Rollercoasting...

Nell here...I've been a little MIA. It's been one of those weeks last week, we all have them!

Needless to say, my "no sugar" goal fell by the wayside. But the good thing is, so did my appetite (although what caused the loss of appetite isn't so great.) Anyways, I haven't indulged in much of anything, so I'm on the right track that way...


Since this is basically my sisters, I'll let you know why life's been a rollercoaster (if you don't already know.)

I've been trying to get pregnant for about eight months now, the last four I've been using chlomid (a drug used to induce ovulation.) Every month I take a pregnancy test before using the chlomid again because, like most drugs, you shouldn't take it if you're pregnant. I just used a generic test and saw the faintest positive line, so I took the second one in the pack, which also had a faint line. Could this be true, after so long, could I really be pregnant? So I googled "faint positive pregnancy" and found this great site called www.peeonastick.com which said this particular test had a problem of always giving a faint +. I immediately went to the Dollar store & bought a few tests, and they were all negative. I was a little sad, but kind of expecting it to be negative.

So, Sunday comes and my period still hasn't, and of course, I was at the store early  Monday getting another test. I bought the 3-pack, just in case, took two of them & they were positive! Dan and I were over the moon! Finally! (finally I didn't have to put out so much : P  )

I took the third test two days later (thinking the + line would get darker the more pregnant I was) and the line was barely there. I called my doctor and they had me get my progesterone & HCG levels tested, just to make sure everything was in order.

I was in a happy daze on Thursday when I used the facilities and saw streaks of blood on the tissue. My heart felt like it was yanked from my chest... A few hours later my doctor called and said my HCG was really low, as was my progesterone & I'd need to take progesterone pills. It was too late though.

The next few days sucked. On Friday I found out that due to a mis-communication between Dan and myself our car payment was two weeks late. Usually this is no biggie, but with the type of car loan we had, one used for people with crap credit, they had the option to take the car back if we were late on a payment. And they acted on this option. We tried to negotiate, saying we'll pay 3 months now and put ourselves on autopay, but they weren't flexible at all. So we have to give our car back.

This is depressing, but on the bright side we have enough saved to buy an older used car and not have any car payments. Now, if we can just find that perfect used car that's not a salvage title and has reasonable mileage...

Sorry to be such a Debbie Downer. I'll be better next time, I promise!


Anyways...It's hovering around 105 these days (in Dallas.) The heat makes me want to lay around in my skivvies and eat popsicles all day. I have been forcing myself to put on real clothes and get out of the house to curb any cabin fever/ depression that comes from sitting in a little dark apartment. I've been getting back to my routine of wake, eat, gym, nap and whatever.

I've decided if we don't stay in Texas (we'll go back to UT for now) that I'll start training for a 10K as soon as I get back. I'll try to hit the treadmill here and get over the treadmill boredom! Any suggestions for a good running playlist?

Well, peace out for now!