More of the same

So instead of waiting to test a few more days, I caved into the urge and got my just desserts....


12dpo and counting down now. Plan to call the nurse today & ask if I can pick up an IVF packet today, and request the bcp Rx.....maybe she'll have pity on me and order a beta just to keep me from suffering the next 48-72 hours..... Last 2 pregnancies, got bfp's at 12dpo; Letting my imaginary symptoms get the best of me seems to be a recurrent theme of mine.

In bleaker news: My best friend from high school was Tina. Yesterday, in the news Tina's brother Jacob was arrested for intoxication manslaughter/felony murder for the death of his 6 week old baby boy Nicholas. He apparently kidnapped his estranged wife, but later escaped at a nearby McDonald's. He apparently went back to her parents home and took the two kids (4 year old is not his, hers from a previous relationship) and drove off, later crashing into a concrete barrier where the 4 yearl old was ejected from the car but survived the crash. 6 week old Nicholas was found in the front seat, without a car seat, dead from his injuries. I remember Jacob in Elementary school and junior high. It is a devastating story and I couldn't help be shocked and dismayed and yet totally moved for Tina, her mom, dad and sister. My thoughts and prayers are also with the baby's mother and family.


Texas Penal code
Sec. 19.02. MURDER. (a) In this section:
~ ~ (1) "Adequate cause" means cause that would commonly produce a degree of anger, rage, resentment, or terror in a person of ordinary temper, sufficient to render the mind incapable of cool reflection.
~ ~ (2) "Sudden passion" means passion directly caused by and arising out of provocation by the individual killed or another acting with the person killed which passion arises at the time of the offense and is not solely the result of former provocation.
~ (b) A person commits an offense if he:
~ ~ (1) intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual;
~ ~ (2) intends to cause serious bodily injury and commits an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an individual; or
~ ~ (3) commits or attempts to commit a felony, other than manslaughter, and in the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempt, or in immediate flight from the commission or attempt, he commits or attempts to commit an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an individual.
~ (c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.

At the punishment stage of a trial, the defendant may raise the issue as to whether he caused the death under the immediate influence of sudden passion arising from an adequate cause. If the defendant proves the issue in the affirmative by a preponderance of the evidence, the offense is a felony of the second degree.

Texas Penal Code § 12.32 provides that punishment for a first-degree felony is imprisonment for five to 99 years or life, plus a fine of up to $10,000. Texas Penal Code § 12.33 provides that punishment for a second-degree felony is imprisonment for two to twenty years, plus a fine of up to $10,000.

link:http://www.click2houston.com/news/4548894/detail.html