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SCENARIO ONE:
Husband and I are taking a vacation July 19 through July 27. Our plans are to make a big circle. First stop, here:


After about 3 months of dating Husband, we decided to take a weekend road trip together. We settled on the 7-hour drive to Cambria, California, a beautiful scenic drive up the coast of California. Nothing but ocean views the whole way. We visited the Castle four times that weekend! It was there that I fell madly in love with the man who would be my husband. It might be just another vacation spot to some, but to me it’s a magical, romantic, happy getaway. It’s a place that holds memories of a time before the barrenness and I desperately want to get back to that place.

Our second stop is a quick one. We’d visit this place more often but it’s a tough drive from our home. And it’s not the ride there that’s hard, it’s the ride coming home. So as we head back down the Golden State, we make a pit stop here. Cotton candy, frozen lemonades and the freakiest rides known to man.

We’ll drive a little further down where we’ll meet our sanctuary.


A cozy cabin built for two at Big Bear Lake. Uninterrupted reading of my new book, peaceful napping, shopping, hiking, boating, fishing. Pure heaven! Just writing about it now makes my stomach all aflutter!



SCENARIO TWO:
BFF works for a killer company that put forth a challenge to all their employees. If they meet the challenge, they will be treated to an all-expense paid trip to Alaska. BFF asked if I would go with her if she won. When I asked when, it ironically is the same week of SCENARIO ONE. But Husband and I agreed, an all-expense paid trip to Alaska was a once-in-a-lifetime thing and I could not pass up the opportunity to go. The castle, the roller coasters and the cabin will always be there. Free trip to Alaska, not so much.

But don’t worry, we have big plans for Husband! If I go to Alaska, we will book a visit with his dear old mom in Florida. It’s better that way. 1.) I have a perfectly good excuse for not visiting the inlaws and 2.) don’t moms want their children to themselves? I mean, deep down, she’d much rather have Husband alone than me tagging along I’m sure.

So the answer to which scenario vacation we take will be answered next Monday, the day BFF’s company announces the results. I’ll be scrambling that day for reservations either way.

The real question is what the heck do you do in Alaska?

Got my hair cut this weekend. I wanted a longer version of Jon and Kate plus 8. The spike in the back is so cute!! Anyway, I feel a little 80's with a 2008 spin to it. Have more exciting things to report but I'll save it to type on a real keyboard and not my crackberry.

Sent from Alison's wireless blackberry.

For the first time in 17 months I do not know what cycle day it is. For a girl who’s been trying to get pregnant for almost that long, it’s really freeing to not have to worry about turning on that monitor every morning. I wake up and have my mega cup of caffeinated joe and face the day childless.

I love, love, love Mel’s post today about being “SI”, Super Infertile. It’s taking awhile for me to accept that we are in fact, SI. I mentioned here how lost I have felt. What direction do we take now? Well, a few weeks ago Husband said he wanted to keep trying. Sweet soul, he’s in denial. But I told him that I was just not ready to face TTC again. So we have agreed to live our summer free of HPT and vitamins. Where we end up when the nights become cooler and I start planning for the holidays, I do not know.

So for now we are clearing our weekends for beach trips, camping and home improvements. We are taking a very much needed vacation the end of July and I’m thinking of getting tickets to here, a venture I have not attempted since I was 26. Sex is determined on if we are in the mood or not and the only thing I pee on is the water in the toilet.

If you have not heard yet, my favorite peanut Alison got some good news this weekend. Go visit her to say yippee and see why she is the cream in my coffee.

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Have a good weekend!