Labor Negotiations

Nurture

Big news from Tertia. today and I thought I'd share. Although I had a great experience with the Renew agency, I have to admit, I find this very interest-ink...All the best to you Tertia and Melany!

Hello?

Ok. I know. I'm not really a blogger anymore. I've let all three of you down. Two? Anyone? Buehler? I've been off in my own little world which includes at least four poopies a day (sometimes an extra couple, no names, Nic, I promise), lots of organic faux "Cheerios," and complex decision making, like, oil-rubbed bronze versus brushed nickel, and dual flush toilets or just low flow with cistern graywater. FYI: ORB and dual flush. Cisterns can get pricey. And Craftsman bungalow and oil-rubbed bronze just seem to go together, don't you think?

The "green" house is coming along s-l-o-w-l-y. I hear they finally poured the foundation floor today. Everything is ready to go up. Pre-assembled (less waste) walls sitting in the lumberyard, windows should be delivered any day, roof trusses sitting stacked at the jobsite. Etc. Etc. Building a house should be kind of fun, but when all decisons and errands have to done on the odd Wednesday that my mom takes the girls, around orthodontist appointments (going on four years! Woo!) it kind of takes on the aura of a chore. I just want to get in already.

Nothing to report on the next donor egg attempt, except that we are postponing until April-May 2009. I know. That's a long way off. It made more sense that we should get moved into the new house and settle a little, first. You know, hang curtains and what not. Plus, D is taking three weeks off when his current project wraps up by then, so he will be available for full-time twin care with my mom to help. The off-season will just begin in South Africa, so travel costs will be down, too, for the couple of weeks that I will have to be there. I think I was sort of rushing it, because psychologically having a baby at 42 (its always a number, isn't it?) sounded better that 43. Whatever. We all know it may not even work. Not like I've had the ute checked out in over a year. Could be fibroid city down there, by now.

Anyway, what does an infertile blog about when she is now a mom, not cycling any time soon. Are you tired of hearing mommy stuff? I still read the blogs of infertiles-turned-moms, but maybe that's just me. I've got a lot to talk about and time to write it down, but I feel like maybe there isn't much interest. Maybe I'll try putting it out there as it comes to me, and judging by hits, keep going. Or not. I kind of feel my voice coming back and less of the diary narrative. I may start blogging about any old thing.

Gotta go. Sick babies mean shorter naps around here.