Random Bullets of Things I Might Expand Upon Later

• My progesterone level came back at a wonderful 29.8. What's wonderful about this is that I'm not on oral progesterone (and I thought the vaginal approach didn't elevate blood levels?). I know not to read anything into elevated progesterone, but this does bode well.
• The plumber is downstairs working in my kitchen. Then he will tackle issues with two toilets, one of which he said might be from the 1920s (which doesn't make much sense given the house was built in 1941, but I'll concede the point that it's probably OLD). Needless to say Old Toilet, which is in the basement, will not be replaced at this time if it's issues are not cheaply and easily fixable. I'll save that for the eventual creation of a real bathroom down there (as opposed to the toilet in one corner, shower in the other corner of the laundry room approach that currently exists).
• Evil committee work for the semester is done!!!! While meetings are not done for other things, I will take what I can get.
• As usual, my conversation with my chair left me feeling worse than when I went to see him. While he is very positive *on paper* our conversations end up with him telling me to write another book. And I don't want to *write* another book (at least not the "marketable" book he wants me to write). I'd rather focus on *publishing* the ones that I have already written. And for two of the three, I think this is realistic, if I find the right publisher, as both have received national recognition in major contests. The third, well, that will happen or it won't (it's a really weird project in a little-published genre).
• I have required three evening babysitters within the past seven days. That makes me crabby.
• LG is going to kindergarten in the fall! I went to the parent orientation meeting earlier this week and started crying in the auditorium. There I was, with an embryo possibly implanting and a five-year-old heading off to school. She's the class of 2022, which makes me smile, as 2 is my favorite number.
• All that frantic searching for notes ended up being for naught, as we only spent about 20 minutes on that new text. So I know what I'll be reading over the weekend.
• My mama is coming to visit! Now, while I'm not keen about the whole taking a pregnancy test while my mom is visiting angle, I do like the built-in cook and errand-runner. And it will be nice to see her. I might even take Tuesday "off" so we can hang out.
• I really think this is the end of the bad week. Major campus events tonight and tomorrow, and then it's back to the daily grind of grading and reading and writing, without all the extra nonsense. Yahoo!