O my heck, I am tired! lol! I cooked dinner, a combination of adult and kid food- that way everyone is happy and I don't have to fight children to eat

I don't have the energy for that

Anyway I was bad and I ate steak and macaroni and cheese

...I can feel the fat soaking into my backside as we speak

Well, not literally, and at this point I couldn't care less

I feel like a nice warm soaking bath and then bed! I have done my school for the day, so think I will hit the hay early tonight!
Jess- don't let your thesis keep ya forever!
Terry- hope you are having a good sleep and those

are gearing for the attack!

Awesome about the hpt's btw! And 3$ for CBE's!

Whata friend to have!

Maybe test again this week to see if your lh is surging again- that is if your temp doesn't rise. I am expecting it to though!
Ali- how are ya? Hope you are kicking this cold int he butt and getting back to the non-cold-medicine-saturated part of life!

Awesome stuff to have on hand though

I am going to research how to improve your egg quality, seemed like you mentioned that once...
Babywhisperer- where in heck are ya?
Babydust-

Got my eye on that chart!
Alin-
TwoToGo- how's the family? Getting better I hope!
Hi ladies

Sorry I have been MIA it's been a crazy week with starting the new job.
Coy -

is still quite cozy huh. Well I can't imagine the pain and discomfort you are in, but it must be a good feeling to know that each day you are closer than the day before. As far as your diet...listen to your body. You probably wanted steak b/c you needed iron and fat. You probably wanted the mac n cheese b/c you needed the calcium and yes more fat. It's not like you're eating this every day, you are very conscientious and eat very well. As for the dd's, you should install nanny cam's in their room and bathroom to see what actually happens to cause their wake of destruction! I bet it would be entertaining as hell.
Jess - how's the thesis coming along? I know how you feel about falling asleep when dh should be nudging you for some

I have been working longer hrs and had to be out for work 2 nights this week and I'd just come home a crash...but af is still lingering so no harm no foul.
TerriLou, did you get that

