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June 08, 2017

6/8 in --

I only go in six to eight hours a week for my internship. I went in for two days this week. I’m helping to develop graduate recruiting for the School of Education at my university. So far I’ve do...


June 06, 2017

6/6 in --

I start my internship later this afternoon. I didn’t think I still had one! Apparently I didn’t blow my chances with it, even if I was late to our meeting a few months ago. I’m going to be workin...


I’m three days past ovulation today. My temperatures are looking much better than last month – a good bit above the cover line! I am nervous because my period is due on our anniversary and I’d r...


May 31, 2017

5/31 in --

I am grateful that I don’t have work lately. I haven’t been able to sleep well at all. Last night I had trouble getting to sleep, then I was woken up by my phone at 2am from an amber alert. So, t...


Egg white CF! Positive OPK! High, soft, open cervix! All systems are go! This month I seem to be ovulating a few days earlier. 👍


I skipped a day (I think it was Sunday) because I didn’t get very good sleep and then I woke up at 8:30 instead of 6:00. Oops. I have an interesting chart this month. It’s looking much different ...


May 23, 2017

5/23 in --

So… I don’t have a job this summer. I couldn’t sleep last night because my anxiety levels were through the roof and I think I’ve blown a couple of opportunities. For instance, I met with someone ...


May 22, 2017

Frustrated. in --

I was rejected for the graduate research assistant position. I’m really frustrated. I don’t have any experience in the field I want, and it feels like my undergrad and graduate degrees are a wast...


May 22, 2017

5/22 in --

I’m having a difficult time getting out of bed for the past week. I don’t feel depressed, but I know I’m going through a bout of it. My body feels heavy, sore in some places, and I can sleep and...


May 16, 2017

5/16 in --

I have a job interview that I really want tomorrow for a graduate research assistant position in my program’s department. It’s very important that I get this job. I really need some experience in...


Started today. I knew it was coming. My cervix was high/soft, then today it was low/firm and my cramps were worse. I don’t feel too bad about it. It feels satisfying to have a completed chart.


I am unsure of when my period is due. Fertility Friend has me at three days late but a typical cycle pre-birth control for me was 32 to 34 days. I am currently on CD 31, 12 days past ovulation. M...


I don’t have much to report. I’m 10 days past ovulation. Fertility Friend removed my crosshairs, but I discarded some problematic temperatures and got them back again. I know I ovulated! The issu...


May 10, 2017

5/10 in --

I miss my kids a whole lot today. All I want is to snuggle them. They smell good. Their weight against mine when I’m hugging them always feels so wonderful. I love them beyond any kind of measure...


May 09, 2017

5/9 in --

I’m busy. As usual. I’m working more than 40 hours this week, when I normally work 20. I know, I know, most people do this. I’m still tired AF. I’m impatient about the trying-for-a-baby stuff and...


This is my updated chart for this cycle: Looking good! I am rather uncomfortable. I have cramps and backaches. Thanks, progesterone. 😒 Today is my partner’s birthday! I’ve got a busy day ahead o...


I’m two days past ovulation now. My chart looks good. Now I wait. I am having cramping (yesterday it was more on one side), and I have some nausea but I get sick to my stomach easily so who knows...


I got a positive OPK test! My cervix is soft, high, and open! I’m totally ovulating! I didnt think I’d ovulate this month! Cool stuff.


This is the first cycle that I’ve been charting my basal body temperature, cervical fluid, etc. I guess we are not really trying to abstain from pregnancy, but we’re not super actively trying eit...


April 20, 2017

4/20 in --

I’m going to write about how proud of myself I am! I had a presentation yesterday that I’ve been dreading for weeks. I absolutely despise presentations. For someone with probable ADHD and high an...


April 19, 2017

4/19 in --

My life is in a pretty good rhythm. I stopped taking Celexa. It was giving me panic attacks and not helping any of my mental malaise. I’m feeling a lot better after I weaned myself off of it. I ...


April 17, 2017

4/17 in --

I savor the days that I’m not weighed down by mental illness. I float through my days as the sun slowly glides through the sky.


April 13, 2017

4/13 in --

Imposter syndrome is an odd thing. I’m almost done with my first year of graduate school, but I’ve felt it since I was an undergraduate. I still don’t feel like I belong there, and I don’t feel l...


April 03, 2017

4/3 in --

I have a lot of projects lined up. I just got a big paper done, so now I can focus on finishing my presentation that’s due on Wednesday. Next week I have a paper due, but the rough draft is done,...


March 28, 2017

3/28 in --

I want to talk about my mental illness. It’s not something I generally discuss in an objective, top-down way. Normally my posts here regarding it are rants or bouts of self-pity. I recognize that...


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