ET minus one! I love a good game of tag...

Rule #1: the tagged person must write their answers on their blog and replace any question they dislike with a new question formulated by themselves.

Rule #2: tag 4 people to do this quiz; they cannot refuse (ok, so nothing bad will happen if you don’t participate but I would love to see your answers). The tag-ee must state who tagged them.

Ok., trying to make links here...I was tagged by the lovely Bridget at http://ourstorkgotlost.blogspot.com/

And the four people I'm tagging are:
(1) Ashley at http://onthelanai.blogspot.com/
(2) Lulu at http://closeriam2fine.blogspot.com/
(3) Wonder Woman at http://faithsseed.blogspot.com/
(4) Elphaba at http://eggsandsperm.com/

1. If you have pets, do you see them as merely animals or are they members of your family? Family members, of course! Why else would we have them?? It's not like our house is rat-infested or people try to break in all the time or anything.

2. If you could have a dream come true, what would it be? See, now I know this questionnaire was not written by an infertile. Because, duh. Although I'm going to be greedy: I want two happy, healthy pregnancies that come to fruition exactly on their due dates. I want the children from those pregnancies to have long, healthy, happy lives, and for them to argue over who gets to take me and JimDear in in our old ages.

3. What would you do with a billion dollars? My grandparents bought a condo in Kaua'i in the 1940s. It has an ocean view (rocks, tide-pools...) and is within walking distance of a good beach. We used to go there every 2-3 years. Many of my happiest memories, from toddlerhood till college, are of Hawaii. They are selling it now because they're getting old and their 7 daughters (well, really only 3 of them, but they're ruining everything) cannot agree on a way to share it. It's now worth over a million dollars (!!) It breaks my heart that my children will not get to have such a fun, wonder-filled vacation spot. So, step one, I would buy this condo. And, because I am not an ass, I would share it with my siblings (and cousins).

Then I'd replace our windows. They're from the 1960s and are single-pane. Time to upgrade!

Pay off the house and my husband's car. And our credit card. Put enough in the bank for about 10 more rounds of IVF.

And then help out my siblings (pay off their homes and/or student loans).

And then, like many of us I'm sure, I'd start an infertility foundation that gives grants for treatment and medications. :)

4. What helps to pull you out of a bad mood? My baby. Oh, wait. A hot bath, some red wine, dancing, my man, my pets, the usual: things I love.

5. (replaced because dull) If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be? My weight. It's a constant battle to control it. I'm *always* "overweight" on the BMI chart. I don't actually mind being at 26-27, but I'd like to be able to stay there without working at it. 28-29 comes all too easily, and then I get mad at myself.

6. If you are currently in a relationship, how did you meet your significant other? I went to a science fiction book club with my sister (I was living with her at the time) because she didn't want to go alone, because it would be full of nerd and weirdos and such. Met and married one of them.

7. What kind of books do you read? Contemporary lit, for the most part. Mindless thrillers for vacations, memoirs for when I want to feel like my life isn't as horrible as other people's, and the occasional sci-fi when my husband says it's really, really good.

8. How do you see yourself in 10 years? Working full or part time with 2 kids at the elementary school across the street.

9. What’s your fear? That I'll give birth to a healthy child who dies of SIDS. Seriously, my worst nightmare.

10. Would you give up all junk food for the rest of your life for the opportunity to see outer space? Dude. I can see outer space from my backyard. No way.

11. What’s the first thing you do when you wake up? I'm ashamed to say...take my temperature. Yes, I'm temping on a medicated cycle. I'm an idiot. I know.

12. If you could change one thing about your significant other, what would it be? His sperm count. I love him and I'd rather him with his shit sperm than someone else with little Michael Phelps candidates, but in all honesty, if I had a magic wand, I'd wave it. Fuck IVF, I wish we could do it the old-fashioned way!

13. If you could pick a new name for yourself, what would it be? Actually, I can already do this. Wanna know why I kept my maiden name? Not for feminist principles, but because I was too damn lazy to get a change of name, and a new social security card, passport, licenses for work and driving, etc. So I'm keeping it.

14. If you had to choose between six months of sun or six months of rain, what would you choose? If I have clean, running water, I'm going sun. If it's a true dry season and I don't have a sink with a faucet and water coming out of it, rain.

15. If you could only eat one thing for the next 6 months, what would it be? So my mind goes right to "what would be best for a pregnancy??" But in all honesty, probably chana saag. I don't think I'd ever get sick of that.

16. What is the thing you enjoy about blogging the most? Being entirely honest about my 'situation' and having wonderful women totally understand!!

17. Do you prefer salty or sweet foods? I really don't know. I mean, I love chocolate. But lots of the foods I really like, like indian and thai foods, tend to be pretty salty. But if the question is, would I rather eat a pile of salt or a pile of sugar, I'll say sugar.

18. What items are in your purse right now? Day planner, pens, tampon, wallet, gum, chapstick, lip gloss. Keys are beside it on the table.

19. If you had to choose between vacationing at the beach or in the mountains where would you go? Umm, I live in Salt Lake. I'm vacationing on the beach, I can walk to the mountains.

20. What do you watch on television that you know you shouldn't? House. It's gone completely down hill but I just can't stop!

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FET tomorrow at 2 pm! They should call me "before noon" with my thaw report. And yes, I am nervous. And no, actually, I'm not excited yet. Hoping that changes.