Yesterday we bought a brand-new car with 17 miles on it. I have never been the owner (not that I am the technical owner, or even the primary driver) of a brand-spanking new car. And it was FUN to drive home last night. We got all the bells and whistles – leather heated seats (important when you live in the perpetual-winter that is Chicago), sunroof, navigation system, XM radio. Fun, fun, fun. Mike is communting with it, but I am excited to drive it around this weekend. I cleaned out our old car, which is becoming my car, this morning so that it really feels like mine. I took three big bags of crap out of the trunk and the car – for some reason it was very cluttered. Now it is nice and neat but in need of a major vacuuming and washing. Maybe tomorrow. I haven’t had my own car in 5 years, so it is going to be nice to have that freedom again. I think I will take advantage of it and make a trip to Michigan to visit a friend in a few weeks.
Finally last Friday I buckled down and got a lot of the work done on the grant. So now I am in pretty good shape. I got some more work done today (while also procrastinating on Facebook – which I thought I was too old for, but what fun it turns out to be, reconnecting with high-school friends and roommates of long ago) and will do more after lunch. But, I am pretty confident that it will come together without too much stress by next Wednesday/Thursday when I must have it done.
And in IVF land, I am counting the days until I start Lupron shots again – a week from yesterday. I am ready to go and just waiting for the green light. I have my baseline ultrasound this Thursday before starting the Lupron. Deep breath. Positive thoughts. Maybe that will become my mantra.
