Why do the back to school ads have to start in early July? In New England summer doesn't really even start till the beginning of July, can we all get through at least one day at the beach before we have to start thinking about colder weather? And who is that is doing back to school shopping in July? Because I would like to sit them down and explain a few things to them. Although my Baby Girl is starting preschool (well, not really starting as she's been in pr-school since this past March, but she will be attending a non daycare preschool in the fall) and she needs a new backpack and a new lunch box. The lunchbox she's been using every day since she moved up to the toddler room in September of 2011 has seen better days.
Maybe I should start paying attention to these back to school ads!
Of the 35 pounds I gained in pregnancy, I have now lost 21. Of course, that was the easy 21, the remaining 14 will prove to be kind of difficult. So I'm back to using the My Fitness Pal app to track my calories, the Map My Walk app to track my walks, and soon the 5K app (which is Couch to 5K, but I'm guessing they aren't legally allowed to use that title) to get back into running. How did people ever get healthy and lose weight before smart phones?
The Little Guy had a 4 hour stretch of sleep last night. I felt like I had slept for a week straight!
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Monday, July 16, 2012
Tuesday, June 19, 2012
almost there
I'm 37 weeks and 2 days. I'm considered full term, so if I went into labor right this very second, they wouldn't stop it. The little dude can arrive whenever he wants.
Unfortunately it doesn't seem as if he wants to arrive any time soon. I haven't dropped at all and there are no signs of labor approaching. I never really thought I would go early, I didn't go a second early with Baby Girl, but I am hoping. I'm ready little man!
The house.... well.... the house is not so ready. But on the plus side, we do have a bassinet set up - which is key since there is currently no mattress in the crib, and the car seats are installed. And I have a random assortment of clothes and diapers. So I'm sure he'll be dressed and diapered for at least a week or two. I will be nursing him, but I think I have a free sample of Enfamil in the kitchen so if for some reason I am kidnapped or some other such tragedy and I can't nurse, he can eat for a few feedings and give someone time to run out and buy formula. So maybe we are slightly more ready than I thought.
I've blocked out how awful those first few weeks of nursing are.... I know that they suck, but the actual pain, crying, frustration, crying, soreness, crying, and overwhelmedness have been erased from my memory. I guess that's a good thing?
Unfortunately it doesn't seem as if he wants to arrive any time soon. I haven't dropped at all and there are no signs of labor approaching. I never really thought I would go early, I didn't go a second early with Baby Girl, but I am hoping. I'm ready little man!
The house.... well.... the house is not so ready. But on the plus side, we do have a bassinet set up - which is key since there is currently no mattress in the crib, and the car seats are installed. And I have a random assortment of clothes and diapers. So I'm sure he'll be dressed and diapered for at least a week or two. I will be nursing him, but I think I have a free sample of Enfamil in the kitchen so if for some reason I am kidnapped or some other such tragedy and I can't nurse, he can eat for a few feedings and give someone time to run out and buy formula. So maybe we are slightly more ready than I thought.
I've blocked out how awful those first few weeks of nursing are.... I know that they suck, but the actual pain, crying, frustration, crying, soreness, crying, and overwhelmedness have been erased from my memory. I guess that's a good thing?
Monday, June 11, 2012
whelmed
In an attempt to get ready for the Little Guy's impending arrival, we got the rest of the crap baby gear out of the attic.
Oh my god.
I knew what was coming down, but I guess I didn't remember how much freaking room it all takes up. The swing isn't even put together yet, but we have already run out of room in the living room.
Among a million other things that need to get done in the next 28 days until my due date, I still have to clean up the bouncy seat, clean the baby tub (and remember where we put it when we weren't using it.... that thing is big!), find the musical part to the mobile, find the extra base to the car seat (seriously, how do you lose a Snug Ride 32 base? Those are not. small.) and install both bases, wash both Boppy covers, and dig the Boppy itself out from the depths of the linen closet.... oh, and apparently buy more bottles. Because I threw the ones we used for Baby Girl away. Apparently I thought my second child deserved new bottles. WHATEVER. Good thing we won't be using bottles for awhile, because now I'm adding things to the bottom of the to do list and I don't expect to get to the current bottom of the list until about August.
I cannot have this baby early, I just don't have time. And the week before my due date I also have no one to watch Baby Girl if I do go into labor, so I either have to go TWO weeks early or go all the way until my due date. I'm not sure which one would be better!
Oh my god.
I knew what was coming down, but I guess I didn't remember how much freaking room it all takes up. The swing isn't even put together yet, but we have already run out of room in the living room.