in? Looks like good timing!!
Alin, Twotogo, Babydust how's things with you lovely ladies?
Philo - how's the baby feeling? Any updates on the home front?
Ali - I'm happy you had some much needed and deserved R&R while in Canada. It sucks that you came home with a cold. My Mom has had pericarditis so she flies wearing a mask b/c the air quality is so poor and littered with germs. But the cold is your body's way of saying that something is out of balance. I agree with Coy that you need to get the diet in check, a full rainbow of colors should be present in your daily diet, especially the greens. Have you ever tried juicing? When I was at my healthiest I started my day with warm water with lemon, and an hr later either a fresh juice of greens or I made a special Metagenics unltra inflam shake (it's a medical protein powder with a ton of stuff to help combat inflammation due to Lyme) and I'd add a scoop of Amazon Amazing Greens chocolate flavored powder. It kept me regular, full of energy and just feeling less polluted. When I get sick it is a combo of poor diet, sleep and burning the candle at both ends. You have been under a lot of stress with work, ivf, traveling...try some yoga or even just 20min of stretching with deep breathing...trust me I need to do this too and have had no time. Let's motivate each other to find the time for the healthy stuff. I need a kick in the ass too.
Afm, (sigh) it's been a funky week. On the one hand it was exciting and nerve wracking to start a new job, in a new firm, new building, new people, new commute route, and new schedule. But...I always want to run before I can walk. I have high expectations of myself and I know the first week is all about getting back up on Bloomberg, trading platforms and applications, paperwork to activate my licenses at the new firm...basically a lot of admin and IT stuff...so I was frustrated and impatient. A news release went out on Bloomberg News about our move to this firm so flying below radar for a while went completely out the window. I know why firm's do it, the pr opportunity to market the firms growth is too good to pass up, but it also meant everyone knew I left one firm and went to another. I'd rather not be a topic of news or conversation...especially in an industry as small as mine, and one in which my Father works as well.
We also had to be out for 2 nights this week. One was just a group dinner to talk about our strategy of growing our team and how we were going to build a better mouse trap to separate us from our competition. The next night was a fundraiser for a 9/11 charity that raises money for literacy. It's a charity that is close to my family since it's in the name of a family friend who passed on 9/11. It's heavily attended by people in my industry so everyone knows each other. One annoying part was that the Bloomberg news article hit that day so everyone there knew. It felt like a spotlight was on us and I hate that...b/c no matter what you will always have people talking sht and being negative...no matter what the news...but especially if it's good.
The other annoying this about this event is that my dh's ex gf was there like last she was 2yrs ago when dh and I first started dating. She is not in my business but is friends with the family that runs the charity and knew I would be there as my name is on the invite b/c I'm on the auction committee. So she showed up 2 yrs ago and basically walked around the room looking for me and kept her eye on me all night...even my coworkers wondered who this girl was who wasn't in our industry that was eye stalking and following me around the room by herself. Well this time she was at the event with friends and the eye stalking was ramped up to pointing me out to her friends, whispering and giggling. So my Dad and I, my coworker, and a few clients were standing around the silent auction tables talking and getting to know each other as most of us don't meet often since a lot of them are from out of state and we just talk over the phone, so this was a prime opportunity to put faces with names and voices. At one point I could feel eyes on me and I turn my head. There is the ex gf, all 5ft of her in a circle of girls taking turns talking close, turning around to look at me then turning to talk and giggle. This went on for a while and no matter where the ex gf went in the room she was pointing me out to her cronies. I was doing my best to block it out as this was not the place or time to have a confrontation and I was there with clients that I was meeting for the first time. If you knew me you would know I have a zero tolerance policy for high school bs, and this was hs bs at it's finest. I wanted to catch the 9:15 train home from the city so I could be home by 10 so we decided to hit the bathroom on our way out. I kid you not...I am walking down the hall to this bathroom when the ex gf and her equally vertically challenged friend are walking towards me. They see me, look like deer in headlights, stop dead in their tracks, turn their back to me and pretend to be looking at something on the wall as I walk by...btw there is nothing on the wall. My Dad sees this and waits for me to come out of the bathroom. He asks if I knew these 2 girls and I told him which one was the ex gf. He shakes his head and comments on the immaturity and lack of sophistication. This is a fundraiser in the name of a 9/11 victim that she and my family knew, and it is sponsored by the victim's family that are close with my parents and funded by my industry. This is a night full of emotion, somber speeches, and the goal is to raise money for school supplies, books, and libraries for economically challenged families and communities. The high school antics have no place being in that room.
We walk out and take the elevator down to the lobby of the hotel in Columbus Circle, and we meet a banker from JPM that my Dad and coworker knew so we chat for a few minutes outside while we wait to leave. I hear giggling and so does my coworker. We turn around and there is the ex gf and her friends huddled turning their heads to at me and smoking cigarettes.
Sorry to vent, but this was such typical high school girl nonsense and I don't know what she expected from me. It was not the time or place for me to go up to her to introduce myself. She certainly wasn't coming up to me to introduce herself to me. Instead she chose to point me out to all her friends and talk about me. It was awkward, uncomfortable and just turned me off. This is the girl my dh misses being friends with? I know he has never seen her in this light. This was behavior girls reserve for when they are out among their friends. If she was 100% over him, and happy for him and really wanted to meet me, why did she behave this way instead of coming up to me and introducing herself. We both know who we are, but I was with clients, coworkers and my Dad...not the time for me to introduce myself.
I ignored her and didn't even make eye contact and haven't told my dh about seeing her or her antics b/c he will say that I'm exaggerating. The sad thing is that my Dad saw this whole exchange and was disheartened by the fact that my dh wants me to meet this girl and hang out w/ her and be ok with her hanging out w/ my dh. This isn't something he wants to have me deal with when we are this age, trying to start a family, and should be focusing on more important things like our first year of marriage. She is negative energy. Hubs will probably not accept that she behaved this way, he will wave it off as he only sees the good in everyone. He will down play it and say it's just girls being girls.
What would you do? Btw I didn't drink a drop of alcohol that night, and she's lucky b/c if I had I might have walked up to her and asked her if she knew me b/c she was sure watching me enough. Again I apologize for venting but I need some advice on how I could have handled it better, if I should tell dh and how I handle meeting her when I do...b/c we both know we have seen each other at this event and I can't be fake and act like I didn't see her or her behavior.
Ok vent over. Need to get to my errands. Af should be almost 100% gone by tomorrow. Looking back I wonder if I ovu. I got a smiley face, and temp surge but never felt it where the previous month I had 2 days of pain.
Man, at 36 I thought the high school bs would be behind me.