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My husband starts his new job tomorrow. It will be the first time since I have known him that he has a 9-5 job. He's pretty much been an independent contractor this whole time. While that didn't bring us steady income from him all the time, the flexibility it provided was awful nice. I almost kind of wonder if he isn't taking such a structured position to prove a point? Nah. He's not manipulative that way. I guess I know deep down he is doing this - with his own reservations - because he feels like it is the best option for him right now.

I feel like we are poised at the start of something. Of what? How it will all work out I am not sure. Life at my house has not been "easy street" but I have to say that I got really used to all the help he was pitching in over the last four months. Sure, he has always helped some (except for the first year after S was born and he basically checked out) but he's been simply a working-mother's dream these past few months.

Hungover Grats

1. My husband got a job!!!!!!!!!!!! He starts next week.
2. Listening to my husband tell me how much he is going to miss caring for S on Thursdays. Sometimes he's acted like it was a burden so it was nice to hear how special it has been for him these last two years.
3. Happy Hour for my friend's 40th was fun.
4. I don't have Happy Hours like that very often anymore. It's been like 3+ years.
5. Homemade fried rice waiting for me in the refrigerator.
6. 19 more days until spring.
7. Trips planned - Florida in April, Texas in May, Chicago in June.
8. Email from my ex-husband that was a nice surprise.

High FSH Levels?

Anybody else had high FSH levels? The doctor told me that under 10 was considered "normal" and that I am at 13.

FSH indicate ovarian "health". Oddly, you would think that the higher the number is the better but the reverse is true.

On to see another specialist...

Does anyone know of a good online resource for information on this? Most everything that I am finding refers to menopause.

For cake and ice cream

Okay. Deep breath.

I am sending out birthday invitations for S second birthday. She turns 2 at the end of NEXT month. What can I say? I am sending the invites out early so that people can plan for it.

The thing is, we have nothing big planned. She is only 2 for crying-out-loud. So, our families and four close family friends are invited for cake and ice cream and laughter.

It irks me to no end that I felt compelled to write the time and "for cake and ice cream" on some of the invitations. (Okay - mostly those sent to my husband's family). Why did I feel it necessary to do so? Because some people will not accept such a simple concept for a party and I wanted them to be forewarned.

Late: Where I blog

A little late to the ho-fest on where we all blog. (For some reason I am having a hard time posting multiple pics.)

Oh - weird. My office computer shows this as our home office but it is actually my office at work. I am so confused by Photobucket!

Second pic a duplicate - so I deleted it.

The Big 4-0!

So, my best friend's 40th birthday is Wednesday and I've done absolutely zip to get her something.

I'm not a total jerk, I have made a plan so that my husband is going to babysit our kids so we I can take her out for a martini after work.

We don't nornally buy each other gifts. The thing is, she got me a really sweet birthday gift this year. I want to get her something, too.

Any good ideas???????????

The ocean!

I finally secured vacation plans for a long weekend for just my husband and I. Who knew planning a "free" vacation would be so stressful?

Through work, I won a vacation. Basically a per diem for the two of us and we could select the location/package we wanted.

Pre-S my hubby and I travelled a lot - both together and as individuals. For the past two years I've only travelled for business and my hubby has only been to California for his brother's wedding.

I kept thinking of this vacation as in relaxation and not so much "sightseeing." A weird distinction for some. But I just wanted to go somewhere and be - I wanted to sit by the pool or walk on the beach and I didn't want to spend the better part of a day getting there. I want to connect with my husband.

Yay, HM MoJo

So... thanks to all the Mama's who sent positive energy my way.

My hubby had two job interviews last week. He was offered one job and while he was not offered the other job they did tell him they had a couple of positions opening up in the next few weeks and invited him to apply for those.

He is thinking about taking the one job while he keeps looking.
At least it will give us some $ coming in and it will help round out his resume.

Thanks!

TGIF

Happy Weekend Mama's!

I'm off "Up Noth" as soon as I get home, pack up the car, pick up S and rendezvous with my girlfriends. It's freezing... but I am so excited I could be going on a real vacation!

Update on MIL Situation

Well, maybe I should write after I have actually done something but I think this might be good so I have a roadmap.

It has been 5 days since all of this happened. I am still pissed off. I am generally someone who has a long fuse and it takes a while for it to ignite and when it does I explode and then the anger usually disappates fairly quickly. Not so with this situation. It is a very uncomfortable feeling for me.

I talked to my husband last night. I explained where I was at and outlined my plan:

1. I am going to call and leave his mother a telephone message before I leave town on Friday night. I am not going to apologize. I am going to try and be light and say something like "I think we've gotten off on the wrong foot. I am hoping that we can start over."

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