Year in Review 2008

My 2008:

January- After the end of a long cycle, I see my ob/gyn and take my first round of clomid.

February- Get a BFN after the first round of clomid.  Begin second round of clomid.  

March- Late ovulation on clomid (day 28).

April- Another BFN.  D's 26th birthday.  Third round of clomid, triggering with hcg.

May- Another BFN. No more clomid.  Started Vitex, Evening Primrose Oil and B6.

June- Unexplained bleeding starts right after ovulation followed by BFN.

July- Still have bleeding after ovulation, BFN.  1st wedding anniversary. See ob/gyn about bleeding, but blood tests and an ultrasound give no answers.  Take provera to hopefully stop bleeding.  

August- SIL's wedding.  Still having bleeding after ovulation, BFN.

September- Learn about and begin Creighton charting.  Stop Vitex and EPO.  Still have bleeding after ovulation. Start break cycle.

October- My 28th birthday.  No bleeding after o on break cycle.  

November- First cycle trying again, long cycle with double peak and bleeding just before ovulation.  Sent letter to Dr. Hilgers.

December- Long cycle ends, BFN.

The Story of Mr. & Mrs. Blondie Part 2

Part 1

We pick up our story in December 2004.  I had left in August 2002 for graduate school in Philadelphia and moved back in August 2004.  D and I saw each other at church and hanging out with friends when we were both home from school.  Whenever we went to the movies with friends, D and I ended up sitting next to each other (not my doing and he claims that he didn't do it on purpose either) and sometimes he'd drive me home.

D graduated in December 2004, and the day after graduation was a Sunday so after church a group of us went out to eat.  After we were done eating, I asked D if he wanted to see a movie (in a group...Ocean's Twelve) and I would pay for his ticket as a "graduation present".  We of course ended up sitting next to each other.  The next thing that happened is going to sound funny but it's an important part to me.  As we were sharing an armrest, our pinkies were touching (which I'm pretty sure had happen before, but D probably wouldn't admit it).  The pinky touching progressed into hand holding, and D took me home from the movie.  After talking in the car for a while, we eventually ended up kissing.  We exchanged phone numbers before he left that night.

He called me the next day and we drove around our hometown for hours and made out and decided we were officially dating.  We count from the night of the movie, December 19, 2004. We've been together ever since, but the story doesn't end there. 

The Story of Mr. & Mrs. Blondie Part 1

D and I met about 7 years ago in the summer of 2001. We were at a mutual friend from church's house, who was also a friend of my brother, and we were swimming. I don't remember the exact date, but I do remember sitting on the outdoor couch next to him in my bathing suit (and I know which bathing suit) and towel. I knew from the moment I met D that I wanted to be with him, but at the time he was dating someone else and had been for about a year. He remembers meeting me and how he thought that M (my brother)'s sister was cute. At the time we met, D and I were different colleges in different cities, so we only saw each other during summers and Christmas break at church or when friends got together.

I graduated in December 2001, and moved back with my parents while I waited to start graduate school. During that spring, I actually ended up becoming friends with D's ex-girlfriend (they broke up in early spring 2002) because we were both going on the World Youth Day 2002 trip to Toronto. During that summer, I ended up spending a lot of time with D, but most of the time his ex was there. Since he was friends with my brother, he also spent time at our house. We had a splash fight in a hot tub at party when everyone else had gone inside. At some point in time that summer, I ended up telling D that I was interested in him, but I was still friends with his ex and the break-up was too new and he wasn't interested. Obviously, the story doesn't end here, but it's a good stopping point for now.