May 17, 2009

• Sunday and sluggish

  Hello all. I hope this finds you all doing well. Soaking up the last bits of the weekend time, trying not to think about work… that’s what I used to do anyway.

  Let’s see, the last time I blogged was Friday, right? I haven’t had a whole bunch of excitement since then, but I will catch you up anyway. Friday night I got some sleep, but I had alot of trouble with my left hip… feels like it came out of socket and the tissue is inflamed and possibly a ligament is torn or something like that. I can’t describe it, but it is completely different than my sciatic issues on my right side. So I slept in fits… and when I wasn’t sleeping, I could have thrown a fit. LOL. Tancy got home and we went through our usual “hey baby”, “how was your night”, and quick catch up. I didn’t think I’d ever go back to sleep once she was asleep. I finally did and slept nearly solidly till 10:30. That was probably the most sleep I got all night, about 2 hours. I always sleep better when she’s home, I know… I can’t help it. I am sure that’ll change over time, but for now its the facts jack!

  So I got up at 10:30 and made coffee, normal morning routine. Then parked it on the couch. Honestly my hip is what woke me up, hurting something terrible and I just couldn’t take it. I can only guess that those ligaments are loosening up in preparation for the “big day”, everything I’ve read and even in talking to the doctors, these things happen and you want them to!! I had my coffee and talked to Mom on the phone and then Mandy. I decided that I needed to run a couple of errands before Tancy got up, so I went to the back to get ready. It was about 12:30 at this point. I guess the blow drier woke her up. I felt terrible. She usually doesn’t wake up from that, blends with the white noise. Anyway, I finished getting ready and headed out to gas up the truck and get a few staples from the store.
  When I got out of the truck at Wal-Mart to get a few odds and ends another discomfort was added to my list for the day. I was having tenderness in my belly low. I had it the night before as well, but it was more intense now. The best I can compare it to is having a belly full of gas (not under your ribs, but low in your belly) that just wont move. Or being terribly constipated. It’s tender and feels distended even though its not. Now, I’ll answer the question, it isn’t gas or constipation, but thats the closest thing I can relate it to for everyone. I white knuckled the buggy all through Wal-Mart, to be standing upright seemed to make that pressure worse. Tancy called when I was half way through getting what I needed and had a horrendous head ache, her typical after the first night of nights, she couldn’t go back to sleep. I headed home, got everything unloaded (with Tancy’s help) and started cooking lunch. Sloppy Joes!! Yummy. Once I was sitting down the discomfort in my belly wasn’t as bad, but my hip was worse. Can’t win for losing. LOL.
  After eating lunch we caught up on each others nights and then it was time for Tancy to get her bath. She had a good night, I had an uneventful night… basically transforming into a Maw-Maw, sewing my night gowns and having pancakes for dinner. Oh well, what can you do? I am who I am. We caught up on some DVR shows and just hung out. Poor Tancy, her head hurt her so badly and she didn’t get nearly enough sleep. Thankfully this is a short run of nights. She got ready for work and at 5:30 we both hit the door. Her to work and me to Mandy’s.

  Mandy and I were going to have a girls night. We were both looking forward to it. It’s been a while since the two of us spent time together just the two of us. I got there and plans had changed. Steve was still home, working on the durango. I spoke, asked how it was going, asked if his trip was put off. He was leaving, just not till 9:00. Ok, well, we can work around that. Mandy and I sat inside and visited for quite a while. But Steve asked that we come outside and visit so he could have some company, so we did. Even though it wasn’t the “girls night” we had planned on, we still had a good visit. Mandy was back to the Mandy that I love and appreciate soo much. Before terribly long we were getting Steve ready to leave out. I think we might have both been pushing him a bit in our excitement for some time together. We got him to the yard and all his stuff loaded in the truck just before 10:00. He’s a pokey puppy! We stopped at the dairy queen and got some ice cream and then headed home. I stayed and visited a while with her, but once we both started yawning I decided it was probably time to head home. I’d been struggling with my hip, lower belly and braxton hicks all day and I was really starting to feel exhausted.
  By the time I got home it was midnight. I fed the dogs, got a snack and counted kicks, I hadn’t stopped long enough all day to count them and I wasn’t happy about that. Once she kicked up a storm, and boy did she, I felt better. I even sat my cell phone on my belly and watched what looked like her trying to move it, she was that active! After all that I decided that Tylenol was going to be necessary. I was having trouble finding comfort in the bed and knew that if I didn’t get some relief I wouldn’t get any sleep. So I took 1 Tylenol PM and 1 regular Tylenol. (2 Tylenol PM are too much for me). By 1:30 I was passed out! I woke up at 2:30, bathroom break. I woke up at 3:00 with the TV tuning itself. I didn’t wake up again until 6:45!! Very unusual for me. I turned off the TV (I was that out of it before that I didn’t turn it off) and went back to sleep. I woke up when Tancy got home and went back to sleep when she got to bed. We did talk a bit, but I felt completely drugged… Tylenol PM just messes me up! I slept from 7:30 till 11:00! Unheard of!

  I got up, ran the usual paces and got online to research bringing home a new baby and the introduction to the puppies. Once I had that done I started this blog. I still feel kinda foggy and sluggish. I don’t have any plans for the day, I want to cook lunch for Tancy today. I feel better about sending her off to work if she’s had something good to eat… though that doesn’t always work out like I plan. It’s ugly looking outside and fairly dark as well, so that doesn’t help me to get moving or feel any more awake. But there’s not much to be done about that. I have no plans for tonight, just hang out and relax. So far, today, my belly isn’t hurting like it was yesterday. I haven’t had any Braxton Hicks yet. My hip isn’t even bothering me at the moment. I am thankful for that!! I’ll take it for as long as it lasts and when it doesn’t last any more I’ll deal with that too.

  Tomorrow is another OB check up. I have to bring in my kick count sheet when I go. Then tomorrow evening is the seminar with our planned pediatrician. It will be about breast feeding, bottle feeding, inoculations… alot of things that pertain to a new baby. We are looking forward to it. For tomorrow I don’t think we have much else planned. I still haven’t packed a hospital bag. What’s the time line most people do that? Anyone?? Maybe I’ll do that tonight. I have a sneaky suspicion that I probably wont. LOL. I’ll probably be packing it the day I go into labor. Haha!

  Next weekend I’ll be scrubbing the house down to get ready for all our company… and it’ll probably be the last good scrubbing I can do before Lillie comes! I can’t wait to have everyone here, I am so looking forward to it. I am missing all our family lately. So, bring it on ladies!!

  Well, that’s all I’ve got today… I told ya I haven’t had much interesting going on. I need to clean up the kitchen and try to shake loose the cob webs in my head. I do hope that Tancy gets to sleep late today, she needs it. Ya’ll enjoy your day today. I hope the weather is really nice where you are.

  Love to all!

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