I'm not pregnant. But I had to take a test this month for the first time ever. Then, I took two more.
I started taking Yaz a few months before the wedding because I wanted to see if it would fix my monthly breakouts. After 2 years with the copper IUD I was tired of nasty cycles and bad skin - feeling gross and self-conscious took up the better part of my month and I definitely didn't want bad skin at the wedding.
But I didn't want to take out the IUD without being sure I had an alternate solution that worked for me, so I doubled up for a while. And the Yaz did work, so after about three months, I had the IUD removed.
The following month, I had one negligible period and then completely missed the next one. I'd always been regular with all the other pills I'd taken (Lo-Ovral, Ortho-Cyclen) for years. I hadn't missed any of the Yaz to my knowledge, but we were still freaking out.
We aren't trying to conceive, despite all of our good friends' ribbing that I'll be pregnant within 6 months of the wedding. It's just not a good time - Justin starts his new job in the new year, we're paying off some accrued debt, and we just want to focus on our LIVES for a while.
So when I missed my period, we were forced to acknowledge that there never really IS a good time, and now is as good a time as any. To be honest, my greatest fear was not that I was pregnant, it was that we weren't TRYING to conceive and so I'd been drinking/drunk quite recently.
But, two weeks and three evenly spaced tests later, there was no positive result and no period. So I guess this is just my lot while on Yaz. I can't really complain... it's a welcome reprieve after two hellish years with that IUD, but it will take some getting used to.
I'm not pregnant. But after thinking I might be, it's not such a scary concept any more.
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Tomorrow morning we leave on an early flight to spend Thanksgiving with Justin's family. Back Monday!
Back Monday.
Posted on November 25, 2008 @ 10:36 PM |
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Choosing to de-lurk on this one. Been there. I'm on Zovia. Right about the time my bf and I decided to stop having sex (long-ish story) I stopped getting my period.It's not a good feeling to wonder about that-- but thank goodness we have over the counter tests now. Quick answers are a definite good thing in my book.
Plus, now that you know it's "normal" on Yaz-- isn't not getting a period a nice perk? Hm, unless it makes you wonder every month.
I think you might recall I had a similar scare a while back. Glad to hear youre not carrying at this time... it is weird mix of scary and exciting right? Stupid hormones!
Had my hair (re)done on Saturday after the previous week's unsuccessful "mom bob."
It's short and I love it.
Posted on November 24, 2008 @ 3:54 PM |
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ohmygoodness! It's cuties, yeah!
Lovely of you to join me and liz in our short do's ;o) Although you went WAY shorter than either of us dared to go the first time. What did the "mom bob" look like? DO post so I can laugh ;)
After you watch this video, tell me... how would you feel?
Last Saturday, the husband and I, along with a few good friends of ours, marched for marriage equality in Seattle. The march started at Volunteer Park in Seattle's famously "gay" Capitol Hill neighborhood and wound its way downtown to Westlake Center. The estimated turnout was a whopping 6,000+ people!
Many protesters were carrying signs they made themselves. Some were protesting the passing of California's Prop 8, others the notion of "separate but equal" civil unions, and many more were simply statements of love and support. Some signs were quite humorous and clever. We carried signs that we made ourselves the night before.
A few weeks ago, dad and I spent another perfect fall day hiking up to Ingalls Lake. We got a bit of a late start, considering that the trailhead is near Cle Elum and about 2 hours from Seattle. But the low light made for lovely photographs, even if it meant hiking down in the dark.
The trail to Ingalls Lake is 9 miles round-trip, with 2,600 feet of elevation gain. You can
It took us longer than expected to reach the lake, due to some icy snow on the trail near Ingalls Pass. We made a bumbling trip around the Lake to the outlet as well, which I wouldn't really recommend. The best views were along the trail between Ingalls Pass and the crest before the lake... many stunning panoramas of Mount Stuart and lovely Larch glades. Below are a few choice photos from the trip. Many more can be found in my
Tomorrow's events to Protest California's Proposition 8 and support marriage equality will turn out over ONE MILLION people organizing across 300 cities in all 50 states and 10 countries world-wide! Please get the word out to all of your friends.
Disclaimer: I am not continuing to write about the wedding because I am: a) obsessed and can't stop thinking about it (believe me, I can and will), b) empty inside now that it's over (thank God it's over), or c) narcissistic (I am, but that's not why I'm wedding blogging).
