Aw..., random thoughts and awards!

You guys just make me feel so loved!!  Thank you so much for your comments on my blogoversary and my previous posts, too!  Seriously, you mean so much to me and I'm so happy to know that the feeling is even vaguely mutual.

Still waiting for blood test results.  More on that when I get it...

The kitchen is, unfortunately, in a holding pattern.  All the cabinets, microwave and oven are in.  (We made brownies for our inaugural baking adventure!)  The counters were supposed to be delivered yesterday and they should have been done with everything by tomorrow.  But, apparently, the counter manufacturers "didn't have the materials" and didn't bother telling us when we put the order in two weeks ago and so we all sat around yesterday waiting for delivery when they said it would be ready.  It will be at least next Wednesday and possibly a week beyond that (because they can only deliver on Wednesdays for reasons unknown).  We're starting to put things away, but the lack of a sink is making me crazy.  We're looking into temporary possibilities before I lose my mind.  Things are looking absolutely gorgeous in there, though.  I'll post another update soon to help me remember that I'm happy with it and the delay isn't that big of a deal. 

I spent Tuesday morning throwing up.  And, despite the fact that I haven't done anything which leads to pregnancy since the lap (which was post multiple BFNs and AF) and am on BCP, part of me was totally convinced I might be pregnant (doesn't help that the BCPs are making me hormonal and causing painful bbs).  'Cause that's how an IFer's brain goes.  I'm not.  Just seems to have been a 24 hour bug.  I think my DH is getting it, now, because he has been in a rotten mood.

For some awesome news -- my Twinnie Erika just got a BFP from her second international IVF!!  She's been through some crazy, scary times leading up to this so she's cautiously optimistic and waiting for her second beta.  I am beyond excited for her and sending her all the positive thoughts I can!!  Please join me in doing so!

Meanwhile, thank you to Just Us  and Adventures in Babymaking for the awesome awards!! They have similar rules, so I'm going to combine them into one.

1. Thank and Link back to the person who gave you the award.
2. Share 7 things about yourself.
3. Award 15 recently discovered bloggers.
4. Make sure you contact these bloggers to make them aware of the award!

7 Things About Me:
1.  I find it totally ironic that I got the Stylish blogger award because I am SO not a stylish person.  I try, really I do.  I try to at least not look like I'm totally out of date and what I'm wearing doesn't clash.  But, I suck at style.  I'd love to have style. 
2.  My favorite ice cream is peach.  Real peach.  Made with fresh peaches.  OMG.  Drooling here.
3.  My DH's birthday was yesterday.  That's not really about me, but it's a fun fact!
4.  My DH's stepdad is Japanese and, for the first time in 25 years, signed his birthday card with several lines of Japanese this year.  There was all sorts of intrigue on our side wondering if he was trying to tell him something that he didn't want DH's mother to know.  I got my friend to translate it and it basically says "Happy Birthday, I'll be thinking of you, say hi to Rebecca."  LOL.
5.  I love (simple) electrical circuits.  That's what my junior-level chemical instrumentation class is doing right now, and I don't know why but I find it exciting.  Op amps are my favorites.  My students possibly think I'm crazy because we're chemists, not physicists.  But, seriously, this part of the class is probably my favorite.  And, I am anything but an electronics expert -- I just like the logic of simple circuits. Yes, I am an über-geek.
6.  I saw Black Swan this past weekend.  It was awesome.  Creepy.  Scary.  Beautiful.  Awesome.
7.  I have some pretty serious coffee breath going on right now.  :)


The Blogs (in no particular order.)
AP at My Dusty Uterus
Jin at The Truth is Out There
Elaine at Storm in MY Tea CuP
The Infertile Gynecologist
Lex at Not Again
Danielle at Barricades and Brickwalls
Mama Biologist at DearFutureBaby
Gurlee at Infertility Musings
Jill at Infertility Unexplained
MBC at Missing Baby Carriage
TeamBabyCEO at Team Baby
Elizabeth at the deep breath before the plunge

And, that's not quite 15, but everyone else I can think of has been nominated, I think!