Busy and Random

Today was my day off. It was rather busy - the busiest day off I have had in a long time! I have so many thoughts bouncing around my head that I'll just have to share them in this random way.**

House
Ryan and I refinanced our house. We got 4.875% interest on our 30 year mortgage! We happened to lock on just the right day. We went to a title company and signed away our lives this morning. It almost feels like shaking hands with the devil! We also got my new legal name on there, as well as Ryan himself! I decided that if I die, he really should get to keep the place.

Haircut
I got my hair cut today. I considered cutting it short, but in the end, she only cut half an inch off. Abby's voice was echoing in my ears: "Don't cut it, Kate! You will regret it and be sad!"

Doctor
I love, love, love my new doctor. He is awesome. Long story short, some undesirable things have taken up residence in my uterus that need to be removed. They are making things uninhabitable for babies. I called today and I scheduled my surgery for November 16. It should be relatively "easy" (ha ha), it should be a short recovery, and it should improve our chances. Believe it or not, I am excited to go under the knife.

Shopping
I went shopping today... Kohl's is having a sale. All of my clothes seem frightfully out of style. I scored some cute stuff that actually looks good on me, plus it was cheap! Hooray! Bonus: I found something super cute for Abby for Christmas. I could tell you what it is, but I'd have to kill you.

French Dip
I made the most delicious French Dip sandwiches for dinner. You really must try this recipe! After just a few bites, Ryan and I thought we had died and gone to heaven. Ryan declared it "company worthy." High praise, indeed! This means it is my new "company dinner." Who likes French dip?

Christmas
I feel like Christmas is almost upon us already! Usually I put away all thoughts of holidays until after Thanksgiving; however, this year with our extreme budgeting, we have been buying and planning things here and there so we are not hit all at once with holiday expenses. I am getting close to being done with Christmas cards. We are about half done buying gifts for the kids. We are getting together the schedule for when the kids are here (woo hoo!). I feel so Christmasy that I keep looking outside to see if it is snowing. No such luck... yet!

Daylight savings
Whose idea was this daylight savings hoo ha, anyway? It is messing me all up. But as you know, I don't like going to sleep at night, anyway. It is always such a battle. There are so many things to think about when I turn out the lights!

Goodnight
It is time for me to close the laptop, close my eyes, and try to sleep. Goodnight, friends of the blog!


**Random style dedicated to Penny and Julee!

Sometimes

Sometimes when I walk into the bathroom, I find someone standing in the tub. This can be a little startling. Somehow Dizzy sneaks in like a ninja and stares at the faucet until a human magically appears, turns on the water, and Dizzy gets a drink.

I'm not sure where she learned this. I certainly didn't train her to hop into the bathtub to get a drink of water. Perhaps she made the connection when I was giving her a bath... I'm not sure.

After getting a drink of water, Dizzy coughs and coughs. Then she wants more. Funny girl!

Happy Halloween Eve!

Everyone at work is dressed up today. I decided to dress up, too. I hope you like my costume!

An evening with The Bravery

Earlier in the week, I made plans with my friend Meridith to see The Bravery play at Murray Theater. When it came time to go, we coerced Ryan into joining us.

The Bravery played at Murray Theater, which is an all-ages venue. As a result the crowd was quite rowdy. Usually a crowd is rowdy because of drugs or alcohol - but I believe this crowd was rowdy simply because it was young! We were right up front so I could see (remember how I hate general admission shows because I am short?) and this put us right next to the most enthusiastic fans at the show. These fans were so excited by certain songs that they moshed. (Forgive me if there is a more up-to-date term than "moshing.") The moshing got so annoying that a few times I left Ryan and Meridith so I could stand on the side and not get bumped into. I guess maybe that makes me boring... I just wanted to hear the music and not have sweaty people knock me all over.

But anyway! I am sounding like a grump! We pre-ordered a CD, which gave us VIP passes to meet the band. We even got to wear fancy passes around our necks.

Ryan and I bought only 1 CD, so only one of us got a pass. However, we were sneaky and he ended up meeting them with us, anyway.

We took a few shots of the show...

... and we loved, loved, loved it. They play a great live show!

Then we got to meet the boys.

After they were done meeting all the fans, two of the band members ran out the front door of the theater toward Los Albertos, a 24-hour fast-food Mexican restaurant. They yelled, "Time for burritos!" over their shoulders.

Hope

This subject is so near and dear to my heart that once again, I'm hesitant to write about it... but I feel like it will help.

Ryan and I are going to see a new doctor today. We had to break up with my old one because I felt she wasn't being proactive enough about my fertility issues. I am 35 (almost 36) and while that's not exactly old, it's not exactly young either. I am tired of hearing my doctor say, "You have plenty of time. Women back east don't have babies till they're in their forties!" Well, newsflash, this is not "back east" and I don't want to wait till I'm in my forties! We have established what my problem is and I'm ready to get working on that.

I hate having to establish a new relationship with a doctor. It's kind of scary, especially this type of doctor. I mean, how much more personal can you get? This new one, however, has delivered children for 2 of my friends... both of whom had fertility problems, too. So that gives me hope. The recommendation from my family practitioner kind of sealed the deal.

I'm nervous. I just hate getting my hopes up again, you know? Maybe you don't know... but I know for a fact that some of you do.

Sometimes I almost think it would be easier to hear someone say, "You will never have a baby, The End," and bam! I wouldn't have to wonder any more.

But of course, it would be even easier if I could just get pregnant. And that is what I'm hoping for.

Man, I'm really spilling my guts today to my friends on the blog. Thank you for listening.

Anyway. I'll keep you posted.

Probably.