I'm ready to try to stop obsessing about the IUI. My Infoholic Witch spent every spare moment yesterday googling IUI success rates and sperm motility information so I've about had it. I've pasted a quotable card above my computer--the one I bought myself on the day I decided to quit my job and go back to school. It says:
Finish each day and be done with it. You have done what you could. Some blunders and absurdities have crept in; forget them as soon as you can. Tomorrow is a new day. You shall begin it serenely and with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense.
Ralph Waldo Emerson supposedly said this but I haven't been able to locate the source. I'll sic my Infoholic Witch right on that.
It's so tempting to fritter away the hours plundering Google, but I never learn anything encouraging that way. Rather than being buoyed by promising statistics, I always end up convinced I'll be in the minority, that I have some rare and fatal malady that will render my doctors grave, shaken, and powerless.
Of course, in my case that conviction has usually been correct, but I realize that's not the norm.
I really like the quote: "...with too high a spirit to be encumbered with your old nonsense." It rings true for me in this February of not-sucking-ness.
Posted by: Julie | February 10, 2004 at 09:19 AM
Lisa:
You sound just like me! Ah, isn't obsession grand?? Ha!
What would we have done without the internet to fuel our TTC obsessions? What did TTC'er do before its existence?
I can now officially state that I have unfortunately fallen within the 80% minority with IUI #1. No beginner's luck here. Hope you will have it!!
Posted by: JulieBean | February 10, 2004 at 11:19 AM
Julie Bean--I was so sorry to see your post. I don't know what else to say except I'm sorry. Hang in there.
Posted by: Lisa | February 10, 2004 at 01:15 PM
Thanks Lisa.
Oh, and I realized I should have said 80% MAJORITY, not minority. I really wonder where my head is these days...
Posted by: JulieBean | February 10, 2004 at 01:19 PM
I'm loving the look of your blog as you fine tune it. And I'm loving that quote even more. It's a quote worthy of your Hope Addict - and she's a whole lot more helpful than your Infoholic Witch will ever be.
Posted by: Julia | February 10, 2004 at 08:43 PM
Lisa:
How are you doing today?? Or should I say Como esta? (Is that right?? I've never taken Spanish.)
Are you Google-free? Stay strong, girl!
BTW, have you noticed that all of the replies to this post are from Julies and a Julia...
-Julie
Posted by: JulieBean | February 11, 2004 at 09:28 AM
Julia--The fine tuning is a challenge. My knowledge of HTML/technology is slightly less advanced than my knowledge of Spanish.
Julie--It's a J thang. ;> I wish I could say I was google-free, but I am so very weak....
Posted by: Lisa | February 11, 2004 at 02:03 PM