WeddingBee I am somewhat obliged to "recap" the wedding after blogging about all our plans, crafts, and details. This helps all the brides-to-be who are reading see how everything comes together. Plus, it's a great way to cleanse the last two year's worth of wedding goo from my system. Really, it's like plaque in the arteries.
And there you have it... the latest edition of "This Week @ The Wedding Blog"
A few weeks ago, my wallet and cell phone were stolen from Capitol Hill. Admittedly, I left my purse somewhere stupid for 5 minutes to move a piece of furniture, and when I came back my bag had moved and they were missing. Oddly, the thieves didn’t see fit to take my iPod shuffle or the forty-five dollars in cash that were in the bag. I guess they were hoping I wouldn’t notice that my things were gone so they could get away with a spending spree.
Except that I noticed right away. We called the police, my credit card companies, my bank, and the credit agencies. And that was that.
But I really loved that wallet, dammit! And I was planning to use my $40 American Apparel gift card to buy a t-shirt sexy dress, GRR.
I mean, as far as robberies go, it wasn’t that bad, and I didn't lose THAT much money. I had JUST replaced my drivers license (and I liked the picture!!), but I hadn’t yet called to get new credit cards for my new last name. Having my wallet stolen at least inspired me to get THAT out of the way. How convenient!
[AN IMPORTANT NOTE: If you have to call your bank to put a stop on a lost or stolen card and you suspect you are talking to someone from overseas who doesn’t really know what they are doing or understand what you are saying, CALL BACK and call back SEVERAL TIMES to make sure that they have actually done what you need them to do. We had to talk to WSECU cardmember services three times and they still didn’t properly cancel Justin’s Visa Gold Card (they instead canceled his debit card for the associated account #), leading us to receive $800 in fraudulent charges that we had to contest. All is well, but it was a freaking pain.]
Anyhow, I also lost my phone: a Motorola Razr. God DAMN I hated that thing. I was just waiting for the day that it would die so I could get a new, 3G iPhone. I hated it so much I considered going “Office Space” on it’s ass on several occasions.
So, convenient side effect of having thugs steal your shitty phone? (Aside from getting to yell at them when the pick it up and say nothing.) Brand new iPhone!
Definitely NOT free but I loooooove it. I loooove it. I loooove it soooo much.
I’ve already used it to do things that not only could my old phone never do, but that I never could have done without a laptop network and a wi-fi connection on a downtown street.
This Three Panel Soul comic pretty much sums up how I feel about my phone:
This phone is what phones are supposed to be, and so much more. So I manage to crash my iPhone apps a couple times a day. No big deal. They’ll fix that eventually. I can check Gmail and Microsoft Exchange accounts. I can get meeting notifications. I can listen to Internet Radio on the go. I can track myself on Google Maps. I can automatically identify the song I’m hearing played at the Gap. I can read restaurant reviews, update Facebook, change my Netflix queue, buy movie tickets, find the nearest bus stop and pick a bus route, play games, buy things, twitter, chat, and talk. Holllly crap, it is amazing. And for once, my expectations are EXCEEDED.
You poor dear! I had all my credit cards pickpocketed last year (& DL for ID -- thief lady was smart!), so I definitely feel your pain. At least in my case they left the wallet -- like you, I assume they didn't want me to notice too quickly.... Anyway, glad something great came out of it for you!
I love Fall – it’s my favorite season. I love the cool air, the falling leaves, the shortening days. I loved Fall when we lived in Michigan and I love it here in Seattle. Despite the rain that follows them, days in September and October are some of the best we have.
It’s started raining now, and I don’t know when it’ll stop. But for a while we were in the full throes of a gorgeous Autumn. I told Justin I was nostalgic for apple orchards and pumpkin patches. So, to celebrate my birthday weekend, we went to Jones Creek Farms, way out the North Cascades Highway.
Sadly, Repo! The Genetic Opera didn't live up to my high expectations. The preview just looked SO kickass... but it fell somewhat short of my hopes.Hearing Anthony Stewart Head's voice in the preview involuntarily brought to mind the unparalleled excellence of the musical episode of Buffy. But "Once More, With Feeling," Repo! was not.
It was an amusing story and interesting cinema with striking visuals, but the plot was weak and the musical numbers clunky and disjointed. It lacked development or exposition in any way that would give it real "life" beyond a one-time viewing. I certainly don't think it's the "travesty" that some critics are calling it and definitely not "the worst movie ever," but it lacked even the legs I hoped it would have to deserve cult classic status.
