No news yet about our embryos. I was displeased to find out that the lab didn't send the cells for PGD testing as soon as they were ready; it was only after the holidays that the cells were sent out. Was the genetics lab closed? Was the embryology lab batching with other patients? I don't know. I couldn't get a clear answer why it was delayed and I'm starting to really get frustrated at all the hiccups with this clinic. In the grand scheme of things is a week delay that big a deal? It's not. But it's irritating to feel left out of the loop about our embryos and to not have known to expect that. I'm definitely keeping score. I have a running list of grievances that will come up if we ever need to consider future retrievals.
This morning I had an opportunity to do a kind act as part of my new year's wishlist. For anyone following the news, the east cost is being pummeled right now by a crazy storm. It's not just accumulations of snow and ice but also insane cold and wind. Luckily my area didn't get the accumulations but the roads have been slippery and it's been very windy and cold. As I was driving on a two way street, a trash can rolled onto the lane opposite mine. I was stopped at a red light. Oncoming traffic was standing still because the first person had the trash can blocking her way. She wasn't a young person. She wasn't sure what to do. So I put my car in park, jumped out (with my keys; I'm not looking to get carjacked), moved the trash can, and got back in my car before the light turned green. She rolled down her window to thank me and I said back something like 'no problem' but I wish I had something clever and inspirational to throw back like, "Pass it forward!" I'll have to work on that.
A friend sent me a job listing from her organization to see if I'm interested. I don't have several of the requirements and I wasn't excited about the job itself, but reading through it I realized I'm ready to consider new opportunities. I may not have time or patience to actively seek them out, but if they come across my desk from a recommendation or a post on social media I'm open to it. Incidentally and completely unrelated, I was watching youtube videos and one of the suggested videos that started playing automatically was an old interview with Steve Carell right before he left The Office. When the interviewer asked him why he's leaving at the end of the season, after some joking, Steve's answer was that after seven years of doing the same thing, "it's time." That sounds like a really appropriate reason to look for something new.
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