Sunday, June 26, 2011

A few announcements…

I triggered last night! Sorry, no pictures like last time. I’m not a night person, at all, but this was obviously worth staying up for. Of course then when I finally did wander upstairs to bed, I couldn’t sleep. After I gave the cats their bedtime treats (yes, I keep a container of cat treats in the drawer of my nightstand, and yes, they expect, okay demand, treats every night), I grabbed my iPad and started googling bad things like “ovulation before egg retrieval”, and other non sleep-inducing phrases. Must learn to stay away from Google at midnight.

In other news, this September, catswithpassports is moving to…..

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA!!!!!!

We are thrilled! Bratislava was our number one choice, and after going through the bidding process, plus a promotion, plus the wait, it seems that we are indeed going to Slovakia. As everyone in the Foreign Service knows, nothing is certain until you are on the ground, but it looks promising. So yes, three glorious years of Christmas markets, easy travel, four seasons, and the arts. Oh, and did I mention that Vienna is less than an hour away?

And one last bit, from this morning…

First of all, I loathe “food” smells in my house. Weird, I know. My husband on the other hand, thinks he’s died and gone to heaven if I occasionally make a “big breakfast” (omelet, bacon, etc). Since I’ve been full of hormones for the better part of two years (IVF #2, pregnancy, breastfeeding, FET #2, and now IVF #3), I try to indulge him from time to time, and this morning I made breakfast.

After we ate, Kate and I were alone in the kitchen, so I opened up one of the windows to air out the room. Several minutes later I walked to the front of the house to speak to my husband, and happened to glance down and see Bella. As I walked back toward the kitchen, noticing the open window, I nervously shouted, “Is Guinness with you?” As I asked, I looked out toward the back garden and sure enough, Guinness had escaped through the window and was standing on the patio. I ran outside and of course he ran away from me, and under the patio table, fortunately within reach. I brought him inside and all is well. Though it might be a while before I make breakfast again.

13 comments:

  1. So jealous of the move to Slovakia! Good luck with organizing the move!

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  2. Oh wow! Congrats to getting your first choice for the move.

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  3. That's great news!!! Sounds very civilized and perfect for you all!!!congrats!! And good luck with the IVF! fingers xed!!!

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  4. Good luck on your retrieval! I would love to feature your success story on my blog but perhaps you'd like to wait until you have more success to share? ;-)

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  5. Congrats! I'll be in the neighborhood - Belgrade.

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  6. I really liked Bratislava when I visited a few years ago. I'm very jealous of you being an hour away from Vienna on the train as well. Well, I'm a 2 hour flight from Tokyo - how's that?

    Did you trigger Saturday night retrieval Monday morning? So you're one day ahead of me. I'm glad someone will be on the 2WW with me. I'm also worried about ovulation prior to my retrieval, but they had me trigger 34 hours before, which seems fairly standard practice.

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  7. Good luck with your retrieval!!! I hope all goes well. Sounds like Bratislava will be nice!

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  8. Wishing you the best of luck with your retrieval.

    Glad Guinness's escape was cut short.

    And, your next assignment sound glorious. Enjoy.

    ICLW #10

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  9. good luck with your retrieval!!

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  10. Congrats on your move! I went and read about the bidding process - very interesting (for someone who gets 'dragged' around the world, well Asia so far, with her husband!). I had no idea it worked like that in the US foreign service - I know a couple of people who work for the Irish consulate here.. I wonder if it's the same for them?
    Anyway, lots of luck for your retrieval :)

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  11. Thanks for stopping by my blog. Congrats on the move and good luck with the retrieval!!

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