One thing that really bothered me was that although the movie was only released the 7th of this month, about a quarter of the theatre showed up in costume and a third seemed to know the songs (they sang before the movie opened but thankfully NOT during it). Look, I understand jubilance at alternative theatre as much as the next guy... BUT! THIS. WAS. NOT. THE. EFFING. ROCKY. HORROR. PICTURE. SHOW.
Cult status has to be EARNED, not given! Showing up to a movie three days after opening in full regalia seems a little pre-emptive, and singing the musical numbers before the show is a bit discourteous to everyone who is there to actually SEE IT the ONE NIGHT it is in town. Personal pet peeve? Maybe. I won't even listen to the RENT soundtrack until I see it on stage.
Somehow(!) a large number of people in the theater had seen the movie already. Did they torrent it? Are they roadies? Were they just excited because we got to meet the director?! (Ok, that WAS cool.) I don't know! The irritation I felt was somewhat akin to what I imagine it would be like going to see Twilight with a bunch of randy, vampire-groupie teenagers on opening night, not having read the book(s) beforehand. Shudder.
Anyway, back to the film itself. Interesting concept. Had potential. Could have been the most awesome Sci-fi rock opera. And fell flat.
Inconsistent archetyping. Are our characters caricatures or are they complicated? On one hand, you have the Repo man, who pretty much carried the movie, and on the other, you've got the two retarded sons of Rotti and Paris Hilton in a bit part. Oh...kay...
Weak music. Some of the songs had really strong potential, but they were either over too fast or didn't pick up when they should have. The result was a less-than memorable soundtrack. Very, very regrettable.
Unimpressive plot. Fighting over a woman? Really? Boohoo boohoo my girlfriend left me, my wife is dead. You've got a really unique setting here. DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT WITH IT.
Look, Repo! was a really good idea. And the gothlings seem to looooove it. So apparently it did some things right. But in my journalistic opinion, it still seemed like a rough draft. Frankly, I think Repo! owes its success to two things... its unique cinematography and the voices of a few stellar singers. Without the creative, stylistic visuals, it would have been completely terrible. Without Anthony Stewart Head, Sarah Brightman, and Terrance Zdunich to carry the less-than-fabulous "show tunes," it would have died a wretched death.
There was some talent, and some creativity, but just not enough to make this film worthy of cult status. Repo! still has five cities left in it's seven-city tour, so I guess it remains to be seen if will live on in "B" Fests everywhere. I can't say "I hope so," and I can't say "I hope not," so I'll just say the one thing I'm left feeling about this movie that could have been so much more:
... I was at the Burning Man Seacompression 2008 playing with Suspension Camp. That's me in the photo on their site and (2-colored) in their logo:
In the pic from Saturday, I'm in the middle of being rigged for the same suspension: about to be lifted off the ground, hoisted to 8 feet, swung in a pendulum over the crowd, and spun like a top while screaming my head off.
I cannot tell you how excited I am that we have tickets to see Repo! The Genetic Opera tonight. You may be wondering why we'd want to see a movie with so freakish a name. I'll let the preview speak for itself:
Anthony Head Stewart (Giles from Buffy) as a crazy organ repo man?! Paris Hilton?! Can you say AWESOME!? ...OK, so Paris Hilton isn't really awesome... House of Wax completely sucked a fat one. But! The rest of the package looks FAB-U-LOUS.
So, super excited. Too bad the only showing is at 10PM in West Seattle. At least all my friends will be there!
... It looks like we're about up and rolling. Let's get back up to speed, shall we?
Wedding recap and summary of our trip to Glacier and Zihuatanejo are in process over at Speyerwedding.com. We're still waiting on our pro pics (but have a few to preview).
I am both pleased and disappointed with the outcome of the election. I believe that Obama is the right choice for America and I look forward to seeing what he can do. Even so, I was getting tired of his rhetoric by the end of the election.
I am heartbroken to see gay marriage banned (again) in several (more) states. I know that it's a frustrating issue, and many people are afraid of seeing their value system disturbed. I know many people are simply adhering to the Bible, citing what they believe to be "right" to also be "true." Nevertheless, I can't help but imagine that when these people think of gay marriage, they are simply afraid of legitimizing scary, icky buttsex. Forget LOVE! Forget equal rights for ALL FAMILIES! We just can't deal with those FREAKY homos!
Sigh.
Work is nuts, but Fall has been beautiful and provided me with many gorgeous outings. I'll be sharing photos from some over the next few days. Until all the wedding recaps are finished, look for this blog to be light on text and heavy on images.
I've also set up a Twitter feed here, in case I can only manage single sentences.
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