The good, the bad, and the nervewracking.

The good:
My husband. Oh my goodness, was I ever blessed with this guy. Honestly. He could've done so much better than me, but he seems to like me. Yesterday was our "half-iversary"; yep, married two and a half years! He asked me if I wanted to open a Christmas present early. (That's code for "I want you to open a Christmas present early.") So I opened this box, and burst into tears. I kid you not, I cried like a baby. I have been wanting this figurine for a while, and DH remembered me saying I wanted one a long time ago.

He is just the best thing ever, and I am so thankful to be married to him.

The bad: Today is CD1. Which means we're on to months 10/11 of trying. Again, it "doesn't count" since we had gotten pregnant, but whatever. Along with the fact that CD1 means I'm not pregnant, I get to deal with all the side effects. Wicked cramps, broken-out face, IBS, and nausea. Fun.

The nervewracking: I've been enlisted into doing makeup for a friend's wedding on Saturday. I absolutely love doing makeup and want to do it professionally someday...but I've never really done makeup on anyone else. I am terrified that I'm going to screw everyone's faces up royally because I won't get a chance to practice on them before hand. And to top it all off, they all want smokey eyes. (Which I think is actually a terrible idea...it's an early afternoon wedding, and smokey eye is going to look really heavy and dark.) I'm trying not to stress too much about it, because everyone is telling me "If you're good at doing makeup on yourself, you'll be fine doing it on someone else!" I hope they're right. Wish me luck!

Is anyone else ready for 2011 to just be over?

Friday, Friday, gotta get down on Friday!

Well, cycle 4 was a bust. AF arrived on Thursday, rather unexpectedly. My temps were all over the place this cycle, so I didn't know quite when that would happen. Oh, well. It was really disappointing, but maybe cycle 5 will be our lucky cycle. I'm still struggling with the disillusionment that goes along with not getting pregnant quickly, but I'm getting resigned to it.

DH and I are headed to Louisville this weekend to visit his parents. On Saturday, I'm meeting up with some of my Bump ladies for a get-together. I got to meet a few at a TN gtg, so I'm expanding my group. :) I'm really excited, but also totally over-analyzing. What am I going to wear? What if they don't like me? What if they think I'm ugly? Sometimes, I think I'm still 14 years old inside.

This will be the first time we've left the cats alone for more than a few hours. It should be really interesting. I'm hoping they don't freak out and tear things up, or stand at the door meowing for hours. Suki is particularly bad about that...if we go into the bedroom and shut the door, she sometimes will come and cry for several minutes until we either let her in, or she gets tired. She hasn't been as bad about it for the last few days, so I'm hoping she's getting desensitized. We might leave the TV on or something so that there's noise to keep them company. Eek.

I'm excited for dinner tonight. We have leftovers of what I cooked last night. It was originally a stuffed bell pepper recipe, but this time, I just cut up some bell pepper and added it to the stuffing. We ate it wrapped up in tortillas. So delicious. It's ground beef, onion, rice, garlic, cumin, and chili powder. (And for me, red bell pepper.) I was excited that DH liked it so much...proof that I can sneak veggies into his food somehow. Well, it wasn't really sneaking. He knew it was in there and liked it anyhow. Good stuff. :)

Happy Friday! Enjoy your weekend.