And then a bit more insanity

I can't believe that it's been about a month since I last wrote. In some ways SO MUCH has happened, and in others, nothing has happened at all.

About two days after that last post, I got a message from my doctor's nurse asking me to call her. I thought it was her calling to let me know that the referral had been approved, but instead she was calling to tell me that the insurance company requires a chlamydia and gonorrhea test before they'll approve referrals for infertility. I made an appointment for the next week, but the day before the test I was spotting so I called and rescheduled for last week. It sucked to have to wait so long, but it happens.

In the meantime, J got laid off. It sucks, having to do the whole living on one salary thing again, but we did it for the first 9 months of our marriage, when we were still paying off a truck and a motorcycle and a couple of credit cards and several student loans, and we know that it'll be easier now that everything is paid off. The biggest impact of his job loss is that now we won't be able to save as much for a house, like we were before, and I'll admit that I'm really, really upset about that. But that's about all I have to say on this topic.

Moving on. So I had my completely pointless STD test last week. I was in the office with my doctor long enough for her to apologize about five times for making me take a pointless test, us agree that nationalized healthcare is a good idea, me to tell her about J getting laid off, and her to tell me that I should expect to hear from her office this week about my referral. And that was it.

J called me at work this morning to tell me that the doctor's office had left a message saying that my referral had been approved, and that they were mailing it to me. As soon as I get it, I'm going to call and attempt to schedule an appointment with my chosen RE, assuming I can get one in the last two weeks of July. Once I know more, I'll post more.