Well, I took my Ovulation Scope back to Wal-Mart from whence it came. I actually feel sort of bad for doing this, because I am the one who essentially broke it.

I must say though, that the thing was extremely cheaply made. As soon as I took it out of its package I felt disappointed that I spent $15 dollars on a really small flimsy piece of plastic that seemed as if the whole thing would just crack into pieces if you twist the lens off with a little brute force.

Its apparent poor quality wouldn't have bothered me one bit if it were meant to be a one-time-use kind of test, but the directions boast that you can use it month after month for as long as you like. That was actually the whole reason I bought it.

As I was rinsing the slide off w/ water, as the directions advise, I noticed that there was fuzz or a smugde of sorts on the lens. So I decided to rinse the lens off as well. I dried the pieces with a dry Q-tip and set them on the counter to air out. When I came back, I noticed that there was a big bubble obstructing the view through the lens. Apparently when I rinsed the lens, water had gotten in between the two lens-pieces, which rendered the whole thing useless since it was now impossible to see the saliva through the scope. Doh!

When I took it back, I didn't lie, but I didn't give ALL of the information. I told the girl that there is a bubble in the plastic lens that makes it so you can't see through the scope. She didn't even ask me if I had already used it. She took it back with no questions. Wal-Mart's return policy is unbeatable. One time, I took back a blatantly-opened package of Hanes Her Way undies because they didn't fit. No questionas asked. You gotta wonder what happens to all that already-opened (possibly used???) underwear that people bring back. Do they re-shelf it?? I shudder to think.



You could be wearing my underwear right now.

I used the $15 dollars to put a tiny bit of gas in my car and buy some Jell-O to make for the "Couple's Night" thing that our church is having tomorrow night. Boy, that's just great. I used ill-gotten money to buy refreshments for a church function. Shame.

I wonder if anyone at church notices that everytime there is a potluck function I bring some sort of Jell-O.

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Breakfast:
1 cup unsweetend generic Cheeri-os
1/2 cup skim milk

Lunch:
5 bites of leftover chili
An egg sandwich made w/ 1 yolk, 3 whites, 2 pcs wheat toast, 1/8 cup shredded cheddar cheese (might as well face it I'm addicted to cheese), and a squirt of lo-carb ketchup (has Sucralose in it. Doh!)
1 apple

Snack:
20 or so mini-marshmallows

Dinner:
A turkey reuben (2 pcs wheat bread, 5 slices turkey lunch meat, a bunch of saurkraut, and you guessed it....1/8 cup of CHEESE! Oh, and a squirt of dijon mustard)
No veggies....SHAME ON ME!!!



I ended up drinking 8 oz of coffee, but still had a splitting headache until I went to bed. I'm prepared for another headache today. I'm going to drink 4 oz of coffee and I know that won't be enough keep my head from pounding. Note to self: Don't get all jacked up on caffeinne during the weeks leading up to trying to conceive. You knew you were gonna have to quit! Why did you do that???!!! Gggrrrr.

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