Hi. Please, tell me third time is a charm. Its my favorite #.

(clears throat...  even though she's typing...)

we're back.

i, believe, that i'm 8wks along...  i'm not 100% positive, but i know almost exact dates...  last cycle, possible date of conception...  12/04/14.  12/09-12/14...

so, my precious love took the liberty of buying us "sticks" in bulk to test ovulation times, possible pregnancy times...  we've been using them for the last year and they've been pretty accurate.  when i felt like it was certain, i went to the store to get an OTC test - clear blue easy.  mind you, the EPT test was 44 dollar and this test was 14.  i stood there staring at the cost difference and pondering how in the hell they could be so far different. 

"how much technology could possibly be SO different in each LITTLE container?!?"  google it.  so, i did.  they said they're all basically the same.  why did i pick the cheaper one?  99.7% accuracy right there on the package. 

sold.

go through self pay line, off i go home.  wait...  i have to go to the bathroom so badly right now...  should i take the test now?  hell no!  not in a supermarket!  but, i have to go soo badly!  screw it.  i'm over being a snob, about certain things.  food?  yes.  curtains?  yes.  mauve carpet and couches?  yes.  this?  no.  i want to know because i'm too excited PLUS, i have to go to the bathroom and have been holding it forever, making it prime-time for the test results.

off i went.  bathroom empty, thank the lords.  here goes a very long three minutes...

"i cant believe i'm standing here in a public bathroom doing this.  who cares!  shut up and grow up.  i have to lay this thing flat...  i'm NOT setting it anywhere weird... how about here, on the top of the paper dispenser with a piece of toilet paper under it..."

three minutes later...

"pregnant - 1-3 weeks"

i was elated!  happiness rushed over me and i crammed everything in my purse, ran out the bathroom to my car and couldnt stop smiling.  i, absolutely, could not wait to tell my bear!