Among a million other things that need to get done in the next 28 days until my due date, I still have to clean up the bouncy seat, clean the baby tub (and remember where we put it when we weren't using it.... that thing is big!), find the musical part to the mobile, find the extra base to the car seat (seriously, how do you lose a Snug Ride 32 base? Those are not. small.) and install both bases, wash both Boppy covers, and dig the Boppy itself out from the depths of the linen closet.... oh, and apparently buy more bottles. Because I threw the ones we used for Baby Girl away. Apparently I thought my second child deserved new bottles. WHATEVER. Good thing we won't be using bottles for awhile, because now I'm adding things to the bottom of the to do list and I don't expect to get to the current bottom of the list until about August.
I cannot have this baby early, I just don't have time. And the week before my due date I also have no one to watch Baby Girl if I do go into labor, so I either have to go TWO weeks early or go all the way until my due date. I'm not sure which one would be better!
Monday, June 04, 2012
35/35
Today marks the 35/35 event in pregnancy. I'm 35 weeks in and I have 35 days to go. To celebrate, I had Braxton Hicks contractions all day. It was swell. Also fun? The constant back pain.
But I can't complain too much yet, I'm saving that for weeks 39 and 40. You've been warned.
We got the bassinet down this weekend. The swing, bouncy seat, and car seats are still in the attic. I'm starting to get a wee bit concerned about the lack of a car seat since it should really be installed in next week or so, but.... my procrastination outweighs my concerns. I'm sure there will be a car seat installed in the car when they wheel me out in the wheelchair. If there isn't, it's going to be Andrew's problem, not mine so I choose to stick my head in the sand.
Now if only diapers, wipes, face clothes, clothes, and all other various and sundry items that babies require would appear. Whoever decided 2nd babies don't get showers was clearly a man who didn't have to worry about getting all this stuff in the last few weeks of pregnancy!
But I can't complain too much yet, I'm saving that for weeks 39 and 40. You've been warned.
We got the bassinet down this weekend. The swing, bouncy seat, and car seats are still in the attic. I'm starting to get a wee bit concerned about the lack of a car seat since it should really be installed in next week or so, but.... my procrastination outweighs my concerns. I'm sure there will be a car seat installed in the car when they wheel me out in the wheelchair. If there isn't, it's going to be Andrew's problem, not mine so I choose to stick my head in the sand.
Now if only diapers, wipes, face clothes, clothes, and all other various and sundry items that babies require would appear. Whoever decided 2nd babies don't get showers was clearly a man who didn't have to worry about getting all this stuff in the last few weeks of pregnancy!
Thursday, April 12, 2012
Time to get real
When I got pregnant I vowed I would not gain the 40ish pounds I gained with my first pregnancy. I was really good about it for the first trimester. Then I got not so good and ate whatever I wanted whenever I wanted to eat it and gained more than I was supposed to.
A woman with my height and build should gain between 20 and 25 pounds in her entire pregnancy. I had my 28 week appointment today (though I am only 27 weeks!) and I've already gained 20. I'm in the last trimester and women will typically gain a pound a week during that last trimester. So I'm on track to gain a total of 33 pounds, which is not really what I was hoping for. It's too late to only gain 20 pounds like I should, but I'm really going to try to nly gain what I need so we both stay healthy. It took me 2 years to finally lose all 40 pounds from my last pregnancy and I don't want to wait 2 more years before I'm comfortable in my own skin again.
I guess I should stop eating all the Easter candy.
I have another appointment in 14 days, and I'm really hoping to only have gained two pounds. If it was healthy for us I'd strive to maintain my weight and not gain anything, but I'm not sure how realistic that expectation is at this point in my pregnancy.
A woman with my height and build should gain between 20 and 25 pounds in her entire pregnancy. I had my 28 week appointment today (though I am only 27 weeks!) and I've already gained 20. I'm in the last trimester and women will typically gain a pound a week during that last trimester. So I'm on track to gain a total of 33 pounds, which is not really what I was hoping for. It's too late to only gain 20 pounds like I should, but I'm really going to try to nly gain what I need so we both stay healthy. It took me 2 years to finally lose all 40 pounds from my last pregnancy and I don't want to wait 2 more years before I'm comfortable in my own skin again.
I guess I should stop eating all the Easter candy.
I have another appointment in 14 days, and I'm really hoping to only have gained two pounds. If it was healthy for us I'd strive to maintain my weight and not gain anything, but I'm not sure how realistic that expectation is at this point in my pregnancy.
Wednesday, March 07, 2012
Spring!
Daylight savings starts this weekend. Life is good.
how many flip flops can I put in one blog post?
3. (I totes just pinned that necklace too. My birthday is coming!)
