Quick Takes (5)

It's still Friday my time, so I'm not too late to get this in!

1. AF is still no where in sight.  I'm starting to wonder....it's CD 39 and my cycles are usually 33-34 days, so this is definitely out of the norm.  I do take progesterone CD 21-30, and I think I did ovulate later than normal, so I'm only P+15 or 16, but I've had VL B for 6 days.  Definitely strange.  No telling what this means and definitely no CD 3 bloodwork before my next Napro appt.

2.Back here I talked about how I'm enrolled in the National Children's Study.  I had another interview yesterday for the study and will have a few more, but then basically I need to get and stay pregnant in order to proceed further. Oh the irony.

3. I'm 5 weeks info my forced diet (because of food intolerances) and am down 6 pounds!  I used to love to eat food and it brought so much pleasure- eating out with dh, trying new foods, etc..  Now I just eat because I have to, which isn't a bad thing, but I've definitely lost a lot of joy for food.  I guess that just gives me more energy to find joy elsewhere, right?

4. I'm becoming a "class" addict lately.  I signed up for a coupon class next week, a sewing class in September to make a baby quilt, and am going to my 3rd of 4 photo classes tomorrow.  I guess I love learning! My dh is even taking the photo classes with me, which is so sweet because he's not interested in photography at all, but is actually enjoying the learning I think.

5. After finishing Redeeming Love, I ordered another Francine Rivers book- A Lineage of Grace.  Not sure if I'm going to take it on our Russia trip or not, but am excited to read something else by her!

6. Dh had the day off today so we went to our favorite outlet mall a few hours away.  It was a beautiful day out and we had such a scenic drive through the mountains.  And the best part is we were able to buy quite a few items we needed for our trip!

7. Finally, we have a snake problem in our yard again.  Last year, dh killed over 20 grass snakes in our yard.  It was the first year we had that many.  We've had such a wet spring, I was hoping they would have all drowned, but low and behold...they are back.  I absolutely hate snakes!  I can deal with bugs and spiders just fine.  I was even ok with giant rats when I lived in Asia.  But snakes?  I cannot tolerate them at all.  There's a reason why Satan was depicted as a serpent in Genesis...I'm just saying. 

I'll spare you the closer up photo, but here's what one looked like.  They're not all that tiny, in my opinion, and I can't even go in our grass anymore. 

Last year we found them in our garage, and I accidentally touched 2 dead ones when we were cleaning the garage.  This year I nearly touched one as I was setting pots down in the grass and that was it.  I can't go in our grass anymore. I'm a prisoner in our own home.  What do I do?