What a week!

This week has been absolutely crazy. Here it is Friday and my week just flew by. To live my life, this is what you would have experienced:

Last weekend John and I went to the movies (Friday night). After the movie finished we noticed many missed calls on our cell phones. Turns out John's mom was in the hospital - viral meningitis. So Saturday after John got off of work we drove up to Cleveland to be with his mom. We ended up staying until almost 9:00 PM on Monday, as his mom wasn't released until late Monday night. Thankfully she is at home resting now and getting better with each day, despite still being on three bags of medicine each day, given via intravenously at home.

My period (sorry if too much details for you) started on its own this month. WOOOO HOOO!!! A little history for you...since having my failed FET in November my body has been royally screwed up. My last period, without problems, was last October. I got my period after I stopped the progesterone in December, then nothing in January. Finally on day 60 (in February and with the help of Provera) my period arrived. Then nothing again in March, then on day 59 (in April and again with the help of Provera) my period arrived. The doctor's nurses told me it was my body was trying to recover from all the meds. Guess that was true, because my period started pretty much on time this month and with no medicinal assistance. While I was sad there was no "miracle" pregnancy, I am thrilled that for this one month my body was back on track.

Then on Tuesday I got a call from a clinic in Cincinnati. I had been scheduled to go in June for a consultation for participating in a clinical IVF trial. Well, the trial is almost completely closed and in order to get a spot (one of one hundred spots) I would have had to go by today. Um, that didn't happen. So now this means absolutely no IVF this summer. And honestly, I am really okay with this. At times it saddens me that our journey to becoming parents has been delayed again, and pretty much indefinitely this time, but another part of me is really happy that I get my summer with no doctor's appointments, no needles, no blood work, etc. I get the chance to enjoy life.

Speaking of enjoying life, I resigned from band! I haven't written about it, but I did it! I turned in my resignation two weeks ago today. The head band director took it pretty well and my principal was very supportive. It is going to be so weird having July through October with no marching band, but I am so happy. No Friday nights with the band. No 4th of July with the band. No July 3 (my birthday!) with the band. No band camp! Life IS beautiful!

On Wednesday I got to enjoy being in my classroom again as my student teacher was out for the day. I realized how much I missed my students and interacting with them. Despite I decided that I won't have a student teacher again for a LONG time and I am really excited for next week to get here, as her last day is the 9th so this means that I get to be "phased back in" to my own classrooms by the middle part of the week. Woo Hoo!!!

On Thursday I went to WW. I FINALLY broke the curse...I lost 2.0 pounds. I am back to having lost over 11 pounds. My new goal is to be down 20 to 25 pound by the time I go see family at the end of June. I know I can do it, and I look forward to trying!

And today? Well, today is a good day. I've been floating in and out of my classrooms and I am looking forward to the weekend. Prom is tomorrow night and I am going to dinner with my friends and colleagues, then we will head to chaperone Prom. I always enjoy seeing my students looking so dapper and beautiful.

Like I said before, what a week!!!!!