March 26, 2009

  • Thursday afternoon

    Hello all. I didn't have a chance to blog this morning before leaving for my appointment. I hope your morning went well. I also hope that the second part of your day is going good. For some quitting time today is the start of the weekend.

    Anyway, I couldn't have anything to eat (I could only have water to drink) this morning... no coffee sucked! I got there early and they started the test early. Those ladies do a great job of blood draws. Thankfully I was only required to drink half the amount this time (based on doctors preferences). It still sucked but they let you have alot of water to help with it while you are there waiting to have your second round of blood work. I had brought my breastfeeding book to read so time went quickly. It really has a wealth of information, I would recommend it to anyone (will have to post the name later), it's amazing all the things that breast milk does. But that's another blog entirely. Seriously, a whole blog... another day though.

    So I left there around 9:00 and headed home. I stopped to get breakfast, high protein, thinking it would help to soak up some of the sugar in my belly. From there it was directly home. I got home and let the puppies out and then crawled into bed. I felt so bad and so tired (no coffee maybe? I am not sure) that I just wanted to be in my bed. I dozed off and on for about 2 hours. I probably would have gone soundly to sleep if I had been able to turn the phones off, but we were waiting on a call from Home Depot about the mower. That didn't come... so I could have turned the phones off as it turns out. ugh!

    I got up, had some cottage cheese. I had some popcorn too. I wanted something, but didn't know what. I wasn't hungry really but felt like I needed something to eat. Tancy was on her way home and brought some chicken tenders. I think I had 3. Then I started telling her about the breastfeeding book and my phone call with Home Depot (I called them after I got up to see what was up). Then I started blogging. The Home Depot guy just got here, so she's out there with him.

    So here's the story with the mower. It was delivered yesterday. When the guy dropped it off it had so little gas in it that it wouldn't start. So after I got back from all my running I added gas to it and tried to start it. It wouldn't start. I left it for Tancy, not wanting to mess something up and not sure if I was suppose to turn a switch or choke or something. The driver had said it was running rough when they loaded it up. Anyway, Tancy got home to check it. Seems the battery is dead in addition to having had no gas in it. Also they didn't leave us the owners manual. So, the guy is here now with a new battery and our owners manual. I hear them out there trying to get it started now. The guy that's here has been given strict instructions not to leave until the mower is purring like a kitten. That's just what he'd better do too because he's gonna have one pissed off blonde to deal with if he doesn't (Yes Tancy, and yes it takes ALOT to get her that mad). HEY! I hear it running now... and sounds like she's purring to me! Yay! Oh, that makes the rest of my day look so much brighter! Turns out it had a brand new battery in it, it was just dead. The mower had never even been started either, so the choke the first time is a little tricky. We got the owners manual and all the additional parts we also weren't given. She's a happy girl now!

    We both have hair cuts this evening at 4:00. Our grooming prep for the baby shower. Haha. Actually, I am getting a pedicure... but the hair cut is as far as Tancy's going. Tomorrow I go see the chiropractor. Then Tancy has her MRI. I am anxious, as I know she is, to get the results. Then we will know what we do next. I haven't seen it give out on her like it was... but I do know its still hurting her. I know if she needs surgery that she will put it off as long as possible, which I have a hard time accepting, but there's not much I can do about that.

    On Monday we go in for another OB appointment. Lillie has really been moving around in there lately. I think she's making sure that I know she's there... like I could forget! She likes music (I was listening to it yesterday and she was moving alot... I think that means she likes it. Haha!). She's really active in the morning and at night. She's intermittently active during the day, but not at specific times I can pin point just yet. She wakes me up on the mornings I could be sleeping in, at about 6:00. At night, either not long after I eat or not long after I get in bed.

    I can tell you in the last few days my energy level has decreased, I haven't accomplished much of anything around the house. My list hasn't shortened at all since Saturday (shed and mower). Time seems to be speeding up and normally I would feel more anxious about not accomplishing anything, but honestly I've been feeling pretty calm lately. I think that has to be a good sign. I wasn't ready to mellow out on the "to do" list this early in the game... but it is what it is. I know we will get things done. Tancy's been great about not wanting me to over do it. She's really worried about my back and my leg lately. She's worried about the trip to Louisiana and how comfortable I will be sleeping there (not because the bedding is bad but because I have trouble in our bed with a ton of pillows finding comfort). I hurt so bad in the night sometimes if I don't get my pillows right. So she's worried about all that. I've tried to reassure her that I'll either bring my own pillows or get what I need there. She's still worried. I love her for wanting to take care of me, I can't complain. It isn't like she's over bearing or wont let me do anything... she just helps out where she can and encourages me not to do too much.

    I don't think we will leave till Thursday, but I really would love to leave on Wednesday, even if it were evening, allowing us to travel some after the rush hour traffic. But Tancy and I haven't really talked about that possibility at this point. It would help me to take the trip easier and also give us a little more time in Louisiana (I want as much time as I can get there this trip). We'll see.

    I still feel tired with a little bit of a headache but not nearly as terrible as I felt last time, thankfully. I hope they have the results of the test on Monday. If memory serves they have a short turn over time. We are having dinner with friends tonight, I am looking forward to that. I have been missing our friends. Seems there's been so much going on and its been hard to connect. Its hard at times and our odd schedule (Tancy's work schedule) doesn't always make it easier.

    I am looking forward to Tuesday, a massage and a pedicure. Yay. Those massages are wonderful. And a pedicure after is just icing on the cake! I might even be able to squeeze in one more (pedicure) before Lillie is born. The nail tech said that I have to have pretty toes when I go into labor. I disagree... if the doctor is looking at my feet he/she is obviously focused on the wrong area! Haha! But it is a nice way to relax and pamper myself just a bit. I cut my fingernails too often (cause they grow too fast) to have a manicure at this point. Pedi's are the better of the two though.

    Well kids. I really don't have much else to report. Just rambling at this point and feeling full from what food and all the syrup I've had. I hope you all have a great day and a good weekend if I don't blog again. I hope to finish the attic out and the utility room this weekend, so we might be too busy for me to blog. Hope your weather is good too... ours is suppose to SUCK all weekend. Oh well, if we've gotta stay inside we might as well be working on the house.

    Love to all!