26 weeks!

Today, my baby should be 14 in. long, or as long as an English Hothouse Cucumber. A what? Huh? Pretty much, it's just a really long cucumber. ::giggles::
Thank goodness Daven isn't that skinny! If he was, I might have my own reality show lined up by the time he's born. And Lord knows that reality shows are the devil! (except for Top Chef, which is amazing!)

Today has definitely been better than yesterday, although I'm still exhausted. I've apparently got what's called sciatic nerve pain going on. At least, that's what the knowledgeable ladies on the forum told me. Basically, I feel like someone is stabbing me with a knife in my hip and butt, and the pain goes all the way down my left leg past my knee. Boo to this. I've been gimping around half the afternoon! (Can anyone get me a Hover Round? Huh? Huh?)

Reason #462 I could get fired:

My two snare drum players were bickering and being whiny babies in band class today and I said to the both of them: "You two better shape up and chill out or I'll bop both of you on the head and then call your parents to tell them I've done it!"

Oh patience, where are you?!

This Christmas program is eating my ass. I seriously cannot decide what grades should sing which songs. I take it home with me, I listen through the CD, and nothing. I've got to have this all figured out by Monday, because we have to get started! Oh, and I totally want to shoot myself after hearing "The 12 Days of Christmas" like twice. I am going to be in sad shape by the time this program is finished!

It is really insane to think that we're only 98 days away from meeting our baby boy. It's also crazy that I'm almost in 3rd tri! ::hyperventilates:: While we're ready to meet our little guy, we are so not ready!




Luckily my iPhone camera is not at a high enough resolution for you to see my abundant stretch marks! Trust me, they are there! It's ok, Daven. Mommy knows you need room to keep growing. Although contrary to what A believes, my belly button is not your door bell! (Or is it?)

Ranty McRanterson

So I'm just going to go ahead and bitch. You've been warned.

Today didn't start out too bad. Yeah, I had to force myself to get out from under the covers. And I was feeling a tad sicky. But nothing I couldn't handle. I got to school and things were fine. My band kids actually worked harder today than normal. My art classes weren't awful.

The thing that set off the bad afternoon was my coworker coming in. For whatever reason, she thinks that I wreck her room with my art classes. Oh I'm sorry, is there a little bit of glue on the table? You don't sit there - fucking get over it. She used this nasty-ass lemon-scented disinfectant spray all over her classroom. The fumes then attacked my classroom. Instant headache. ::shakes fist:: That shit can't be good for anyone.

I opened some windows, closed my door and went to lunch. Got up to the faculty lounge and went in to tinkle before heating up my food when what do I see? The janitor has just re-waxed the bathroom floor and no one can go in there for the rest of the day. Ok, I know you're a man and all, but this is the only bathroom that the students aren't allowed to use besides the other one-seater upstairs. And your ass was here last week during fall break. WTF?

So I went down to the office to use the bathroom in there, thinking maybe there won't be any sick kids in there and I can tinkle and get back to my food. Nope. He did that bathroom too! I could have punched him at this point. So I had to walk back down my hall past my classroom into the junior high restroom. You know, the one where the girls don't flush their number twos and stick panty liners over the purse hooks. Yeah, that bathroom. It smells like sewer on a good day.

I bitched and complained through my lunch, and luckily my enchilada from dinner last night was good. Next up was my sign language elective, and just as I suspected, they didn't fucking do their homework. One kid did. Out of 7. "But Mrs. R, you didn't tell us this was due today." Yes I fucking did, you manipulative little bitch. I fucking said it was due the next time we meet, which would be this Wednesday. It wasn't like it was even a hard or time-consuming assignment either. They had to look up how to sign 5 words of their choice on a website that has a video dictionary.

That little class fought me the whole time, and I seriously had to walk out of the room once to keep from yelling.

Then I had 5th grade music. I should have known when I saw a sub teacher dropping them off at my door that there would be trouble. Those little shits would not be quiet and focus for 2 seconds! I still have to email their teacher and tell her what asses they were. Well I wish I could say that.

My last class of the day honestly wasn't that bad, but I was already in a mood. Yeah, even though I said back in the day that I would never be someone who let one class influence my mood, I am. Oops. Fuck me.

Then there was the faculty meeting that I had forgotten about until someone at school reminded me about it. I hate not getting home until 5. Yes, I want to spend my afternoon sitting in a student chair brainstorming ways to tweak our mission statement so that we are more marketable. Right.

