hi all

Jo, glad you're getting so close to your IUI - i'm hoping for a good result for you

BW - it's good to hear that you're feeling better and that your students seem to be behaving a little better this year. maybe they all grew up a little over the summer break (here's hoping!) - i know it's hard to share with people at about work what's going on, but you should have a really supportive network then for this year, so it (hopefully) should balance itself out.

Mako - so sorry to hear about your computer misbehaving itself - how rude of it!! when is your TWW up?

as for our furbaby managerie - here goes! we have one bunny rabbit Midnight (a lop eared dwarf who came to visit form my brothers house in june 2005 cos they ran out of grass, and has never gone home - he was only a few months old at the time) - we also have 4 dogs - had six for a while last year (DH had 2 when we got together, i had 2, then DH's brother passed away so we inherited his 2)! jack and whisky are cattle dogs 7 or 8 years old (bundy & susie - they're parents - both died last year of old age, which was really hard) - then there's teejaye and mini me - my chihuhua cross babies - they're mum died of milk fever when they were six days old (devastating) so my mum and i hand raised my girls and their 5 brothers and sisters (hmmm, i've had the maternal instinct for a little while). those two sleep inside at night cos they're too sooky to stay out, and i wouldn't have it any other way - i love all of my furbabies - including the ones on their way - but i am getting decidedly impatient waiting for a human one to put in an appearance!

as for me - having a shocker today - isn't it always the way that when one thing goes wrong, everything does? DH came home from work last night complaining that his foot was a bit sore - took his boot off to find a nice amount of swelling. took him to DR this morning - and he's either been bitten by a spider or suffering a nasty bout of gout. on top of that, i'm having the worst flare up of IBS i've ever had - and i'm so uncomfortable! my tummy is so crampy - tried to get to dr with DH but they were so overly booked i couldn't - a little worried that (aside from the obvious upset tummy) i have a distinct crampish pain on the right side of my tummy... the whole thing got so bad earlier that i was bawling with the pain, but seems to have settled down a little... not having a good day at all.

bring on the FS appointment tomorrow, then i'm going to try to get myself squeezed in with a GP - even if i have to go to another clinic. tonight i'm planning on just sitting back and relaxing - and maybe trying to eat a little.