Lightning, gas and other stuff

We had some really bad storms here on Tuesday night and guess what? Our house was struck by lightning! It was about 10 PM and we were getting ready to go to bed when we heard this LOUD boom and suddenly all our stuff started going crazy, our alarm started going off, our stereo receiver died (fortunately the TV did not) and our phones died. We're pretty sure that the speakers in our ceiling are dead too. That's bad enough, right? Well, yesterday I get home from work and walk in and smelled overwhelming gas fumes. I of course freaked out and opened all the windows and figured out that it was coming from our attic. So, we called the gas company and the guy confirmed that we had a major leak in our attic so he turned off the gas and said, call a plumber. He said that it's fairly common for lightning strikes to blow holes in gas pipes if you have a certain type of pipe which we apparently have. We were so lucky that nothing happened and that Dexter was OK, how scary! So, now we have no hot water until this gets fixed. Brad is trying to get a plumber to come out today and hopefully it will be a one day job. If not, we'll be staying at a hotel tonight! This is the last thing I want to deal with right now. Oh well. Fortunately, our home owners will cover it, but our deductible is high enough. Blah.

In IVF news, as I mentioned yesterday, we will not receive an update on our little embies today :(. They're all by their lonesome in their little petri dish in the lab. Soon they'll have a nice comfy home for the next 9 months in their mama! I "get to" start my PIO (progesterone in oil) shots tonight! I will actually be shooting sesame oil into me (with progesterone of course), wierd, huh? These are nightly shots in the butt with a gigantic 3 inch needle because it has to reach the muscle. I have two circles drawn in permanent marker on my butt for targets - it's very attractive! Brad was refreshing my circles last night because they had started to fade from when the nurse drew them on this weekend and he drew a smiley face on my hiney - silly boy! The circles are so we get it in the right place because if you don't get it in the right spot, you may hit the sciatic nerve or hit a big vessel, which wouldn't be cool. I'm skeered!! My mom is coming into town tonight for the big transfer so she can give me my first shot. She doesn't mind doing that stuff at all, and I know Brad doesn't particularly enjoy giving me shots. I'm going to try to learn to do it myself by twisting my body around. Lots of women manage just fine on their own, so after a few practice runs this week, hopefully I'll work up the courage to do it myself!