So, I walk in the door tonight, exhausted from a full day of home visits, and the first thing Hubby says to me is “Don’t quit your job yet.” Um, what? Turns out all the bureaucracy and paperwork involved in international employment and the logistics of an international move apparently take longer than a month […]
Last night, at 13 weeks, I did something really scary. I announced to family and friends that I’m pregnant. Even as my cursor was hovering over the send button, I couldn’t help the what-ifs. What if I send this message to my whole family and then the worst happens? I didn’t broadcast it to all […]
It’s been two weeks since Hubby’s job offer, and we still don’t have a contract in hand. Apparently, the professor left for a conference in Germany the day after the offer was made, so he didn’t even start working on the contract until the middle of last week. He’s never done this before, so he […]
*I swear I’ll get around to writing a non-pregnancy-related post soon!* I’ll keep this short and sweet. Despite the fact that the nurse who drew my blood on Wednesday said she’d likely have the results either Friday or Monday, she called me yesterday to say the results were in. I missed her call, and when […]
I’m 12 weeks today. We had the NT scan this morning, and I had blood drawn for the rest of the first trimester screening. We should get the results by Friday or Monday. Of course, as Dr. P reminded me, I’m already at higher risk for chromosomal abnormalities because I’m “old.” I was reminded of […]
When I was in college, I minored in French. Not because I was majoring in international business or linguistics. Because I thought it was…romantic. Because I wanted to travel, and I thought it would be useful. Because I had an academic adviser who didn’t look at my English major and French minor and say, “But […]
Today was a good day. It started with my first OB appointment. Dr. P is really nice, and Dr. C was right–I like him. I did have to strip down today, which I was not expecting, for a breast exam and pap. I heard the baby’s heartbeat on the doppler (at 10w5d) and didn’t even […]
The decision on the position Hubby interviewed for this week has been postponed until Monday. In the meantime, he’s scheduled another quasi interview for Monday morning. It’s for a post-doc position that may or may not lead to an academic position down the road. It’s also with someone he “knows,” which, we’re discovering, might be […]
Yup. The pantsless hug. It happened today, just after my final ultrasound at the fertility clinic. If Dr. C had looked down, he would have seen my ass crack. (God, I hope that didn’t happen.) But you know what? I wanted that hug. It was a bittersweet day, and I needed that final embrace from […]
Day one of Hubby’s 2-day, last-chance, no-really-I-mean-it-this-time-there-are-no-more-academic-jobs-after-this interview is tomorrow morning. It’s another skype interview, which poses its own challenges, but hopefully isn’t what’s prevented him from getting other jobs he’s interviewed for lately. It’s also international, which poses specific challenges to Hubby and his accent-deciphering abilities (or lack thereof). If you have any to […]
Something Out of Nothing 