CD15..back in civilisation

Here I am, back in the land of technology! I survived 2 nights out in the wilderness without phone reception, toilets or showers...


The BDing marathon didn't quite go to plan (as I thought). We missed Friday night (first night out camping) due to DH being too drunk.... He made up for it Saturday morning though...which I suppose is better than nothing!


Camping was an adventure, to say the least. We went with another couple (a guy DH works with and his girlfriend-lets call them J & A) and had picked out a nice spot about 50 minutes away from home. Left Friday arvo and arrived there just before 5. Turns out you are not allowed to have campfires there...so after a short debate we decided that wasn't going to work...(we didn't want to freeze!). The guy told us about a spot about 20 minutes back up the road that allows campfires, so we decided to hightail it back there before it got dark.


We had been given directions and followed them to the dirt road which had a sign advertising the campsite. Followed this for ages and wound up in what looked like someones front yard...a derilict house, lots of cars, some dirty faced kids running around...and then we saw the sign for camping.....


A guy came out and took our money and let us know that we could camp anywhere beyond the gate. We were a little reluctant, but figured we needed to set up camp somewhere as it was getting dark quite fast. The grotty faced kids opened the gate (one of them had a mullet....) and away we went. As we drove along the dirt track we were looking around and my first comment to DH was 'some of these tents look permanent'....he agreed. We decided to drive right to the end of the road and things just started looking weirder....more and more what looked like a cross between tents and dodgily made extensions with fences around them, a circle of about 12 tents that were all matching...brand new mercedes parked outside 'permanent' tents....it just didn't add up! We found a spot right at the back, away from the other people and we all hopped out of the cars to take a look. Next thing we know one of our 'neighbours' comes strolling over and tells us that this isn't the public campgrounds and we needed to go back up the other way.....OK.......


Drove back up the other way and took a closer look at everything...it all clicked....this was some kind of hippy commune (or a cult?!?). We were all a little freaked out and found a spot way up the other end near what looked like 'regular' people. Figured it would do for one night and we could pack up early and go somewhere else the next day.


The boys were making lots of jokes about the hippies coming to get us etc etc...it seemed to be the running theme for the night. Once we were set up it was ok. We had a fire, we had alcohol, we had food...all set!


We were all in agreeance to move on the next day though..DH's mate realised that we could have gone to his parents empty block of land (out whoop whoop) and camped there. So we had a plan for the next day...


The one good thing about this place was it had toilets for us females...though we were a little wary of making the walk to the toilet block once it got dark.


Up fairly early the next morning..boys were feeling a little rough but a greasy breakfast helped.  Packed up and hightailed it out of the hippy place...we thought the owner was going to stop us as we drove through the gate..but he just looked at us! Very weird...
We headed out to the block. Was around another 30 minutes from where we were. The boys dropped us off and decided they needed to head home for supplies (mainly a shovel to clear a fire area and a chainsaw to cut some firewood). Our job was to figure out where to set up the tents....but we decided we needed to sit in the sun and warm up first...Felt like the guys were gone for hours but they eventually made it back with shovel, chainsaw, more beer and one of J's guns!


We flattened out the spot we had picked for the tents and set up camp. All this and it was only 12:30!! The afternoon was spent eating, drinking, playing cards...the boys went into the bush to play with the gun and J came back with a pigeon...DH was very jealous...(how strange boys are..).


Once the sun started setting, it got REALLY cold!  Lots of layers of clothing required..but even huddling around the fire didn't quite warm us up! The boys set up some cans for target practice and it ended up in a 'lets teach Kate' how to shoot lesson...which was suprisingly quite fun!!  I even hit the can a few times!!!! Go me!!

Didn't have quite as big of a night...I think we were all too cold. I had a terrible nights sleep..couldn't get warm and I had to keep getting up to pee....not fun doing this when it's dark and freezing!!!! This is definately the biggest downside of camping!

It was great to get home and have a shower and use a real toilet!!

I think we decided that we won't go camping in winter again!! Hahahaha...even DH was cold and he never gets cold!

Kept up our BDing marathon and went for it again yesterday once we had gotten home (and showered) of course! Hoping to get one more session in before DH flies off this afternoon. Can't believe 7 days has gone by so quickly. Oh well..hopefully he will be home again just as quickly...

I am not feeling confident about this cycle...It would be wonderful if this was it for us, but I don't think that we have caught the egg..infact I don't even know if I have ovulated yet. I have had some cramps since last night...but I haven't been checking my CM. Also my boobs have been a little sore too...

Now all we can do is hope for the best.

Ovulating?

CD10 today and having some intense pains on my right hand side..wondering whether I am ovulating, or about to? I haven't always felt O pains each month, but I definately think I am this cycle. DH is home so we are of course BDing..lets hope we get lucky this cycle!

Helped DH with his 'sample' on Wednesday morning. Was my job to keep it warm as we drove it to the lab. My hands were too cold, so I stuck it in my cleavage..hahahaha! DH made me take it in too, as he was too embarassed. He was nice enough not to complain about doing the SA, so I am very grateful. Hoping we can get the results before our FS appointment on Monday, or at least have them faxed to the FS so they are there when we turn up. 

Our 3rd Wedding Anniversary was yesterday. Can't believe it's been 3 years since our wedding. I got home from work yesterday and DH suprised me with a big bunch of flowers! Thought that was gorgeous as I have only received flowers from him two or three times in the almost 8 years that we have been together!! :) We got thai food takeaway and snuggled up on the couch for the night. It was nice just to have him home. He was at work last year. 

We are off camping on Saturday with friends. Looking forward to getting away from home (at least for a night or 2) and just relaxing. DH loves camping so he is rapt that I agreed to go! He has only taken me a few times and its always been a disaster, so hoping this time there are no incidents!! Also hoping the rain stays away. 

So I could possibly be in the TWW in the next few days...another miserable 2 weeks of reading into symptoms and getting my hopes up. Going to try not to obsess over my FF chart too much, but will continue with temps as I want to be able to show the FS. Also its nice to see the crosshairs and that I actually have ovulated.

CD22/6DPO

Yes you read right..6DPO!! 

I played around with my FF chart this morning, and after I took out my first temp of the cycle (which was really low and out of place) it changed my O day to CD16 (from CD8)!!!!!!!!!!!! Which means we have a shot this month!!! We BDed 2 days before O and on O day, so hopefully it's all we need to get our much waited for BFP.

I am super excited now that I am back in the running for a 2010 baby! It does not bother me in the least that the baby would be due in December...I really don't care when our baby would be born..as long as he/she is healthy! Infact I figure if I was to get my BFP I would rather be having morning sickness now it's getting cooler, than to be feeling sick all day in the heat. 

Probably getting a little ahead of myself, but trying to be positive. Not reading into 'symptoms'...yet. The cramping I had the other days has stopped..so my only thought has been maybe it was implantation cramps? Asides from that I am not feeling anything different. But it's early days yet, and plenty of time to get into the swing of the TWW crazies! Hehehehe...

Hoping having DH home over the Easter weekend will take my mind off it a little. Still no plans, but we usually decide stuff pretty last minute anyways.