30s TTC - We Started TTC When the LAST Coalition Government Was In Power

[Muser]

BESH is BACK for Spring. Come in, admire the cocktail bar stylings I have created for you. It's all lowlights and smooth sounds, and there's a rehearsal room in back for the GLEE practice.

The barman are beautiful, the Pit has been well stocked with beanbags and gin. So roll up all you 30-something BESHies who stopped counting cycles sometime in the last century, and grab a martini.

No CamelLights. I will tomorrow if it doesn't turn up properly. I've had all the pre-droidular stuff (brown string anyone?!) so I think it's just a slightly longer cycle.

I have taken the view that my brown string is not droid, and so will wait to get my bloods done when R2D2 turns up at the weekend.

by the way, I am very about being in such a state. It's just I only have a little brain and it can't contain everything that's going on just now (ie: do 30,000 word academic thesis in 3 months; finish novel; (fail to)get agent; apply for Bar scholarships; also apply for other professional jobs to keep options open; do actual day job; do PhD viva; find academics to do PhD viva; cope with (lack of) finances; sort out where to live; TTC; need to lose 3 stone; etc. etc. etc. ARGH) and I think maybe I'll just break into little pieces.

Thanks for the advice AliceAliceWhoTheFuckIsAlice (I like that one - seems appropriate). Taking that on board I will deffo be diffed by the end of the fread

Heart youz.

I think you're right about that AA. I've had my Day 2s, just need my Day 18s, only I think I've lost the fucking form (of course).

SheBangsSheBangs er, you seem to have rather a lot on your plate, luvver, not surprising it's all getting on top of you. It's all these pressures you have on your self that you need to break into little pieces...not yourself!

I suggest you put the 'finish novel', and 'find new job', and 'lose 3 stone' bits aside whilst you focus on thesis, scholarship apps and somewhere to live. From what you have said, you have alot of supportive contacts who could help with scholarship apps, so if I were you I would set a date for a sit down work through with your contact, and then a really tight (ie. end of next day) deadline to complete it. Otherwise it will dog you for weeks, and you will drag it out with edits and re-edits etc.

I can't offer any advice on how the fuck you do a 30000 word thesis whilst working full time and looking for somewhere to live

In all seriousness, that's far too much for anyone who isn't Supergirl, BangersandMash. It's no wonder you're cracking up a bit. You must take care of yourself, because when something gives, it all collapses. I know you know this already and that it's rubbish advice and that it feels impossible to find something to shed to lessen the workload. But it's trooo.

Alice has said it much more wisely and constructively than me.

You're both v. nice and wise . I'm going to put it ALL out of my head for now and lie on the bed with a trashy novel. I think I've got a Zadie Smith hanging around somewhere.

(Yes ladiesandgents, never too sad to bitch).

I'm going to kiss you and I don't care who sees it:

XX

Oh head you poor thing. Totally agree with aries & alice - take some tissues & chocolate to bed too.

alice - that twat. He lies. Badly. He's only been working here 6 months. He's had 4 cars broken into, found a gun room in his rented house attic, had head injury & fractured skull, mum collapsed & been hospitalised 49746238475736237595 times, his "wife" (not married, actually think he hired an escort for Xmas do) fell off a cliff face & was in a coma (he continued to come to work), at the same time "wife's" mum had a stroke & was on life support (she's now fine), her auntie was so relieved that she'd come out of a coma she collapsed. Need I go on?

My all time fave is that he's scared of flying (all these excuses things have happened when he's meant to be going abroad on business) because he was once on a flight, bad turbulance (sp?) someone didn't have seatbelt on, flew up, hit the ceiling / roof of plane, broke her neck & died. I had to google this - he must've been on the Hawaii to Japan flight in 1984 (or sommat).

He's had stand up arguments with his boss (wise move) - highly entertaining but not really that professional as it happens in the middle of the office.

I just cringe every time he opens his mouth. I feel cross with him & insulted that he thinks I'm stoopid enough to believe him.

And as mentioned earlier he's sweaty & has a face like the moon

You know when you just really really dislike someone? That's him!

aries pliz to tell more re cough mixture.

Bloody hell Lozza, he sounds like he's got Munchhausen's Syndrome. Is that the right one? When people can't help making up stories?

The sweaty thing takes the biscuit though.

Oh the cough medicine. Certain types containing a certain thing (Guaifensin). It's supposed to help thin your CM and make it less "hostile" (apparently I am a hostile person. A bitchy tutor told me once). So you've got to make sure you buy medicine for phlegmy coughs and not tickly coughs or it will dry you up further!

That was also my diagnosis, Dr Aries. That & that he's a twat.

Bollocks! I've been necking the tickly cough variety. I'll blame that if I don't win this month.