Then again, Baby Girl doesn't quite understand daylight savings time. She wakes up anytime between 5:45 and 6:15 these days.... which means on Sunday we could very well be greeted at 4:45 in the morning. And when I say "we" I do mean "Andrew" because I will totally use the pregnancy card and stay in bed longer. I will use any tricks in my bag to not have to deal with a toddler and Mickey Mouse Clubhouse before 5am.
Can I still call her a toddler? She moves up to the pre-school room on Monday. Is she officially a pre-schooler now?
We signed up for Netflix again to catch up on the first season of Downton Abbey. I really like it, but I was bummed to find out the entire first season is like 7 episodes. Lame.
Sunday, February 19, 2012
almost here...
It's coming, I can feel it. I can tell by the fact that it's 5:15 and it's still light out. Spring is just around the corner! It's dusk, which is not daylight but neither is it darkness. We've gotten through the worst and darkest part of the winter. And yes, this winter has been so mild that I almost feel I am tempting fate by looking forward to warmer weather, but even a mild winter is still winter. It's still cold, dark, boring, and long. In a few short weeks daylight savings will come and it will be light out until 6:30. Andrew will start training for the road race (I'll be back in 2013!) soon, we'll be taking Baby Girl back to the park (she doesn't even need the little kid section of the parks anymore! tear!) and I can go back to getting my vitamin D naturally. I'm really excited, as though that isn't evident.
In other news, I'm halfway through this pregnancy. In 20ish more weeks the Little Guy will be here! I wouldn't mind if it was closer to 18... or 17.... I can take him coming early. The sooner thosehellish magical infant weeks start, the sooner they will end and I can get my sanity back. I am not looking forward to those first 6ish weeks. I wasn't sure I was going to make it through them last time, and I signed up to do it again? I'll be packing my 881SF of hell muttering to myself "this to shall pass" for hours on end in the middle of the night. But it will pass. Without fail, infancy leads to babyhood. Though then babyhood leads to toddlers, which lead to preschoolers and preschoolers are a different breed of human...
Speaking of preschoolers, Baby Girl moves up to the preschool room in a few weeks! Where does the time go?
In other news, I'm halfway through this pregnancy. In 20ish more weeks the Little Guy will be here! I wouldn't mind if it was closer to 18... or 17.... I can take him coming early. The sooner those
Speaking of preschoolers, Baby Girl moves up to the preschool room in a few weeks! Where does the time go?
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
10 on Tuesday
1. I am dying to break out my Cricut again. I've been horrible about taking pictures though; I didn't even bother to start a 2011 scrapbook. I will have to do the baby's first year scrapbook, so I MUST get better about that.
2. Alcatraz. Are you watching? I really like it, but that is usually the kiss of death for shows. Everything I like gets cancelled. I haven't seen any ratings for Alcatraz yet, but please watch it so it stays on the air. The man behind it is the same guy who created LOST and there are a lot of similarities between the two shows. But Mr. Abrams has promised this will not be as hard to follow as LOST was - which is good for me because I'm not sure I completely understand what happened on the Island. (We have to go back Kate! We have to go back!)
3. Super Bowl! Is anyone else redic excited for the Ferris Bueller ad? Anyone? Anyone?
4. Pretty soon we will know if Lil Sibling is a boy baby or a girl baby! Last night the idea of keeping it a secret. Andrew was intrigued, if not completely on board. I think I can get him here by Monday. We'll see.
5. The cravings have arrived. I can't say I was missing them. IMMA DIE IF SOMEONE DOESN'T BRING ME A BUFFALO CHICKEN SANDWHICH IMMEDIATELY. Pay no attention to the fact that my northern Eupropean taste buds can't handle the spiciness of buffalo sauce. I NEED IT.
6. Recovering from quadruple bypass surgery seems to be a lot harder than I thought it would be. And I figured it wouldn't be easy.
7. I can't believe its only Tuesday, does anything else think that time is absolutely standing still these days?
8. Picnic is going away. Picnic is a free photo editing site and it's how I make my headers every month. Anyone know a free photo editing site that will allow me to do basic edits, including text? I don't need much, but I need something!
9. I have a coupon for a free dozen eggs and I pretty much cannot wait to use it. Friday cannot come soon enough. Free! Eggs! I also have a $1 off Eggo Waffles coupon this week and they are B1G1!
10. I'm a nerd.
2. Alcatraz. Are you watching? I really like it, but that is usually the kiss of death for shows. Everything I like gets cancelled. I haven't seen any ratings for Alcatraz yet, but please watch it so it stays on the air. The man behind it is the same guy who created LOST and there are a lot of similarities between the two shows. But Mr. Abrams has promised this will not be as hard to follow as LOST was - which is good for me because I'm not sure I completely understand what happened on the Island. (We have to go back Kate! We have to go back!)
