Not enough tears

There is a blogger I follow named Jen. I've linked her blog before.

I've never met her, I probably never will. Her blog has been a big help for me and mo. She has a great sense of humor and faced IVF and other struggles with a wit that I needed.

Then this happened.

I can't help but cry, and it's all I can do. I implore you to pray for this woman and her family, and thank God for what you have.

Groggy

Sometimes Mo and I will take a short nap together on the couch.
Sometimes it is just before I go to work. I have a few minutes before I need to leave so we cuddle up and grab a few minutes of shut eye.
Sometimes she works Saturday night and we cuddle up after breakfast Sunday morning before she goes to bed for real.

This is all well and good. The weird thing is, no matter how tired I am (or not tired), I sleep incredibly hard during these short naps.

Happy Beefy Twinkieday

God I hope this is fake. Somehow, in my heart, I know it is real.

Twinkie Tuesday!

Happy Twinkie Tuesday Everyone!

Something new

I'm going to start something new on my blog.

It will start on January 4th.

It will be awesome.

You have been warned.

AAAAAAA*

Let me tell you something about infertility treatment you may or may not know.

It has a language.

I'm not kidding here. I'm deadly serious. It took me days to figure out what the hell anyone was saying in forums and blogs. For the most part this language is constructed from a nearly endless line of acronyms.

I have no problem with acronyms, or sub-culture languages. I really don't. Sometimes they create an in-group/out-group dynamic that can be good or bad. But hey, that's fine too. Having a language allows people with shared experiences the ability to readily identify others who 'speak the language'. Good or bad, that's reality.

But why acronyms? I know for a damn fact my wife has never (and oh God, I hope never will) referred to me as "dear husband". A term I'm just not a fan of. Don't ask why, I don't know, I just don't like it. It's like broccoli (don't over think that analogy).

I work in education. Public schools have a language made up of acronyms too. Dozens and Dozens of them (I capped that twice so you know I am serious).

I want so bad for this to be a 'girl' thing. Education is largely dominated by women and the infertility culture is mostly female too. But you know what...it's not a girl thing. You know who does acronyms more than both cultures combined (and then doubled).

The Military. Seriously. Talk to a member of the armed forces about acronyms. It's just stupid. They make crap up so it will have a cool acronym. Hell, the stupid acronyms they make become household words.

Don't believe me? HMMWV.

So it's a human thing, or at least and English thing. Maybe other languages have them and use them more, I don't know. But, fair warning, if you start any infertility, learn the lingo or someone might say (using a whole different cultural language):

"STFU newb. u r pwned"**

*American Association Against Acronym And Abbreviation Abuse.
** if you know what that means, you are l33t.

Christmas

I am oddly "into" Christmas this year.
I figured I would be all 'down' on it and disinterested because I am not getting what I really want.
But low and behold, I'm actually kinda excited. No idea why.