Time: 2:02 a.m.
Why:
Why am I up? I'm pregnant. If you've ever been pregnant you understand I'm sure.
Why am I pregnant? If you've ever had a baby you understand I'm sure.
Why am I blogging? I don't know.
Condition:
Bad cold. Day 7. Tylenol and Robitussion. I know why I can take them when pregnant - because they aren't strong enough to do anything. Coughing so hard I pulled my very weak stomach muscles while laying in bed OUCH!; which reminds me, even if I didn't have energy and time to work-out all along I should have done some sort of abdominal strength maintenance exercises, now I have zero ab strength.
Burnt toungue. Made some hot tea with honey to help soothe my throat. That's why I'm sitting here blogging (to do something while I drink my tea). Apparently I couldn't wait for the hot tea to cool just a tad before taking a big swig.
SPD. Symphis Pubic Dysfunction. (As if RLS wasn't bad enough. Restless Leg Syndrome. And the two don't complement one another). I have self-diagnosed myself with SPD. I googled it. If you've had it, you know that it's not fun. If you haven't had it this is what it is: http://www.whattoexpect.com/pregnancy/ask-heidi/pelvic-pain.aspx
I can't wait to talk to my doctor about it tomorrow at my appointment and to have her tell me that it's a somewhat common thing and that I just need to be careful and limit the activities that cause the pain. Hmmm. Sitting down, getting up, kneeling and getting up, standing, walking, climbing in and out of the car, climbing in and out the shower, rolling over in bed....can I limit those activities?
Along with the fact that every second it feels like I might pee my pants....
HOW can anyone love being pregnant? Yeah yeah yeah, there is a life inside of me and it is a growing miracle, I totally get that and I do think it's totally amazing and wonderful (and now I'm going to cry), and I know that the end result is sooooo worth it (that's why I'm going through this again)...but I'm finding it difficult to find anything enjoyable and wonderful and beautiful about being pregnant. I saw some lady at the mall the other day, about my size, rubbing and rubbing and rubbing and rubbing her belly, like the whole world stopped at that moment for her to just rub and rub her belly. Eyes closed. Head slightly tilted. A moment of zen and euphoria. I don't even know what those words mean. I should google them sometime.
Thank you to my mommy who went through this for me. Thank you to Jesse's mommy who went through this for him. Thank you to our Grandma's who went through this sooo many times to build such big wonderful families. My tea is gone now. We women are amazing creatures. 8 weeks left until I get to meet an even more amazing creature and then I can put all of this misery behind me. Our sweet baby :) Until then I am hoping that some at-home prenatal yoga will help a little: increase circulation (so I don't get cramps at night and so my limbs quit falling asleep and to reduce restlessness), open up my airways so I can breathe more easily and to reduce claustrophobia, strengthen whatever muscles and joints I can possibly strengthen in the next 8 weeks - all while modifying the routine, poses, and exercises because there are certain things I just can't do thanks to ALL of the above mentioned...well except for the burnt toungue, that is kind of irrelevant and minor.
Any other suggestions for how to 'enjoy' the last 8 weeks? Don't suggest a bath. I don't enjoy the beached whale feeling.
Oh great, now I have acid indigestion/heartburn. Guess I'll grab a couple of un-helpful Tums before I hit the pillow. Morning will be here too soon!
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Friday, December 17, 2010
The Week's Top 10
The week's Top 10 sweet, cute, funny, random, stupid, silly, awkward, annoying, scary, whatever they may be, you decide:
#1. I just realized today that I rarely, maybe never, have dreams about Paige. Isn't that weird? But she is with her Papa and Grandma visiting Baby Hannah (and R & A) and I am missing her terribly. I dreamt last night that we were at a huge event(?) and there were tons and tons of kids and people, and Paige won a coloring contest. In my dream I even got to watch her go up on stage and get her prize :)
#2. Found out from my Doctor that the baby is currently breech. I've been wondering as the kicks are super low (where there is no room for kicks!)...as well as the fact that either the head or the bum is really pushing out right at my belly button, creating a watermelon shaped belly; as in the watermelon is sticking straight out, not sideways like you would normally carry a watermelon...if you know what I mean. Flip Baby, flip! (But carefully please).