3. Super Bowl! Is anyone else redic excited for the Ferris Bueller ad? Anyone? Anyone?
4. Pretty soon we will know if Lil Sibling is a boy baby or a girl baby! Last night the idea of keeping it a secret. Andrew was intrigued, if not completely on board. I think I can get him here by Monday. We'll see.
5. The cravings have arrived. I can't say I was missing them. IMMA DIE IF SOMEONE DOESN'T BRING ME A BUFFALO CHICKEN SANDWHICH IMMEDIATELY. Pay no attention to the fact that my northern Eupropean taste buds can't handle the spiciness of buffalo sauce. I NEED IT.
6. Recovering from quadruple bypass surgery seems to be a lot harder than I thought it would be. And I figured it wouldn't be easy.
7. I can't believe its only Tuesday, does anything else think that time is absolutely standing still these days?
8. Picnic is going away. Picnic is a free photo editing site and it's how I make my headers every month. Anyone know a free photo editing site that will allow me to do basic edits, including text? I don't need much, but I need something!
9. I have a coupon for a free dozen eggs and I pretty much cannot wait to use it. Friday cannot come soon enough. Free! Eggs! I also have a $1 off Eggo Waffles coupon this week and they are B1G1!
10. I'm a nerd.
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
Alphabet soup
We have starting teaching Baby Girl her letters. She knows S, M, and B. As for A... well, the following conversation happens about 6 times a day
Mama (after drawing an A): What's this letter?
Baby Girl: Yes.
Mama: Yes.... what? What letter is this?
Baby Girl. It's a .....
Mama: it's an A!
Baby Girl: it's an A!
2 seconds later:
Mama: What's this letter?
Baby Girl: A 'A'!
Mama: cringing at the improper use of 'a' vs. 'an' - Yes!
2 seconds later:
Mama: What's this letter?
Baby Girl: I don't know!
Seriously, she forgets it in 2 seconds. I know she's still young for her letters, and I understand this is not going to happen quickly, but seriously? We probably point out the letter "A" 10 times a day. She cannot remember it, yet she saw an "O" on our Welcome mat and recognized it instantly - they don't do letters as school yet. So she randomly taught herself what an "O" is, but cannot get the "A" which is pointed out to her eleventy billion times a day? Only my kid. I swear she is doing it on purpose.
In other news, she's potty training. We're all kind of scarred by it. Her favorite trick is to sit on the potty for about 10 minutes and not go and then have an accident 30 seconds after she gets up. My favorite trick is drinking copious amounts of wine to get through it.
HA HA HA JUST KIDDING, DON'T CALL THE AUTHORITIES ON ME! I know I'm pregnant. There is no wine drinking. There is a lot of complaining about the lack of wine though, don't get me wrong.
Also on the Lil Sibling front, I heard the heartbeat today. 4 more weeks until we know if we're welcoming Lil Brother or Lil Sister!
Mama (after drawing an A): What's this letter?
Baby Girl: Yes.
Mama: Yes.... what? What letter is this?
Baby Girl. It's a .....
Mama: it's an A!
Baby Girl: it's an A!
2 seconds later:
Mama: What's this letter?
Baby Girl: A 'A'!
Mama: cringing at the improper use of 'a' vs. 'an' - Yes!
2 seconds later:
Mama: What's this letter?
Baby Girl: I don't know!
Seriously, she forgets it in 2 seconds. I know she's still young for her letters, and I understand this is not going to happen quickly, but seriously? We probably point out the letter "A" 10 times a day. She cannot remember it, yet she saw an "O" on our Welcome mat and recognized it instantly - they don't do letters as school yet. So she randomly taught herself what an "O" is, but cannot get the "A" which is pointed out to her eleventy billion times a day? Only my kid. I swear she is doing it on purpose.
In other news, she's potty training. We're all kind of scarred by it. Her favorite trick is to sit on the potty for about 10 minutes and not go and then have an accident 30 seconds after she gets up. My favorite trick is drinking copious amounts of wine to get through it.
HA HA HA JUST KIDDING, DON'T CALL THE AUTHORITIES ON ME! I know I'm pregnant. There is no wine drinking. There is a lot of complaining about the lack of wine though, don't get me wrong.
Also on the Lil Sibling front, I heard the heartbeat today. 4 more weeks until we know if we're welcoming Lil Brother or Lil Sister!
Thursday, December 29, 2011
Woe is me
Guess what! I made the purl stitch my BEEOTCH tonight. In that I kind of learned how to do it, but since I am teaching myself how to do this I have no one to tell me if I'm wrong.
I am a knitting god. And I need new needles. This is going to get expensive pretty fast. What else is new?
