June 5, 2009

  • Rainy Friday - June 5

    Good morning all. It's Friday morning about 20 minutes before 8:00. I have been up for about 20 minutes. Tancy is still sleeping. I thought I'd take a minute to catch you up from my last blog.

    Wednesday I tried my very best to "take it easy" and just hang out here around the house. I blogged first. Then I did my price comparison on the items we still need for the baby. I wrote out three more Thank You cards, one that I completely forgot about and two that came in the mail. I didn't even make it to 11:00 before I couldn't sit still for another minute. So I decided that I would go by the bank and deposit the check we had been given for the baby and to take back the items we had gotten duplicates of. So I got dressed and out I went.

    I went to the bank first and then systematically worked my way through the retailers I thought things belonged to. I say thought because I wasn't sure. That is one thing I will do differently when I give a gift from here on, a gift receipt. But anyway, I was incredibly fortunate because the women who helped me, with one exception, were incredibly nice and patient and sweet. I made sure to thank each and every one of them and tell them how helpful they had been. I guess I was home around 2:00 and exhausted! LOL. But I was glad to have that done. I couldn't have made returns and shopped in the same day... my energy level isn't that high and I just get too tired right now for all of that.

    I got home and relaxed a bit. Then I needed to decide what to do for dinner. I decided to create my own something special. I wanted something light and I wanted shrimp. So I opened a can of diced tomatoes and dumped them into a pan. I opened a can of artichoke hearts, poured the liquid in the pan and then cut them up and added them to. From there it was a matter of seasoning it to my taste. Once I got it where I wanted it I added the shrimp and put the pasta on to boil. Once the pasta was done I tossed it all together and VOILA! Dinner was ready. I had a bowl waiting on the table when Tancy got home. It was pretty yummy. Not overly spectacular, but it was good. We got a call from the lady that was to come assess the dogs on Thursday, she wasn't going to be able to make it, reschedule for Monday. Great! But there's nothing we can do about that. We caught up on each others day and just vegged. To be honest, I think we were in bed about 9:00 even though I think I (not sure about Tancy) was up till about 10:00.

    Yesterday morning we were both up earlier than we might have liked, but we'd slept all we could and it was still about 2.5 hours later than our most recent "norm" of 5:00. Tancy had gotten sick in the middle of the night, sore throat, dry nagging cough, we'd taken care of her in the night... but this morning she felt much worse and decided to go to the doctor to do our best to lessen my odds of getting sick. So as soon as the doctors office was open we were calling. 10:30 appointment. Terrific. So we got dressed and headed out to get a bite to eat and then on to the doctor. We were there right on time and went back quickly. He thinks she's got an upper respiratory infection. Told her to give it 24 hours before starting the "z" pack if she wasn't feeling terrible (again, we went to the doctor very early... she didn't feel like shit... yet). So we left there with that script and one for an epi-pen (because of her recent reaction to being stung).

    Now for our baby shopping. We went to Mooresville first to the Super Target there to get what I had price compared and found to be the best deal there... not to mention the coupons I had. We did pretty good, actually spent less than I had budgeted for (in part because they didn't have one item and in part because some items were less than they were online). The baby dyke at the register didn't appreciate us at all and was quite rude, nice! But we made it out of there alive and Tancy was still holding up well, so we were on to our next destination. She sat in the back seat and put the mirror up and the window shades... She's getting more and more excited about Lillie coming. Unfortunately, in route she felt her throat getting worse, we looked and her tonsils were covered in white spots... nice!

    Babies R Us was our next stop. We just had a few things there, namely the second base for the car seat. We made short order of that and were on our way. She was still holding up well and decided that she was good with making the last stop before heading home. Tancy put the second rear view mirror up for me so I don't have to adjust the real rear view mirror to see the baby in the back seat. (We got a deal on these items she's putting up!!) We got Chik-fil-a for lunch and made our way to Belmont. I don't even know how many times I've been in Wal-Mart lately and I don't want to think about how many more times I will be before its all said and done! I only had a few baby items that I needed there, Tancy needed to fill both prescriptions and we needed a few grocery items. We meandered through the store, got what we needed and (eventually) got the hell out of there. Tancy was feeling like shit and I had nothing left... so home we went. I was glad to be sitting on the drive home. As much as I feel like I need to move during the day that's only to a point and then I need to sit... I was well past needing to sit.

    We got home and got everything unloaded. Tancy sat down, feeling really awful and I started going through everything, pulling out what needed to be washed, sorting through what would go where and putting things away. She played with the monitor we had gotten and put it up for us. I knew she wanted to help more, but just felt terrible. I felt so bad for her. She put the frog that Mary got us up in the bathroom for the bath toys. It is sooo cute! She also put the humidifier together and where it goes for me. I got the diaper bag full of the "travel" type stuff that (at this point) I feel like I need to have with us when we go places. I don't have diapers packed in it yet... waiting to see how chunky our monkey is. LOL. I don't have wipes in any of the wipe cases yet either... I don't know how quickly they might dry out and I don't need them loaded and ready to go yet. I doubt that's gonna take a whole lot of time to do when I need it done. We got her a clothes hamper and didn't have to put it together, so it is in place (sort of) in her room. I have some stuff I need to take out of her room because there's still the rocker to go in there when Pops gets it here for me. But all in all, its ready for Lillie, she just needs to go ahead and decide to come out already!

    So we had this and that for dinner. Neither of us really felt like much, so we just snacked on what sounded good. I text Mom to check on Dad, he'd gone to the doctor Thursday too, upper respiratory infection, he got a shot and some medicine and was feeling much better already. He called the house to see what we were up to and we chatted for just a minute. Tancy and I watched some TV, I got her some Tylenol and her regular medicine... before long we were in bed. I was exhausted and needed to be in bed, even if I didn't sleep right away. I felt like the best thing for her was rest too. I found the chloraseptic for her since her throat was so sore, got her some water for the night and we settled in. Watched a bit more TV and were both asleep by 10:00.

    I was up so many times in the night... I think 4 or 5. Crazy. And every time I got up my belly hurt so badly. She must be moving again or something... or maybe all that was just from the activities of the day. I am not sure. I slept well, but the moments awake in the night were fairly uncomfortable.

    I got up around 7:15 I guess, took care of the puppies and made coffee. It's just after 8:00 now and Tancy just got up and got her a cup of coffee. My doctors appointment today is at 11:40. I would imagine that we should get a "check" today to see if things are progressing at all. With all the discomforts I have been having I would like to hear that we are... but you just never know. Tancy is beside herself when she thinks about Lillie coming, she can hardly stand the wait. I tell ya, 36 weeks (because we found out at 4 weeks) is a long wait... and honestly... I don't know what part of it is the longest. At this point, I would have to say the last 2 weeks, but I might have said the beginning in the beginning. I think being this close to her arrival and waiting for it has got to be the most intense feeling though. Excitement abounds... but you still don't know when she's coming or how much longer you have to wait... We have a little more than a week till my due date, but everyone knows that date is rarely THE date. So even counting down the days till then is futile.

    Well kids, I need to balance the check book, get a shower (and all that good stuff) in order to get ready for the doctors appointment and then I imagine we will be heading out before long. We need dog food and I think we'll do that first so that after the appointment we can come home and Tancy can rest some more. She said it still hurts to swallow this morning and she's about middle of the road, no worse and a little better than she did last night. So we need to stay that course. I hope that everyone has a great day today. It's currently raining here, but hopefully will clear off by noon... a little sunshine would be fantastic!

    Ok, I'll try to post an update from the doctor when we get back for everyone. Try being the operative word.

    Love to all!