An Impromtu Weekend Trip June 20, 2005
My husband was almost positive that he was going to have to work all weekend, so we weren’t planning to do much of anything this past weekend. Miraculously, the partner he’s working for right now didn’t hand him the pile of work at the end of the day on Friday that he was expecting. So, we decided to hop in the car for a mini road trip.
Bright and early Saturday morning we headed over to Louisiana to our hometown-to-be to look at apartments. We had already scoped out the city a couple of months ago, so we knew exactly which apartment complexes we wanted to take a closer look at.
Our hometown-to-be is nothing like Houston. We must have had 25 different apartment complexes on our list when we were moving here. Yesterday we had 3. There are a lot of complexes. There’s just not a lot of really nice ones.
It was very easy to pick from the three choices. One complex was a lot further out than the other two. Plus, it was in an extremely busy area. My husband is adamant about the fact that his commute will not be longer than it is right now. Who can blame him? When you move to a smaller city from a behemoth like Houston, you expect a shorter commute.
Choice two was easy to cross off of the list as well. It was nice, but we didn’t like it at all. It was in a planned community and just didn’t have a homey feeling whatsoever. Most of the apartments overlooked the parking lot.
So, option three it was. We actually liked it quite a bit. It’s really nice and has almost everything we were looking for. It’s in a less busy area of town, yet still convenient to shopping and downtown (where my hubby will be working). It’s also on a really nice property. There’s a big lake in the middle and tons of greenery everywhere. So, we submitted an application. It’s nice to know we’ll actually have somewhere to live when we move in 7 weeks.
We decided not to let the baby factor affect our decision making process this time. We actually downsized a bit. When we signed the lease of our current apartment, we were months away from the azoospermia diagnosis. Sure, we had been trying for quite some time, but I guess we were still in denial that it could actually work.
We live in a 2 bedroom, 2 bath apartment right now. It’s nice and big. Of course, when we decided on this floor plan we were thinking, “Oh, let’s make sure we have enough room for a baby.” Not this time. No siree.
We decided to go with a 1 bedroom, 1 bath with a study. Plenty big for the two of us. We’ve learned not to live our lives assuming this stuff might work. If, by some miracle, this cycle works we’ll be fine. We’ll only be living in hometown-to-be for a year. That’s how long my husband’s clerkship is. If it doesn’t work, we won’t be stuck living in an apartment that we envisioned having a family in.
Enough about that. On the way back, we stopped and visited my parents. My brother and his new girlfriend were in town as well. We ate way too well and way too much.
So, it was a good weekend. I don’t think I cried once. A vast improvement from last week. Distractions are good. I think it will be good to be packing up and doing everything that it takes to pull off a move while I’m cycling.
I’m trying really hard not to be a big whiner and complainer right now. I know my posts from last week were nothing but. So, I’m not going to mention the fact that my arms are still sore from lugging around a cryo tank on Friday or the fact that I burned the shit out of my thumb last night. Nope, no complaining from me today. I’m just focusing on the good. Cause ya know, there will alway be crap. Always. Sometimes I just need to find something else to concentrate on.
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- Author : amanda
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Glad you got a break from the BS this wknd. You deserved it! It’s funny- I was just telling my husband that we should never have moved into the three bedroom we bought in anticipation of starting a family. Clearly that’s what’s doomed us to having two empty bedrooms. I’ve been joking around that we should take advantage of this real estate market and downsize. Because, you know, only when we have no room for a child would the IVFs finally work. Riiiiiight.
Glad you were able to find a new place to live.
I so hate the moving process, but you’re right in that it’ll take your mind off of pending cycle activities.
Sounds like the weekend was nice. The complex you picked sounds lovely. I always aspire to the no whining idea, but I have been unable to rise to that ideal!
So, so sorry about the crap you endured with the sperm and everything. So sorry.
I am glad you were able to get away and find a new place! That is great!
As someone who just cycled in the middle of the move, let me tell you I actually think it was a good thing. It left me less time to obsess…don’t get me wrong, I did still obsess, just not as much. Glad you found an apartment, it sounds great.
Happy to hear you had a good weekend - I am so sorry about all the stress you’ve been dealing with the past few weeks - and those BCP’s are a big bitch. Hang in there - I know the ups and downs are tough but you are strong and you can get through this - even when it feels like you can’t!
The new complex sounds great! Glad you had a nice weekend in the hometown-to-be.
There IS always something else to concentrate on - complaining! C’mon now.