I have a cold. The only cold medicine I have in the house is the kind I can't take when I'm pregnant. Not taking medicine is against everything I believe in. But it's only 39 degrees out, it's dark, I'm tired and lazy, and I didn't schlepp out to CVS to buy lame pregnancy cold medicine. This kid is already cramping my style. And making me miserable.
I am a knitting god. And I need new needles. This is going to get expensive pretty fast. What else is new?
I have a cold. The only cold medicine I have in the house is the kind I can't take when I'm pregnant. Not taking medicine is against everything I believe in. But it's only 39 degrees out, it's dark, I'm tired and lazy, and I didn't schlepp out to CVS to buy lame pregnancy cold medicine. This kid is already cramping my style. And making me miserable.
Thursday, December 23, 2010
Twas the night before the night before Christmas!
I've done all the wrapping I can (until tomorrow when I can go out and get more gift bags), my baby is finally asleep, Andrew met a friend for drinks, and The Grinch (the one with Jim Carey) is coming on in 9 minutes.... and I just poured a glass of Cab Sauv. It could only be better if I was sitting in front of a roaring fireplace.... but since I live in 881 SF of hell, that dream is going to have to stay on hold for a while.
I just watched the sneak peak for Teen Mom 2 (MTV had best not be giving up on Amber, Maci, Catelynn, and Farrah! I need them to feel better about myself!). Those girls make me so sad... how can you possibly be a parent at 16? You can't. It's just not possible. I've stopped thinking about the Teen Mom girls as real people, but when you get sucked into 16 and Pregnant and now Teen Mom 2, you remember they are teenage girls, not reality stars. I want to shake every last one of them. WHY ARE THEY HAVING SEX AT AGE 16??? And furthermore, if they (stupidly) decide to do it, why aren't they using protection? Seriously, if teenage girls knew exactly what those first 6ish weeks of a newborn's life entailed, they'd join a convent.
Actually, that's not a bad idea for my baby.
Maybe I should be recording all these 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom episodes and the second she hits high school she needs to watch every last one of them. 18 times each.
I just watched the sneak peak for Teen Mom 2 (MTV had best not be giving up on Amber, Maci, Catelynn, and Farrah! I need them to feel better about myself!). Those girls make me so sad... how can you possibly be a parent at 16? You can't. It's just not possible. I've stopped thinking about the Teen Mom girls as real people, but when you get sucked into 16 and Pregnant and now Teen Mom 2, you remember they are teenage girls, not reality stars. I want to shake every last one of them. WHY ARE THEY HAVING SEX AT AGE 16??? And furthermore, if they (stupidly) decide to do it, why aren't they using protection? Seriously, if teenage girls knew exactly what those first 6ish weeks of a newborn's life entailed, they'd join a convent.
Actually, that's not a bad idea for my baby.
Maybe I should be recording all these 16 and Pregnant and Teen Mom episodes and the second she hits high school she needs to watch every last one of them. 18 times each.
Thursday, June 11, 2009
please....
Dear Baby Girl
I would really really appreciate it if you made your arrival sooner rather than later. I'm done. I can't do this for another 4 weeks. So why don't you do the whole world a favor and just come within the next 14 days. Mama doesn't want to work anymore. Or be pregnant anymore. And who do you think buys the presents? right. Me. So you want to be on my good side. Or I will tell Santa that you've been naughty for the next ten years. Don't think I won't.
Love,
your very tired and swollen mother.
I would really really appreciate it if you made your arrival sooner rather than later. I'm done. I can't do this for another 4 weeks. So why don't you do the whole world a favor and just come within the next 14 days. Mama doesn't want to work anymore. Or be pregnant anymore. And who do you think buys the presents? right. Me. So you want to be on my good side. Or I will tell Santa that you've been naughty for the next ten years. Don't think I won't.
Love,
your very tired and swollen mother.
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Cry me a river
I am 38 weeks and 1 day pregnant. Which means I have started my 39th week. And I'm getting less than happy about that.
I have two main concerns about the end of my pregnancy: 1) I don't know what a contraction feels like and I am afraid I won't know until it's late in the game that I'm having them, and 2) I hate the waiting game. I could go into labor tonight, or it could be in 4 more weeks (my practice will let me go to 42 weeks before inducing). I really do not want a c-section, but I wish I got to schedule the day I would give birth! I'm not super type A, but I'm Aish enough to really want
a more specific time frame than "any time now".
So not only am I big, uncomfortable, tired, and still working full time, but I have the added anxiety about when I will go into labor and if I will recognize it in time for me to drive 35 minutes to the hospital (in no traffic) and get an epidural.
