Well, I’m done.  Today was spent doing records in the morning, which I totally dragged out because it was really all I had to do, so I read through old files and looked at the kids’ kindergarten screening reports, which ask stock questions like "What does your mother do?" and getting a kick out of the responses.  I wonder what my kids will say when the time comes.

After that, I got lunch, and cleaned off my iBook, and surfed for a bit.  But then someone was found to open the door to the tech office, so I had to shut down my MLTI iBook for the last time and put it away, which left me with more than an hour of literally NOTHING to do.  I played cat’s cradle with an extra large rubber band until 2:15 when the secretary announced to the school "You are free to go." And go I did.

However, on my way out I was stopped by several teachers who said "oh, wait! Is this it? Are you leaving now?" and then followed my affirmative response with  lots of good luck/ you’ll do great/ I can’t believe they let you go, of all people/ come visit.  And I’m done.  Is it weird that the most emotional moment today was turning in my iBook?

Anyway.

Tomorrow I will get my pool pass, and maybe go in the afternoon.  It’s $20 for the summer for an adult resident, and the pool is two streets away, which I know will be an even huger asset when I have kids.  You can see my neighborhood pool here and here, but funnily enough, NOT on the city website.  The pool info there is a scanned fax that is only viewable as a PDF, and lists hours, fees, and rules. So lame. Maybe I could work for the city when I finish my degree. Anyway, you can see the grassy area in those pics, and to even stretch out on a towel and read a book (currently "Little People" by Tom Perrotta) would be just delicious.

Speaking of my degree, I posted this on IM today.  Any thoughts? It’s driving me crazy, but it boils down to the sentence in bold, I think.

[fellow IM TTCing after a M/C]’s recent success, after having such
similar first pregnancies (we found out 2 days apart, both RH-, etc)
has me really rethinking my "wait 2 cycles" plan. I’ve been plugging
dates into the BabyCenter ovulation calculator (and then having a wave
of sadness when I realized I was logged in and, according to them, 15
weeks pregnant today
) and while I’m quite content to not have tried before my first post-m/c
cycle, I don’t know if I can keep convincing myself to wait one more
cycle.
 

I’m positive I ovulated, lots of EWCM and the return of the post-ov
fatigue, but I was sick and there was no F-ing of any kind, GO or no.
But now I’m eyeing July, and it’s just close enough to make me really
want to TRY then.
 

My GA spot goes to May 31, but classes end May 5, and a July cycle
would end up being a mid-April baby. I’m not really concerned about my
classwork — since I am only GAing 20 hrs/week I know I’d be able to
get it done early, esp where I’m spending so much time in the lab as a
GA anyway (most of my classes are project based, so it’s not like I’d
miss exams or whatnot). My dept is really small (2 profs: one is my
advisor, the other I’m GAing for; an independent study PhD student — I
think she’ll be there — and one GA, me.) and my biggest concern is
wondering if having to miss up to 6 weeks of the end of my GA service
would affect my tuition reimbursement. I figure I could always work
more before I had a baby, and/or work at the summer institute
afterwards, but, would that be bad?
 

I can’t help but think that it would work out. And that’s only IF I got
pregnant, which I am highly likely NOT to do. But not TRYING and
wondering if I missed my chance just seems like it would be more
difficult than trying and dealing with the consequences.

Sorry for the tome; I hope someone out there has some similar experiences or advice to share.