Craziness Abounds September 15, 2004
Why do things have to be so complicated? Isn’t all of this stressful enough? You would think that having my egg retrieval tomorrow morning would be enough to deal with in one day, but apparently not.
My husband got a call today from a Circuit Court judge in Lafayette, LA requesting an interview. Now, there are there are different types of judges that hire clerks. My husband applied to District Court judges and Circuit Court judges. Circuit Court clerkships are more prestigious, so naturally my husband wanted to jump at this opportunity. The thing is that this judge is going out of town on Monday, so my husband’s choices for interviews were either tomorrow or Friday. Well, tomorrow is obviously out since it’s at least a 4 hour drive to Lafayette from Houston. So, Friday it is.
His interview is scheduled for 9am on Friday. Instead of leaving at 4:30 in the morning, we decided it would be best for my husband to make the drive to where my parents live and spend the night. They live about 2.5 hours east of Houston and 1.5 hours west of Lafayette. That way he’ll have less of a drive on Friday morning.
This raises a couple of concerns in my worrisome little brain. First of all, I’m a tad worried about being left alone after my retrieval. My husband had already planned to go back to work after he got me home and settled, but now he’ll be leaving the state. I could tag along, but I don’t know if I’ll feel up to it.
The second concern is one caused by Hurricane Ivan. Lafayette is located on Interstate 10, which is the primary evacuation route for people living in New Orleans. I spoke to my mom tonight and she said that it was taking people 15 hours to make the drive from New Orleans to Lake Charles when it normally takes 3.5 hours. I’m just worried that all of these people will be making their way back home on Friday after the storm has passed. That could make my husband’s travels very slow going.
All of this clerkship business really isn’t happening at the best time, what with the whole IVF thing and now the onslaught of Hurricane Ivan. I know this is so important to my husband, though, so I’m just trying to go with the flow. Easier said than done sometimes.
Oh, and my husband is still at work and may be there for quite some time. He’s going to be so tired when we have to get up for my retrieval bright and early tomorrow morning. Oh, I hope all of this works out. It’s just so much to hope for at one time.
- Posted in : various other ramblings
- Author : amanda
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Thinking of you today, Amanda. Hope all goes smoothly with the retrieval.
Nina
Hi Amanda. I’ve not posted here before but I have been reading for quite a long time. I just wanted you to know that I’ll be thinking of you today. I hope all goes well with the retrieval and that your husband is safe in his travels.