Good evening. We start tonight’s newscast with the weather – we enjoyed about 6 inches of snow last night, and while a fair bit melted today in the glorious sunshine, it is still pretty snowy out there.
Yes folks, that’s right. When I picked up my sister and nephew yesterday at 1 p.m., it was still fall. When I dropped them off around 4 – it was winter. Gotta love the Canadian prairie. But it was really lovely snow, perfect for snowmen and snowballs and thick, lovely whiteness. Much better than the first snow we usually get, which is barely a skiff but falls in a hideously cold wind, sweeping over the barren brown grass. There are still green leaves on the trees here, for mercy’s sake!
In other news, the merging of the families went splendidly and everyone seemed to enjoy themselves. We did the draws for Christmas presents and ate a lot of ham. Good times. I didn’t have to resort to drinking myself as I was occupied in the kitchen for much of the evening. Also good.
Day 2 on Clomid and so far, so good. I don’t think I mentioned this before, but my new job has amazing benefits. They cover fertility drugs up to a lifetime maximum of $2500. When I went last week to pick up my prescription for the first time, I paid a grand total, for 2 cycles worth of Clomid, of 42……..CENTS! I just about screamed right there at the pharmacy pick-up counter. What would have been $125 cost me 42 cents. When I got in my car, I was hooting and honking my horn for at least a block!
I’m working the election tomorrow, which will be boring but probably a bit more fun than actual work because there will be more people to visit with. And also cause I really hope we can win back this riding, and I’ll be phoning supporters and harassing them into voting. Stephen Harper and his stupid, evil Tories seem to be cruising for another minority – here’s hoping! Then we’ll get to watch them all slowly implode, and you know there’s really nothing more fun than watching a long, painful, drawn out political death. (I know you are asking yourselves where is the crunchy granola Anna you’ve come to expect here – all I can say is that I’m still here, but with a strong Machiavellian streak you may not have expected.)
And then I have acupuncture at 4:30, and my very first support group meeting at 7:30. Woot!
Thanks for reading, and good night!