#3. Entertained the thought of turning around and yelling at an old lady at the post office today. There was a line. I was at the end. She came in and got in line behind me. RIGHT behind me, totally invading my bubble. This would be annoying even when I'm not pregnant, but I happen to have extreme claustrophobia when I'm pregnant (poor Jesse, no hugs and cuddles). Her package was pushing into my back, and she kept bumping my purse (which was hanging on my shoulder), AND I could feel her breathing on my back! Everytime I moved, she moved - she's one of those people that can't wait for the line to move even an inch and she's all over it. She's lucky I had self-control.
#4. Homework due: Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Eastern time (5:00 p.m. my time). Homework completed: Wednesday 7:00:45 p.m. Eastern time (5:00:45 p.m. my time) Homework submitted: Wednesday 7:00:59 p.m. Eastern time (5:00:59 p.m. my time). Whew, barely made it. Oops. I've learned not to procrastinate, but some weeks I forget that I learned that.
#5. What a week at work! I wont' get into details. I'll just play it safe and say, I'm glad I'm busy, and continue to remind myself that wherever you go, and whatever you do, there will always be THOSE people who you just have to work with. Luckily the ones IN the local corporate office, who I see everyday, are wonderful. I also have to remember that accountants have a different mindset and character than sales people and technicians and they probably think I'm really annoying too. haha.
#6. E-mail etiquette. Such a wonderful tool for efficiency and ease of communication, but it comes with a horrible side effect. People forget their professional manners and courtesy's and write with attitude they would never have face-to-face. Whatever happened to greetings such as Hi John, and Thank you or Sincerely, Jane? You wouldn't believe some of the things I have witnessed flying around in e-mails. WOW. Also, I know I don't always write on my blog with proper puncuation, but when you're writing to co-workers, customers, your boss, business partners, etc. you should probably make sure you (a) make sense, (b) don't have an entire e-mail of one looooong run-on sentence with incomplete thoughts, and (c) aren't horribly misspelling or improperly abbreviating words and names. The BEST so far: one of our sales persons wrote an e-mail where she abbreviated "follow up" (numerous times in the same e-mail) as "f/u". Haha! It actually took me awhile to decipher what f/u meant. I mean, I know she wasn't really saying THAT, but it sure looked like it and sounded like it when I was reading it. She sent that e-mail to me, the company President, the company Vice-President and our Operations Manager. I sure hope she isn't too comfortable using abbreviations in her e-mails to customers!
#7. Kitchen + Me = Disaster. This actually happened last week I think. I was steaming broc for dinner. Let it steam too long and it didn't smell too great...awful actually. I heard one time that you should boil Listerine to get rid of bad odor and make the room smell nice. So I boiled Listerine. I boiled it good. I boiled it over because I was multi-tasking. Listerine burning on the stovetop actually doesn't smell good either. Jesse's advice: "You know you don't have to have it on high to boil, you can actually turn it down and it will still boil at 4 or 5 without boiling over." Who knew?
#8. Wednesday morning appetite. Baby growth spurt = Midnight snack and 3 breakfasts. 2 at home should have been good, right? Nope. Had to take a detour and stop at the golden arches for one more breakfast before heading to work. Oink oink.
#9. A little mini christmas tree at daycare. About it, Paige says, "That's a Baby Lawson tree!" Haha...cute! Our friends have a baby boy named Lawson. We got to babysit Baby Lawson one evening; Paige was really into him for about 10 minutes and then got tired of sharing. Good thing it's awhile before she'll have to share her toys with her baby sibling. Although...while on the phone with my mom today I overhead Paige telling Hannah, "That's my Grandma!" Sharing toys is probably not going to be the hardest thing - sharing people might not be very easy either.