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Sunday, June 07, 2009
fury of a thousand suns
We are proud owners of Wii Fit. I've wanted it for a long time, but I am in the biggest fight with it. I knew going in that it would tell me I'm uber fat. After all, I am 9 months pregnant and I'm carrying a lot of excess weight right now. Why it doesn't have a pregnancy setting, I don't know. In my opinion it should - staying fit and healthy is important to pregnant women. Anyway, the point of the matter is, the Wii thinks I am obese and yells at me. I don't like it. Anid my Mii is so fat, the stomach is hanging out of the shirt. I yelled back at it last night and told it to go find a maternity shirt with some extra room in the belly, but apparently the lifeless digital form of me doesn't actually take non binary orders. So I have a fat and sloppy Mii until after this baby is born.
And, I can't do the balance activities. I used to have good balance (all those years of gymnastics and figure skating) before I was in the family way. But now my center of balance is so far off with a full term baby waiting to be born, that I can hardly balance correctly on 2 feet. However, since I can't do them (or a lot of the strength training ones) I can't unlock more of the activities that I can do (mainly yoga and aerobics). You have to do all the activities to unlock more of them, you can't just concentrate on yoga and open unlock more yoga poses. I understand why - they are making you work out your whole body - but I'M 9 MONTHS PREGNANT AND THEY ARE JUST MAKING IT HARDER FOR ME!!!!
And, I can't do the balance activities. I used to have good balance (all those years of gymnastics and figure skating) before I was in the family way. But now my center of balance is so far off with a full term baby waiting to be born, that I can hardly balance correctly on 2 feet. However, since I can't do them (or a lot of the strength training ones) I can't unlock more of the activities that I can do (mainly yoga and aerobics). You have to do all the activities to unlock more of them, you can't just concentrate on yoga and open unlock more yoga poses. I understand why - they are making you work out your whole body - but I'M 9 MONTHS PREGNANT AND THEY ARE JUST MAKING IT HARDER FOR ME!!!!
Saturday, May 23, 2009
It took me 36 weeks...
but I am so milking this pregnancy right now. The annual cleaning out of the garage is happening right now, and I am not helping. While I do feel somewhat guilty about this (no one likes to do it after all) I am more than happy to actually listen to my mother (for once) when she tells me I shouldn't be doing things. You're right Mom, I really shouldn't be cleaning out the garage. Plus I'm somewhat unhappy that Andrew bought a 6 pack of Shipyard Summer Ale and I can't have one. So I don't feel as badly as I probably should that he is out there helping my parents, and I am not.
It's been kind of a quiet Memorial Day Weekend this year. It's early - as early as Memorial Day can be - and it's really not summer yet. The weather down the cape has been pretty crappy. We didn't get the 90 degree weather that Boston got, and it's very hard to get into the summer spirit when it's 60 degrees and chilly.
I can't do a lot - I can't ride my bike, I can't go to the driving range (never mind pretend to shoot the front 9 at Falmouth CC), I can't even walk the route I usually walk without wanting to fall over dead. A very different Memorial Day than we usually have, but it's been a very different 8 months than I usually have :)
This weekend I had one family member tell me I look huge and I must be having a gigantic baby, and one family member tell me that I haven't gained any weight at all and I look terrific. Guess which family member I like more!
It's been kind of a quiet Memorial Day Weekend this year. It's early - as early as Memorial Day can be - and it's really not summer yet. The weather down the cape has been pretty crappy. We didn't get the 90 degree weather that Boston got, and it's very hard to get into the summer spirit when it's 60 degrees and chilly.
I can't do a lot - I can't ride my bike, I can't go to the driving range (never mind pretend to shoot the front 9 at Falmouth CC), I can't even walk the route I usually walk without wanting to fall over dead. A very different Memorial Day than we usually have, but it's been a very different 8 months than I usually have :)
This weekend I had one family member tell me I look huge and I must be having a gigantic baby, and one family member tell me that I haven't gained any weight at all and I look terrific. Guess which family member I like more!
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
31 weeks
I am 31 weeks into this pregnancy, with 9 to go (give or take a few days...). That frightens me on so many levels. In fact, I'm so frightened by it, I'm not going to talk about it. Forget I mentioned it.
In other news, I only have 3 classes left. Yep, that's right, 3 classes. And a 15 page paper and an exam to get through in those 3 classes. Bring on the stress, that's exactly what a woman who is practically 8 months pregnant needs! Did you ever think that the time would come that I would graduate and stop complaining about school? No? Well, neither did I. But it's almost here. For which I am supremely grateful.
On to some other, more important news. I think the time has come in which I am officially sick of watching repeats of Gilmore Girls. I know, your entire world just turned upside down. I'll give you a minute to digest that.
