Rise and Shine!

Last weekend the wife and I joined some friends and my goddaughter in more fall adventures. We went to a farm near my mom's house that has always been a fond childhood memory of mine. I was happy to share it with Jaci too and we had a great time. We started off with a hayride around the farm. Along the way we saw aliens made out of pumpkins and Spongebob Haypants. After the hayride, we went to the 5 acre corn maze. Yes, 5 acres in the dark with our flashlights. They give you a map of the maze and there are 8 stops inside with trivia questions and a "You Are Here" dot at each stop. While it may seem like it would be easy since we had a map, it was not. We only saw 3 out of the 8 stops and spent a good half hour stuck in in the corn! It was definitely a challenging and a lot of fun. I picture us taking our child there one day and it makes me smile.

Here is the 5 acre maze. We definitely got stuck in the rooster's tail a few times. I love that they put so much effort into designing it!

On another note, I had my HSG on Wednesday. For those unfamiliar with it, HSG is short for Hysterosalpingogram. Basically a contrast is injected through your uterus to see if there are any blockages in your fallopian tubes. I was very anxious about this test because the hysteroscopy was so uncomfortable for me, but it was definitely a lot easier! Once they injected the liquid, we saw it running quickly through the fallopian tube. The doctor said it was the fastest he has ever seen it go through and that made us very happy. The next step is the Clomid Challenge. Because I am not regular at all, they want to see if Clomid will be a good option for me. I assume that won't be until December, which I am totally okay with because we are going to be very busy the next couple of months with house hunting and a trip to Disney!

Funny Story

So... funny story. Last Wednesday I left my office and started walking down the stairs into the train station. My brain and feet did not connect on the last step and down I went. I completely landed on the side of my foot and twisted my ankle. The guy in front of me heard me fall and helped me up. I could NOT stand on my left foot at all. The guy walked me to this motorized cart in the station and ran to find me crutches. He asked a cop, went to the ticket center....nothing. I said thanks to him and told him to go catch his train. Meanwhile, my coworker walks down the stairs and sees me in pain. The cop asks me if I want an ambulance and I refuse because I know it's not broken and it's not that serious and at this point it's just annoying and hurting. My coworker walks me to the train and I call my wife to let her know how clumsy I am. I jump on the train (actually I guess I hobbled) and Jaci met me at one of the closer stations and took me to urgent care. After finally getting to urgent care and taking off my boot, it was definitely swollen. A bunch of x-rays and poking and prodding occurred and it was concluded that I had a badly sprained ankle. I got a nice boot and some crutches. Needless to say, I've never been on crutches so that was fun.

   

Jaci took very good care of me and the pups. I'm now mobile and walking without the boot, thank gosh. On Saturday, we went to the local orchard with a couple of friends to pick some apples and check out some pumpkins. It's been great enjoying this fall season so far. I definitely didn't have that in San Diego! 

So I'm onto the next step with the baby making process! I have the HSG next Wednesday at the RE. Not looking forward to that since the hysteroscopy was not at all fun. I'm also really interested in going over some of the blood work to figure out my whole PCOS stuff. Not having regular cycles is really inconvenient. I just hope to get some clarification because it makes me nervous about trying next year. I am staying hopeful!