Did I mention…

Posted on April 23, 2007
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…the kids went back to school today after 2 and a half weeks holiday?

Whoooooopeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!

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Big Brother doesn’t suck… so far.

Posted on April 23, 2007
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As I am sure you can all tell by the last post, I was pretty hopeful about the BB picks this year. So far, I’m feeling OK about it. There are no housemates under the age of 20 with the majority being in their mid to late 20’s. That’s a good start and a far cry from the gang of teenagers in the house last year.

Most of them seemed fairly intelligent and employed to boot! They haven’t skimped in the looks department either, all of them are attractive but not in the “I should be on a magazine cover” kind of way that they seemed to aim for last year.

At this point, I am not compelled to watch the show because I don’t know their personalities or group dynamic yet, but I am curious enough to give it another go.

Tonight, another big secret is meant to be revealed along with Mr. X (??) and the two housemates Australia gets to vote in.  I guess I’ll watch and reserve judgment until I’ve seen a few more episodes.

My darling husband is already showing signs of worry that BB may take up a lot of my time. Last night about three quarters of the way through the show, he was heard to mutter “You are way to into this.”

I’m a housewife, Darling. What else is there?

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Hooray for Big Brother!

Posted on April 22, 2007
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Yes, it’s that time again. The new season of Big Brother (Australia) starts tonight and I can’t wait. I have to admit that last year I was a tad disappointed with the housemates they chose. It really seemed like more of a beauty contest than anything else. Maybe now that Big Brother - Up Late (basically inmates showering and talking trash) is no longer allowed, they’ll be a bit more discrimiating about who they pick.

I’d love to see them focus more on intellect and interesting people (like BB 2005.) I loved Timmy, even if he was a scrawny little runt with an Albert Einstein intellect. He deserved to win!

There are meant to be some big surprises this year (as usual.) There is supposed to be a new “white” room, an ecologically aware house and NO PRIZE MONEY! I don’t know how they are going to pull that off.
Typically, each housemate gets a car and a bunch of prizes when they leave the house and the final housemate get $1 000 000. Not this year (or so they say.)

Well, you’ll know where I’ll be a 7:00 tonight. Don’t bother calling… I won’t answer ;)

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And the result was….

Posted on April 21, 2007
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Negative.

Whew!

Now we need to make some serious decisions regarding birth control. I’m not particularly keen on hormones. One says “may cause loss of bone density and early osteoporosis” and the other says “May increase risk of cervical or breast cancer.”
Great! Just what I always wanted. Cancer AND weak bones. Grrrr…. I’m definitely looking into the getting my tubes “tied.” More importantly, I’m looking into vasectomies as well. Why are men such chickens about this?The way I see it, if we are both sure that we don’t want anymore kids, why am only I lumped with taking care of birth control??P.S. I know I said that my resolve wavers from time to time, but my logic does not. It’s purely an emotional pull that women must deal with…their whole lives I guess.

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Nausea, tenderness and mood swings

Posted on April 21, 2007
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The day after Brian and I went out for dinner, the whole family was sitting at the dinner table and Brian joked that I had “Earth-shattering” news (meaning that we had a night out alone.) I played it up and announced to the kids that I was pregnant, which got a resounding lack of reaction. Basically “Yea, right” vibes were coming off the kids in waves.When I corrected myself and implied about our night off; gasps all around. Funny how some things sound completely implausible while others that would seem normal to most people - shocking!

In any case, I may have spoken too soon. For years now I have been using the Depro-Provera injection as my preferred method of birth control. However, lately, with rising concern about bone density loss, along with a slew of side effects that I found rather annoying (Weight-gain, acne and hair-loss just to name a few) I had decided to stop and move to a “safer” form of birth control. Namely the pill or perhaps Tubal Ligation.

Lately, I’ve been very iffy about getting my tubes tied. A lot of people I know are either pregnant or new mums and I have to admit to being very broody. Brian and I decided a long while ago that we were done having kids but while his resolve is still firm, mine wavers from time to time. I guess that internal clock ticks in your 30’s even if you already have kids!

In any case, my last injection was due at the beginning of March. In the last few weeks, I’ve experienced breast tenderness, nausea in the extreme, massive mood swings and other pregnancy symptoms. I highly doubt a pregnancy, as the average time to get pregnant after stopping DP is about 9 months, so 6 weeks (less if I really were pregnant) seems highly unlikely but I’ve scheduled a doctor’s appointment today anyway to confirm or rebuke the idea.

More likely, is that I’m experiencing more side effects. The one’s linked to stopping DP. Now I just need to decide if moving directly to another form of birth control is a good idea or if I should let my body have a break from external hormones before resuming. I will certainly asking the doctor for his expert opinion!

Most amazing of all, is the flood of emotions, nerves and worries that come with even the mere thought of possibly being pregnant!

Watch this space!

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