Well, it has been over a week since my last post. First major concern, last Friday, I found out, or donor for sperm is no longer in the system, and may not have sperm available for second pregnancies. We are now having regrets not purchasing the full six at the time of purchase. Alas, all things happen for a reason. We will see how things go. But it was a shock to our planning. We are soon going to blitz through the sperm banks again and look for CMV positive donors as well, as a possible to save the current purchased items for my wife who needs CMV negative. There are multiple options, but while we have the subscriptions for full profiles, we might as well use it.
For the past week my wife, my MIL and I have been on vacation. We went on a Cruise to Alaska. It was a fantastic experience. I had been worried about sea sickness, as I’m very prone to motion sickness in general, and while in Mexico, on various excursions on boats, experienced it to a varying degree. Alas, I had my herbal Gravol in my pocket and took it when needed and was good to go. I’ll post a few more pictures in a few days, with a bit more detail of our trip. But here is one of a bear crossing our pathway while at a park in Juneau, and a rainbow we saw while on our boat.
The cruise was a floating buffet, so it was hard not be eat a lot. It was diet killing, but worth it, I think. In the end, I gained about 6 pounds, hopefully I can burn then off quickly. Not holding my breath though, but will be working on it diligently.
It seems Sunday was a day of days. We got off to a slow start to have a morning to relax, watch some TV and started laundry. While we were going through flyers to make up our shopping list we got a call from my FIL. My MIL had slipped in a grocery store and was being attended by EMS and would be taken to the hospital, he just didn’t know which one yet. Thankfully nothing got broken, but did end up with a lot of pulled ligaments in the back/inside of her legs.
In the evening, while I was trying to take out the food processor to cut celery and cucumber for lunches, I sliced my thumb pretty good. I yelled out ouch, and my wife yelled if I was ok, from upstairs, and I said “Not really.” I had managed to get to the sink before blood started flowing quickly, but couldn’t get anything to put over it to stop the bleeding. She rushed in and handed me some paper towel to be able to get me to the first aid station in our house upstairs. We were on the debate on stitches or not, but once my thumb was above my heart for a while it stopped bleeding, one trip to emergency in a family per day is plenty. So she put on a make shift butterfly bandage and taped/splinted me up so I couldn’t move my thumb and bust open again. By this time it was after 10:00 pm and we still hadn’t had dinner, my MIL didn’t want the casserole I had made, she only wanted mushroom soup, so we made her some, then dished out the casserole for the three of us and took the plates/bowls to their house.
While we were there, MIL finally reached the point where she needed some pain killers. She hates taking anything, even for a headache. So my wife went to our house to get something for her. While there she let out the dogs for a quick run outside. When she went to let them in something happened. And this part is a good chuckle, only because he is ok. My dog Tuffy was running full board into the house, but he missed the first step by a hair and ran straight into the slate riser. It resulted in a temporary TKO (Total Knock Out). My wife said Eep, and while she was wondering what to do, he regained consciousness. He was a little wobbly for a bit, but seemed fine otherwise. The story reminds me of a Tom and Jerry cartoon, so I have to chuckle.
Now we are finally back on track, ready to work off the cruise pounds and process crab apple trees, browse sperm, and follow up when my Polyp surgery is. Never a moment to say, what should we do today, there is always a long list of things to keep us busy.
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