Back in the Saddle

...or should I say stirrups? That's right, its Cycle Day 3!

Just the way every girls likes to start her Saturday, right? My appointment was a 9:00 am, which isn't too bad. The week day ones are usually at 7:30 or earlier. To set the context, my alarm usually goes off on a weekday at 6:30 and I snooze for a half hour. Then I dilly dally for about twenty minutes more until I finally get in the shower. I usually get to work around 9:00.

I wanted to sleep in a bit this morning. It is the weekend after all. I even considered not showering before my appointment, since I plan to get on the elliptical later this morning. But, it is Cycle Day 3 after all. Not exactly a good scene down there. So, shower it was. The hospital is 15 - 45 min away depending on traffic. It's Boston people. Yes, it does vary that much. But it's Saturday, so all should be fine.

I get out of the shower at 8:25, after thinking I would leave at 8:30. Did I mention I'm really good at dilly-dallying. No problem. I'll just grab a granola bar, and eat a real breakfast when I get home. And who needs to bother with make-up for the sonographer? It's now 8:35. I kiss Hubby good-bye and run out the door.

Crap, there is ice on both windshields. Crank up the heat, set the defroster, grab the scraper. OK, back in the car. I put the car in reverse, and then back into park for some reason which I have already forgotten. Then I noticed a light on my dashboard. It wasn't the check engine light, but right next to it. Transmission maybe? I just had my car inspected yesterday. WTF? Did the mess it up. Now my break pedal won't go down, and I can't shift the car.

I run back into house in a panic and yell to Hubby that he needs to drive me. He has a pick-up, and the hospital lot is small, especially with all the snowbanks. Now that I'm in a panic, there's no way I can deal with it.

While he's getting dressed, I go back out, and start the car again. It was fine. So I call Hubby and tell him not to worry, but asked him not to head out on his errands until I was safely back in a moving car.

Whew, It's always something, right?

I made it there with minutes to spare. There was no traffic, but in fact, a bunch of runners training for the marathon to navigate as I pulled into the hospital. I also had to navigate around an extremely large pot hole, after which I exclaimed aloud to myself "wow, that was a really large pot holder!" Clearly, I'm losing it, and I haven't even started the injections yet. Hold on to your hats cowboys, looks like this might be a bumpy ride.

I'm home now though, with a whole day to myself with nothing planned. I need to find a new project now that the wedding album is done. I think it will be the honeymoon album, which is going to be a little different, since I have to do it scrap book style. We bought a nice leather album on our honeymoon for the purpose. By the way, thanks for all the lovely comments on my album. I'm really proud of how it came out, and it's fun to share with people who appreciate it.

I'm heading down to the elliptical shortly with my laptop. Hubby attached a laptop stand to our machine. I'm finding that reading and commenting on blogs while walking is a great way to distract myself into staying on for 30 minutes.

Hope you are all having a great weekend!