blackmoondog

I have currently got 5 knitting projects in progress. I still haven't stitched up my hoodie (after deciding the original sleeves sucked and starting them over). I have run out of Fun Fur for my "Princess Snowball Cat Bed" and haven't gotten back to the yarn shop. I have about half a 2x2 rib scarf in WoolEase woods print that I was hauling around to appointments (or other places that have a lot of waiting). Now I've also got a baby hat and a Cal afghan started. I really need to just finish something. The scary thing is that the baby hat was started last and will probably be finished first.

I'm theoretically coming to the end of my 3rd cycle taking progesterone supplements. I'll start the pills again on Thursday. The first two "cycles" were completely anovulatory. I didn't bother to get the ultrasound because I never got any indication whatsoever that ovulation was imminent.

This "cycle" has been very odd. For the first 10 or so days, my basal temps were disturbingly low (96.2F-97.2F). Then there were 4 days of normal-ish temps (97.4F-97.6F). For the past 2 days, I've woken up with hot flashes and my temp has been 97.9F. I've had some ferning show up on the spit-o-meter (OvuScope just doesn't have the same ring to it ;) but it hasn't been consistent *at all*. I ended up not getting the ultrasound again because I would have probably needed to do it either while we were out of town, or on a weekend when the lab was closed. Oh well. Maybe next time.

I think I'm gonna schedule an appointment with the OB/GYN soonish since I haven't actually followed up with her since my nurse practioner left the practice. I'm gonna hold off making an appointment with the endocrinologist about my thyroid until my temps stop being so wacky.

If my boobs start hurting, I'm gonna get suspicious (tho I'll likely think that it is psychosomatic). We've done just about all the random crap people tell you to do when you're not getting pregnant. We've gone on vacation. Stopped Trying (tm). Just spent $$$ for me to join the gym. Not that any of that was intended to increase fertility, well, except joining the gym since any weight I can get rid of would likely help.

I've been trying to eat more fruits and veggies and less flour/sugar. When we're in town, I go to a 90 minute yoga class on Saturdays. Today I worked in the garden for 2 hours, prepping a place to plant my tomatoes. Tomorrow I'm gonna go to the gym to peek in on a couple of classes and probably use the treadmill (I wonder if I can knit and not kill myself on it...) My dog would love me more if I started taking her out for walks in the morning again. Hopefully this stuff will help counteract the wonky hormones and steer them back to their normal balance. Alas, only time will tell.

For those reading via LJ, you can get the backstory on this here:
http://www.blackmoondog.com/archives/hysteria/000007.html

and here:
http://www.blackmoondog.com/archives/hysteria/000009.html

Since I'm lazy and decided to just not try to move my old posts to LJ.

To celebrate the fact that I just got a new toy (PalmOne Zire 72) which has a built-in camera, I've started a new photo gallery for some of the random things that I take pictures of. Kinda like a moblog, just not on a phone (I'm actually hoping to find a phone *without* a camera). Anyway, the gallery can be found
here.

I've also updated some stuff and rearranged things a bit in the gallery as a whole. As I wade through the bazillions of photos on my computer, more will be added. I've also got the annoying constraint of having to make sure all the files are under 2MB or else they don't upload properly. Bleah.

Until having to look at my main site (www.blackmoondog.com) on a CRT for the first time, I didn't agree that the colors were pretty difficult. I did all of the work on the color scheme on the laptop and I have an LCD at work so I didn't realize how hard it was to see the links and such. I'll be changing that rsn.

I only noticed today because the laptop has been commandeered for a week for the Wildflower Triathlon communications folks. I'm really missing the ability to use the computer from the couch. My desk setup just isn't that comfy.