You still with me? Here's the story. I flipped on ABC family last night around 5 to catch the daily airing of Gilmore Girls and it was the one where Richard and Emily get back together and Sookie is sneaking upstairs at the Inn to watch TV sans husband and child. And I was just so sick of it. I must have seen that particular episode literally 9 or 10 times. And every time Rory came on the screen I wanted to change the channel. While I haven't seen the later seasons quite as many times as the early seasons, I'm still on Gilmore Girls overload. It's still my favorite show ever and I will continue to watch it for many years to come, but now I'm taking a break. No more 5:00 viewings, no more popping in the seasons, nothing. I'm taking a few months off. I'll just have to watch Dirty Dancing to get my Emily Gilmore fix!
In other news, I only have 3 classes left. Yep, that's right, 3 classes. And a 15 page paper and an exam to get through in those 3 classes. Bring on the stress, that's exactly what a woman who is practically 8 months pregnant needs! Did you ever think that the time would come that I would graduate and stop complaining about school? No? Well, neither did I. But it's almost here. For which I am supremely grateful.
On to some other, more important news. I think the time has come in which I am officially sick of watching repeats of Gilmore Girls. I know, your entire world just turned upside down. I'll give you a minute to digest that.
You still with me? Here's the story. I flipped on ABC family last night around 5 to catch the daily airing of Gilmore Girls and it was the one where Richard and Emily get back together and Sookie is sneaking upstairs at the Inn to watch TV sans husband and child. And I was just so sick of it. I must have seen that particular episode literally 9 or 10 times. And every time Rory came on the screen I wanted to change the channel. While I haven't seen the later seasons quite as many times as the early seasons, I'm still on Gilmore Girls overload. It's still my favorite show ever and I will continue to watch it for many years to come, but now I'm taking a break. No more 5:00 viewings, no more popping in the seasons, nothing. I'm taking a few months off. I'll just have to watch Dirty Dancing to get my Emily Gilmore fix!
Saturday, April 04, 2009
Already
There is a good possibility that I might smack the next person who tells me how much my life is going to change once the baby comes, how I will never get any sleep, or how I'll be broke and tired for the next 20 years. I get it. I don't live in a bubble. I understand babies change things. Shut. The. Eff. Up.
But now I think even whatever Higher Being you believe in has jumped on the "let's tell Meghan about the lack of sleep coming her way" bandwagon because last night was terrible. The 3rd trimester has brought back my fatigue, so I was in bed by 10 on a Friday night. But a few hours later, I was awake and in the bathroom so I could throw up. What? Didn't that whole morning sickness thing end like 10 weeks ago? Oh, joke's on me! Because my head was in the toilet. I felt like I had played a few too many games of Beirut, and yet I haven't had a been in 7 months. Then, when I made my way back to my bed and finally fell asleep (which was hard to do, since I was having hot flashes) I woke up with another charlie horse. My god, are those things painful. And unlike the rest of the pregnant population, I seem to get them when I have too much water, not when I don't have enough. So I was back up rubbing the pain out of my leg. That's when I began to thought that the universe was playing some sort of cosmic joke on me.
I get it. Lack of sleep. You can stop the joke now. Ha ha ha, funny.
But now I think even whatever Higher Being you believe in has jumped on the "let's tell Meghan about the lack of sleep coming her way" bandwagon because last night was terrible. The 3rd trimester has brought back my fatigue, so I was in bed by 10 on a Friday night. But a few hours later, I was awake and in the bathroom so I could throw up. What? Didn't that whole morning sickness thing end like 10 weeks ago? Oh, joke's on me! Because my head was in the toilet. I felt like I had played a few too many games of Beirut, and yet I haven't had a been in 7 months. Then, when I made my way back to my bed and finally fell asleep (which was hard to do, since I was having hot flashes) I woke up with another charlie horse. My god, are those things painful. And unlike the rest of the pregnant population, I seem to get them when I have too much water, not when I don't have enough. So I was back up rubbing the pain out of my leg. That's when I began to thought that the universe was playing some sort of cosmic joke on me.
I get it. Lack of sleep. You can stop the joke now. Ha ha ha, funny.
Wednesday, March 18, 2009
Keep on truckin'
I am 26 weeks into this pregnancy, with hopefully 14 weeks to go. I am huge. I can no longer do anything with any sort of grace. Somehow, by some small miracle, I can still touch my toes when I bend over standing up. I consider that to be some sort of achievement.
One thing that has become virtually impossible is shaving my legs. Now I didn't let that bother me, since it's still winter and I wear nothing but pants, but spring is coming. Technically spring is arriving Friday, but calendars lie. So I decided it's time to start figuring out how I can shave like a normal person. Clearly my old method of doing a 5 minute hack job in the shower isn't going to work anymore. I thought I had come up with an ingenious idea - sit on the side of the tub and do it that way. If Jenn and I used to be able to shave standing up at the sink in our dorm room, surely I can now sit on the side of the tub and lean over.
