I Should B writing a paper

Just a quick update on my C25k. It has been interrupted by yet another Endo day :-( However I am having a MUCH better day emotionally :-)
I have an ethnographic paper due on Monday and just remembering my fieldwork for that has lifted my spirits. I bet you are wondering what an ethnographic paper is. Don't fret I didn't know what it was before I had to write it either.

Ethnography is defined as The branch of anthropology that deals with the scientific description of specific human cultures.

I am an anthropology minor and this assignment is for my medical anthropology class. I decided to do my ethnography on the Amish. I focus mainly on their hierarchy of resort which is the order of people or things they consult during or in relation to medical problems. For example, when I get sick or have a medical question my first action is to google it. If I am not satisfied with that answer I then call my mom. My next resource is my cousin who is a nurse and is married to a doctor. Normally at this point I know if I need to visit a doctor.
Hierarchy of resort is different based on economic status, culture, and geographical location. It also varies drastically between generations.
I am fortunate to have been able to visit the only Amish community in Florida for my fieldwork. The Amish have quite a laid back way of life and do not stress about much if anything. While I was there I asked one woman what would be the standard procedure for dealing with PCOS. Well she had no clue what I was talking about. In the Amish world they do not think about fertility. It is either God's will or it isn't. They do not know anything else. I tried to ask more questions down this path but they do not discuss these delicate topics with people outside their immediate family.
This got me to thinking about how would I feel if I didn't have children and didn't know why. I actually couldn't even grasp it.

I can't unlearn my fertility complications.

I do not know if this makes me egocentric or something but now that I know what the problems are I want nothing more than to fix it. I have utter respect for those people that can just "give it to God". While I do pray about things I feel I need to do something myself too.

I digress. Looking back at my fieldwork, that I hope to continue, it is nice to be away from the hustle and bustle of my daily life while with the Amish. I will admit though that I clung to my iPhone for hours after leaving ha ha ha.

May you have a wonderful Saturday.

I am off to finish my paper.

*this photo is one I took of an Amish friend as she went home. I was only given permission to take it with her back to me.

I should B out of bed

So here I am at 11am and I'm still in bed,awake but in bed. I should be getting up and putting on my workout clothes. Today is day four into my couch to 5k journey. I downloaded an app on my trusty iPhone (C25k) and supposedly in 8weeks ill be able to run a 5k if I keep up with this. However, I just want to stay in bed. It has not been the best of mornings. I have PCOS it is awful and today is CD22 I have not ovulated this month at all. My fertility monitor has shown 10 "high" days but no peak. I am not on any medication like many cysters out there. I do not have medical insurance so we are trying the NFP methods. But I can't get pregnant if I don't ovulate! See the thing is some months I DO ovulate others not so much. I never know what it is going to be this month. There are many cysters out there on fertility medications and I wish we were there but we aren't. The odds of a cyster getting pregnant without fertility drugs is something like 5% (I have no clue what the real percentage is). Due to lack of insurance (fertility isn't covered in the state of Florida anyways) and that I'm an unemployed full time college student , NFP is our only option. To be added to my husbands insurance would cost more than have the rent each month. That is just not a doable cost. So, I track my BBT each month and utilize a Clearblue fertility monitor. Right now the question is do I ovulate? And today the answer is not this month. There are many people out there with much worse problems today in my world it is this.
After I finish writing this I will put on my workout clothes and go torture myself with a workout. Then I will go work on one of many papers I need to complete. Only 5 weeks left of classes! 18credits/6classes this semester is kicking my butt.