#10. "Whew!" We had to make a quick trip to the store Wednesday evening after I picked up Paige from daycare. Paige was tired. She was trying to keep up with me (mind you I'm walking pretty slow these days) and she kept saying, "Whew!" Adorable. She does that alot actually, whenever she thinks that she is really working hard at something. I think she learned it from her Grandpa and Grandma, who do it in a playful way after walking up the stairs with her or something...and probably half the time it's a real "whew" as they probably are exhausted from crawling around and playing puppies with her! HAHA. (How did I end up with a child who loves to play puppy?) I remember Brad ALWAYS wanted to play puppies, and that was the one thing we did as kids that I always thought was so lame. I don't know that I even participated in playing puppy. Sorry Brad. I do now with Paige, and I still don't get it - what's so fun about being a puppy? Paige thinks it's great fun to lick our faces and our hands. She is the ONLY puppy I will ever allow to do this.
#1. I just realized today that I rarely, maybe never, have dreams about Paige. Isn't that weird? But she is with her Papa and Grandma visiting Baby Hannah (and R & A) and I am missing her terribly. I dreamt last night that we were at a huge event(?) and there were tons and tons of kids and people, and Paige won a coloring contest. In my dream I even got to watch her go up on stage and get her prize :)
#2. Found out from my Doctor that the baby is currently breech. I've been wondering as the kicks are super low (where there is no room for kicks!)...as well as the fact that either the head or the bum is really pushing out right at my belly button, creating a watermelon shaped belly; as in the watermelon is sticking straight out, not sideways like you would normally carry a watermelon...if you know what I mean. Flip Baby, flip! (But carefully please).
#3. Entertained the thought of turning around and yelling at an old lady at the post office today. There was a line. I was at the end. She came in and got in line behind me. RIGHT behind me, totally invading my bubble. This would be annoying even when I'm not pregnant, but I happen to have extreme claustrophobia when I'm pregnant (poor Jesse, no hugs and cuddles). Her package was pushing into my back, and she kept bumping my purse (which was hanging on my shoulder), AND I could feel her breathing on my back! Everytime I moved, she moved - she's one of those people that can't wait for the line to move even an inch and she's all over it. She's lucky I had self-control.
#4. Homework due: Wednesday 7:00 p.m. Eastern time (5:00 p.m. my time). Homework completed: Wednesday 7:00:45 p.m. Eastern time (5:00:45 p.m. my time) Homework submitted: Wednesday 7:00:59 p.m. Eastern time (5:00:59 p.m. my time). Whew, barely made it. Oops. I've learned not to procrastinate, but some weeks I forget that I learned that.
#5. What a week at work! I wont' get into details. I'll just play it safe and say, I'm glad I'm busy, and continue to remind myself that wherever you go, and whatever you do, there will always be THOSE people who you just have to work with. Luckily the ones IN the local corporate office, who I see everyday, are wonderful. I also have to remember that accountants have a different mindset and character than sales people and technicians and they probably think I'm really annoying too. haha.
#6. E-mail etiquette. Such a wonderful tool for efficiency and ease of communication, but it comes with a horrible side effect. People forget their professional manners and courtesy's and write with attitude they would never have face-to-face. Whatever happened to greetings such as Hi John, and Thank you or Sincerely, Jane? You wouldn't believe some of the things I have witnessed flying around in e-mails. WOW. Also, I know I don't always write on my blog with proper puncuation, but when you're writing to co-workers, customers, your boss, business partners, etc. you should probably make sure you (a) make sense, (b) don't have an entire e-mail of one looooong run-on sentence with incomplete thoughts, and (c) aren't horribly misspelling or improperly abbreviating words and names. The BEST so far: one of our sales persons wrote an e-mail where she abbreviated "follow up" (numerous times in the same e-mail) as "f/u". Haha! It actually took me awhile to decipher what f/u meant. I mean, I know she wasn't really saying THAT, but it sure looked like it and sounded like it when I was reading it. She sent that e-mail to me, the company President, the company Vice-President and our Operations Manager. I sure hope she isn't too comfortable using abbreviations in her e-mails to customers!
