Hi!

Hi!  I haven't posted for a few days because I really have nothing to say. :)

I found over this past week I have found that I have not had to rely so much on blogging and reading blogs in order to feel better.  Things are just feeling lighter.  I guess I was finding that sometimes entering into the blog world actually made me feel worse because I focused more on the problem.  But right now I am feeling good and able to catch up on some reading and still feel good about it. 

I'm just waiting for this cycle to finish so that we can start our first IUI cycle.  I'm 4 days into the gluten-free challenge and doing alright.  Last night I was super hungry and made popcorn as a snack.  Otherwise, I don't notice much different except that it's a lot of work not to grab convenient pre-made snacks.  I'm making everything from scratch and that takes a lot of time.  Dinners are pretty easy, and I am doing okay for breakfasts with brown rice porridge or eggs with kale.  It is lunches that are super hard.  I made a nice sweet potato/black bean stew, but it only kept for a few days.  Now it's almost mid-week and I'm back to square one.  Oh well.  I don't feel any different yet, but I know it will take a while for my body to adjust.  I don't even know if I will feel anything or not.  I've started going to the gym regularly (trying for 3x/week, so far twice this week), as well as a daily walk with the dog.  Ooh, and today I signed up for a power yoga class.  I did it last year and the instructor was just fabulous.  Plus, it's at the aquatic center and at the end of the class you can use the pool/sauna/hottub for free.  You leave just feeling cleansed, drained, and wonderful!  I'm pretty excited (it starts tonight), though I wish I had a friend to do it with me.  Last year J did it with me, but right now she is waiting for the imminent arrival of her baby (today is the due date).  I am feeling like I don't have any/many friends to just get up and go do something with.  I rely only on DH and he is busy, stressed and currently sick.  With P&J about to have their baby, I'm at a serious lack of people to hang out with!