-4 weeks. I made a note to call them after 4 weeks, just in case something slipped through the cracks.

Memorial Weekend Update

Friday
Obviously we found out about the trip to Cancun, so we were VERY excited about that. Pretty lazy evening. I finished the first book of the "Left Behind" series. I loved it!

Saturday
We had to take my car in first thing in the morning to get new tires on, then we started some major landscaping. We started taking up the white rock around our house that we are not fond of. We got about half-way done before quitting. Dad was picking up the rock and we knew he wouldn't be able to take all of it in one load. I got my first major sunburn of the summer. Ouch! After dad & Peg stopped by we went to dinner and Olive Garden and went to the mall to get a few things. I got two pair of shorts and a pair of shoes to go w/ my wedding outfit. Eric got a new pair of sandals, sunglasses, and an outfit for the weddings. That evening we were both pretty tired, so we just relaxed.

Sunday
I actually realized how bad my sunburn was today. I couldn't wear a shirt, let alone a bra. I sat around in my tube top from VS (which I love) all day, so it wasn't too bad. We ran a few errands, but again an overall lazy day. I bought the second book of the Left Behind Series, Tribulation Force, which was supposed to last my until our trip to Cancun, but I'm already half-way through it. I just really get involved and can't hardly put it down.

Monday
My sunburn was still pretty bad. We were pretty lazy again. Eric cut the grass and I cleaned house. We went to Blockbuster and rented "Love Actually" and got pizza for dinner.