#7. Kitchen + Me = Disaster. This actually happened last week I think. I was steaming broc for dinner. Let it steam too long and it didn't smell too great...awful actually. I heard one time that you should boil Listerine to get rid of bad odor and make the room smell nice. So I boiled Listerine. I boiled it good. I boiled it over because I was multi-tasking. Listerine burning on the stovetop actually doesn't smell good either. Jesse's advice: "You know you don't have to have it on high to boil, you can actually turn it down and it will still boil at 4 or 5 without boiling over." Who knew?
#8. Wednesday morning appetite. Baby growth spurt = Midnight snack and 3 breakfasts. 2 at home should have been good, right? Nope. Had to take a detour and stop at the golden arches for one more breakfast before heading to work. Oink oink.
#9. A little mini christmas tree at daycare. About it, Paige says, "That's a Baby Lawson tree!" Haha...cute! Our friends have a baby boy named Lawson. We got to babysit Baby Lawson one evening; Paige was really into him for about 10 minutes and then got tired of sharing. Good thing it's awhile before she'll have to share her toys with her baby sibling. Although...while on the phone with my mom today I overhead Paige telling Hannah, "That's my Grandma!" Sharing toys is probably not going to be the hardest thing - sharing people might not be very easy either.
#10. "Whew!" We had to make a quick trip to the store Wednesday evening after I picked up Paige from daycare. Paige was tired. She was trying to keep up with me (mind you I'm walking pretty slow these days) and she kept saying, "Whew!" Adorable. She does that alot actually, whenever she thinks that she is really working hard at something. I think she learned it from her Grandpa and Grandma, who do it in a playful way after walking up the stairs with her or something...and probably half the time it's a real "whew" as they probably are exhausted from crawling around and playing puppies with her! HAHA. (How did I end up with a child who loves to play puppy?) I remember Brad ALWAYS wanted to play puppies, and that was the one thing we did as kids that I always thought was so lame. I don't know that I even participated in playing puppy. Sorry Brad. I do now with Paige, and I still don't get it - what's so fun about being a puppy? Paige thinks it's great fun to lick our faces and our hands. She is the ONLY puppy I will ever allow to do this.
Saturday, December 4, 2010
For a second...
I finished a 2 hour test this morning, and have another that I'm saving for tomorrow. I don't feel like doing the dishes for the second time today, and I don't feel like starting laundry, and I don't feel like cleaning, Paige is preoccupied at the moment - I think I'll take a second for a little blogging. First, let me start by saying that it's hard to type in the reclined position I am in. I think I'm carrying this baby much lower (or I've just forgotten), but it feels so uncomfortable to just sit normal, there is this pinching and tight pressure that I feel if I sit up straight, and obviously I can't lean forward. And I think this is the last day I will wear these pants - sadly. They are my favorites. I wore them until the end last time...hmmm....what does that say about this time? Don't answer, I already know, I'll just have to work extra hard at the gym afterwards. Who doesn't like a challenge? ;) HA!
Ok, I just ran out of energy to even think about what to say on here. I think I'll just go and watch Paige do her puzzle. I love to watch her when she is so focused on something, it really is so sweet.
In closing, I'll just announce that I only have two more classes left until I'll be done with my Masters! In 12 weeks I will be done-done-done (with school)! Can I get a yeeee-haaaww?
Ok, I just ran out of energy to even think about what to say on here. I think I'll just go and watch Paige do her puzzle. I love to watch her when she is so focused on something, it really is so sweet.
In closing, I'll just announce that I only have two more classes left until I'll be done with my Masters! In 12 weeks I will be done-done-done (with school)! Can I get a yeeee-haaaww?
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