Grace in Small Things, September 6, 2011
1. I am loving, loving, loving the blog honey of a thousand flowers right now (originally discovered via Fabulous K), with its absolutely gorgeous flower arrangements like the one above. I have secret dreams of being a florist someday, and if it ever happens, I want the things I put together to look like this. Love that this floral designer's based out of Salt Lake City, too...sometimes I feel like the only cool things happening are on the East and West coasts, and it's good to be reminded that that's not true...
2. Rain today. And the temperature is cooler. And some of the leaves on the apple tree outside my office window are starting to tinge yellow. Ah, fall...if it wasn't for snowboarding, fall would definitely be my favorite season.
3. My dog Newton sits on the fuzzy white bath mat while I take a shower, and then as soon as I'm out wrapping myself in a towel, he starts licking the water off my ankles. He is just too adorable.
4. Symphony season tickets arrived in the mail. Love the symphony here. And I always feel that because we're not in a big city, the visiting artists that come here don't feel the pressure to perform the standard, well-liked stuff they often need to. Instead, they can play around with more obscure things that are near and dear to their hearts. Which makes for some amazing performances...
5. Had labwork done today and my progesterone levels are a lot lower than last week. Kind of freaking out waiting for my clinic to call. (I get the results from my local lab and then email them to my out-of-town clinic, so I know the results before I can get any sort of interpretation of them, and I don't really have a good handle on what the numbers mean). But it's good that my clinic is monitoring me closely, right? I'll update here with what they say when they call...
XOXO
Image Credit: honey of a thousand flowers.
CCRM called and said not to worry...to stay on my Endometrin and re-check Friday...
Deep breaths...
Tasks for a Rainy Day
My irises are blooming this week...aren't they lovely? We've had so many flowers this spring...A rainy Wednesday...we've had such a wet spring...but a good time to stay indoors and:
1) Work--work is crazy right now...and we're traveling to Las Vegas Sunday for the week to see my mother-in-law, so trying to get ahead so I can have some fun while I'm there...
2) Schedule medical appointments--feeling much more on top of things than I was yesterday. Have pretty much everything I need done scheduled. My husband and I are driving to Denver and back Friday for testing (4 1/2 hours each way...bummer we have to do that). Oh, and by the way, the HSC I'm having done is the painful test I was afraid I was going to have to do, but I asked my nurse what they could do to help and they're going to give me a valium. My mom said ask for what you need, and I did, and I'm glad...thanks, Mom! :)
3) Schedule summer plans--we're going to be traveling an incredible amount between now and my FET...this is kind of my normal state of being (I can work from anywhere, which makes this possible) and it's WONDERFUL in that I'm going to get to go to so many places I love and see so many people I love, but on the other hand I'll be working and it's a little bit harder to work on the road, and a little hard for me to be away from home in general. I love to travel, and given a chance I will schedule trips like crazy, but I also love being at home and miss it when I'm gone.
Not TOO many logistics to plan, because a lot of this we're doing as road trips and staying with friends and/or camping, but there are still little details. And big details, like I'm going to need blood drawn and labs on the road, and have to figure out how to accomplish that.
Where we're going between now and July 22:
- Denver (just for the day, so not sure this even really counts)
- Las Vegas to visit my mother-in-law
- Colorado mountains to visit my brother
- Utah hiking and camping with my dad
- Humboldt County CA, Oregon, Seattle, Vancouver, seeing a TON of friends
- Santa Barbara for a fabulous wedding, and to see more friends
- Denver for the transfer...yay!
It's going to be fun.
Feeling better and more organized as all the medical/travel logistics fall into place.
Hope everyone's having a good Wednesday. :)
XO