HA.
Fat chance. And I do mean FAT chance (I know, I know, I know, I'm not fat, I'm pregnant. Well, spin it how you like, my stomach is the size of a small planet). I huffed and puffed and managed to shave my right leg from the knee down. By then my back hurt, my front hurt and I couldn't breathe. Time to go back to the drawing board.
14 more weeks.... 14 more weeks.
One thing that has become virtually impossible is shaving my legs. Now I didn't let that bother me, since it's still winter and I wear nothing but pants, but spring is coming. Technically spring is arriving Friday, but calendars lie. So I decided it's time to start figuring out how I can shave like a normal person. Clearly my old method of doing a 5 minute hack job in the shower isn't going to work anymore. I thought I had come up with an ingenious idea - sit on the side of the tub and do it that way. If Jenn and I used to be able to shave standing up at the sink in our dorm room, surely I can now sit on the side of the tub and lean over.
HA.
Fat chance. And I do mean FAT chance (I know, I know, I know, I'm not fat, I'm pregnant. Well, spin it how you like, my stomach is the size of a small planet). I huffed and puffed and managed to shave my right leg from the knee down. By then my back hurt, my front hurt and I couldn't breathe. Time to go back to the drawing board.
14 more weeks.... 14 more weeks.
Sunday, March 08, 2009
Daylight savings started at 2am this morning. And though I hate getting up to go to work when it is still dark, I love having that extra hour of light at the end of the day. It's still too cold to do anything with that extra hour, but at least it is there. Spring is so close, the snow is practically melted, I might be able to open a window in my house soon... this is the start of good things to come. I am going to ignore the fact that it's supposed to be cold and snowy tomorrow. Those days are going to be few and far between for right now.
With the arrival of spring, my pregnancy is winding down. I still have 15 and a half weeks left until my due date (like that means anything!) but seeing as 24 and a half weeks are behind me, I'm sliding towards the finish. I can see the baby move from the outside now. That is freaky. To be honest, the fact that being pregnant means a living thing is growing inside of you has always freaked me out. And it still does - thinking about it makes me somewhat queasy. But when you can see something punching you from the inside... there's no denying it. I told Andrew yesterday that mammals are gross. This is no way to procreate - I think whatever supreme force created mammals was actually having a joke at our expense.
Spring also means that school is winding down. I have nothing good to say about school other than the fact that it is almost over. I'm trying not to let things get to me this semester because it is almost over, so I will just leave it at that. May 29 is going to be a happy day for me for more than one reason.
With the arrival of spring, my pregnancy is winding down. I still have 15 and a half weeks left until my due date (like that means anything!) but seeing as 24 and a half weeks are behind me, I'm sliding towards the finish. I can see the baby move from the outside now. That is freaky. To be honest, the fact that being pregnant means a living thing is growing inside of you has always freaked me out. And it still does - thinking about it makes me somewhat queasy. But when you can see something punching you from the inside... there's no denying it. I told Andrew yesterday that mammals are gross. This is no way to procreate - I think whatever supreme force created mammals was actually having a joke at our expense.
Spring also means that school is winding down. I have nothing good to say about school other than the fact that it is almost over. I'm trying not to let things get to me this semester because it is almost over, so I will just leave it at that. May 29 is going to be a happy day for me for more than one reason.
Sunday, March 01, 2009
lousy Smarch weather!
We are supposed to get up to 15 inches of snow by tomorrow at 5pm. I am praying to every deity that I can think of that UMass Boston will cancel all classes tomorrow. This is my 4th winter at UMB, and I have never had a snow day. Fate has never brought a snow storm on the same day I have had class. Tomorrow is probably my last shot at a snow day, and I'm hoping against hope that it will happen. I'm already checking the UMB website every 10 minutes - nothing yet. Come on UMB! Do something for me before I graduate! Unfortunately, the storm is supposed to completely gone by 5pm tonight and night classes don't start until 6pm, so I don't think my chances are that good. But that will not stop me from checking every 10 minutes until I leave work tomorrow.
Apparently March is coming in like a lion, so I really hope it goes out like a lamb. I am so not feeling any more snow. Right now I'm only tolerating the storm because there is a small chance of cancelled classes tomorrow. Other than that small chance of a school free week, snow does nothing for me in March. I'm so done. so. done.
In other news, I have 16 weeks left in this pregnancy. Where does the time go?
Apparently March is coming in like a lion, so I really hope it goes out like a lamb. I am so not feeling any more snow. Right now I'm only tolerating the storm because there is a small chance of cancelled classes tomorrow. Other than that small chance of a school free week, snow does nothing for me in March. I'm so done. so. done.
In other news, I have 16 weeks left in this pregnancy. Where does the time go?
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