"It doesn't get much better than this."

That is what my RE told me at my ET yesterday. We transferred 2 8-cell embryos - 1 was grade 1 (perfect) and the other was grade 2 (almost perfect). The actual transfer went smoothly. MH was there with me, and our nurse, Mandy, was great. She gave me a "fertility bracelet" to wear, and put some stuffed rabbits next to the chair. Her explanation for the rabbits was, well, they are pretty fertile animals. :) I'll take all of the luck I can get. I stayed lying down for another 30 minutes after the transfer, and then was on bedrest for the rest of the day. I'll be honest, I did get up a couple of times...and I slept on my stomach. I don't know if that is against the rules or not, but I just cannot sleep on my back. I can foresee that being a problem if this IVF was successful.

Today, I slept in and tried to stay in bed for as long as possible, but MH and I are remodeling our house (little by little). Right now, we are working on the master bedroom. The next steps are to paint and lay carpet. We looked at Lowe's previously; they weren't too bad. Today we went to a warehouse-type place. God, no. Sure it was cheap, but it looked it. Finally, I suggested Buddy's Carpet because I had heard from one of our neighbors that they got a really good deal from there. It just so happened there was a Buddy's right next door to the warehouse so we decided to stop in. Good news! We found a multi-tonal frieze for $1 cheaper per square foot than Lowe's. I think it is going to look really nice, and I'm glad I didn't settle for something else that was in our "price range."

On another note, we took our dogs with us to go to the store. This is a pretty normal practice as they are very spoiled. While we were in Buddy's - let me point out that we were in there a total 0f 20 minutes - some woman comes storming in. She says, "Are those your dogs out there in the car?" Oh, you mean the dogs in the car parked in the shade with a bowl of water and the windows rolled down? But I only told her, yes, they were my dogs. Then she goes, "Um, you know it's, it's really hot out today." Then just stands there. Is it hot? Gee, I hadn't noticed. Thank God you came in here and butted your big nose into our business. Anyway, then she storms back out and stands there staring into our vehicle and then glaring into the store at us. She did that for about 10 minutes, and finally gave up. I hate people; those dogs live better than she does.

They are fine, by the way, if you were concerned.