That'll definitely be it . Have just swallowed half a pint of grapefruit juice - was so horrid I had to hold me nose while my every fibre screamed "It's NAAAAAAASTY!" Surely to goodness it's got to work if I'm also having starflower oil and omega 3? Or do you think they're cancelling each other out? Note to self: mustn't forget that sperm is also useful.

God I MUST do some work instead of procrastinating on here. Do you think I'm getting kind of addicted? I even dreamt about BESHes last night (not in a weird way, honest)

Laydeez you do know that you don't have to drink grapefruit juice (although the pink stuff is quite nice with gin in) don't you? You can take 2000-3000mg of evening primrose oil instead, which will do the same job (i.e. increase your eggy stuff). Sorry if you knew that already

I am quietly excited by Head's lack of droidage and Gin's hurty norks.

Gin lovely, I missed ya too. I did see your cartoon and it was v funny. And we heart you v much.

Head. What the others said basically - no wonder you are in bits. Go to bed with chocolate and trashy book until you feel better, and then do what wise Alice says. I would give you violence but I don't want you to cry so I will squeeze you very tight instead.

Lozzer my luver, good work on all that SWI, most impressive. You surely deserve a uti baybee after all that.

Muser is your time of rubber things over? Must be soon...

Now barman, a round of slippery nipples and some chocolate brownies for all please. Anyone care to join me or shall I just snaffle this lot myself?

Aries plz to tell about the dream?

I dreamt about that bloke off t'Mentalist the other night. He was most lufferly.

Tomorrow will be exactly 3 months PollyPocket. No more rubbery nonsense for me. Hooray! Just need to wait for droid to arrive after that. Seems slightly wrong to be hurrying it along, but I want my June baybee!

Pls note, I have not allowed for the fact that I may not diff immediately or something might go wrong again. I may require industrial quantities of gin should my boundless optimism fail.

But I have a GOOD feeling. And surely that is enough?

Pollster! Welcome back!

Just popping in to say hello quickly. Big kick in the face to headbanger

Muse Am looking forward - vicariously - to you getting back on the horse. Although, y'know, don't get on a horse, that's not likely to lead to conception...and would be a bit Catherine the Great.

Because 18th Feb was a significant date for both of us in the fertility stakes I am treating you as my pregnancy representative - if you get diffed, then I will also get diffed. That's how it works, no?

Seems very logical to me Andromeda. I shall be the channel of diffedness. Complete with nanobot satnavs to guide everything to the right place.

That Catherine the Great line raised the first smile of the day.

PS thanks for being nice every1.

PPS Mooosical am excited for you.

Polly I heart you. I really, really do. Don't have to drink nasty grapefruit juice - HUZZAH!!!

Have also switched from the tickly cough medicine to the chesty cough one. Tis bound to work, non?

Note to self - may also need some man-juice.

muse wey hey to shag-tastic times!!!

I must've dreamt about a pork roast. I don't like pork. I began talking about this pork roast yesterday, saying "you know, God, we only talked about this yesterday" only to be told this conversation apparently only happened in my head. Great.

head what gives on the droid v lack of droid?

gin norks still hurty?

Woo hoo, we're all going to win this month then can bundle riot style into the Deli.....

(wot? dreaming again?)

I dunno lozenge. Nothing there anymore - slight smear this morning, nothing since. But 'tis only day 26 of an average 24D cycle, and my last one was 25, and it's only half two. I reckon it'll be full flow by tonight.

The fact that I have SO MUCH on at the moment that frankly I'd rather wait another couple of months before dealing with diffment probably means that sod's law will kick in.

Am very interested in all this cough-mix fruit-juice bix by the way. Next stop wooden spoon under the bed and wedding cake crumbs under the pillow! (I mock, but apparently one of my pals has bought me a fertility stone to keep in my bra )

bix biz

I would like some bix though. Jaffa cakes for preference. Or fig rolls.

Er, who asked about the dream? Polz? Well nothing much happened - you were kind of just there milling around, then changing into Alsations, you know the way people do in dreams.

Back to the GF juice/EPO dilemma. Isn't Starflower Oil like TWICE as strong as EPO? I take it for monthly nork pain anyway so am loath to take EPO as well (does anyone else think that EPO sounds like some kind of performance enhancing drug? I'm sure it's the blood thickening substance that elite cyclists take to increase their haemoglobin. Must be a different type I think). And with the GF juice as well, surely I ought to be, well...gushing?! But I'm not. Maybe I am just a dried up old hag, a spinster but for the grace of God.

Headcase - it would be sod's law for you to be diffed now. Therefore quite probable.

Moooser - I shall add to your good positive feeling and vibes.