Add to this that my school laptop has a virus and I couldn't use it all day, and I was just done. Hopefully A can fix it. Plus I've had the backache from hell, and it feels like someone is stabbing a knife into my hips.

A POSITIVE NOTE!!!!

We are officially into double digits now of this pregnancy. 99 days to go! That's pretty crazy to think about. 99 days left until Daven meets the world! It's insane to think that I've already made it this far. I love you, baby boy!

New looks

After a lot of fiddling and searching, I think I finally have my blog looking like I want it. I ended up having to change the template, because the polka dotted one that I had was not working well with the backgrounds that I tried. What do you think? I know it's a small thing, changing the look of a blog, but I feel accomplished! And it was so easy to actually do, I don't know why I didn't try it sooner!

Oreo finally got to the groomers yesterday. I don't know if I wrote about why she didn't go last week, but just for a PSA, Pet Smart will not take your dog within 48 hours of going to the vet. I took her in yesterday afternoon, and spent quite a bit of money getting her the deluxe package. I won't always come here or always go all out, but she really needed the oatmeal bath with her dry skin, and she got her teeth cleaned and her nailed trimmed. She looks so pretty! And I'm sure she's got to feel better, too. I tried and tried to get some good, full bodied pics of her when we got home, but she didn't want to sit still. But this is what I managed to get:


That's my baby puppy! Yes, I know she's 8 years old, but she's still my pup! I wasn't expecting them to put bows in her hair, but I guess that's part of the ultimate package. I think they look cute, although I will probably take them out soon. They don't seem to bother her though. Everyone back in the grooming department bragged about how good she was and how I'm welcome to bring her back any time. I guess she made some new friends while she was there.

Oh Tuesday. Why do you have to be so far from Friday? I just want to be at home snuggled up with A under the covers. I hope the kids don't suck today. I also hope that my principle will just go ahead and observe me and get it out of the way. Apparently he's going to "drop by" all the classrooms this week to criticize. Well, he says it's just to see, but I know better. He's nothing but critical. This isn't just be being Debbie Downer either, I swear! It's like pulling teeth for him to even say something nice about the Christmas programs, which I have to say that I have rocked! Even the students have noticed that his compliments feel forced and insincere.

I finally got some new earrings yesterday. I have been walking around looking funny with some of my holes exposed (giggles) because for some reason my ears don't even like sterling silver anymore. Sensitive little lobes! Instead of spending a ton of money on getting gold earrings, I went to Hot Topic and got some small gages. (That is how you spell it, isn't it?) I used to have my ears gaged and my bottom piercings were stretched to a 10. But they're not now. I got some 20s and 18s. I'm a little bit peeved though because I couldn't even wear one of the 20s - they were such small loops with the one ball that snaps; I couldn't even get the balls off of them (giggles some more) and even if I did, I don't think they would have fit over my ear to even get to my piercing. Does that even make sense? Luckily I still had one pair of regular earrings that I can manage to wear (plus the ones in my cartilage - ouchies, I'm not gaging those!) Whatever metal these gages are made out of, they don't bother my ears. That's a huge relief, because I'm tired of dealing with infected earring holes!

Ok, 5th grade band should be here any moment. Time to get off my blogging and do my job!

F this place.

Seriously. Every time I try to come in here with patience and an open mind, it completely goes out the window as soon as I get here. I just want to go back home! I come into my classroom, and things by my desk are moved around. My soft drinks are by the door, my boxes are moved, and the hamper with music in it is tipped over and a piece of music is under my desk chair. WTF? Why would anyone need to touch these? Plus, it's obvious that someone has been drinking my rootbeer stash. I'm not a happy camper. Whatever. I shouted for a minute, put everything back, and went to the lounge to make some tea.

Then my all-time favorite foreign language teacher (can you see my sarcastic eyebrow lift?) came into my classroom to drop off her son's violin.

Bonjour! How are you doing?

I'm here.

Oh I know, I am so not ready to be back at school. I can't believe it!

Really, is she going to do this to me every Monday? Bitch, you don't have your first class of the week until tomorrow afternoon at 2 P.M! Don't talk to me about this! You aren't here full time! And you aren't pregnant either! ::shakes fist:: One of these days I'm not going to be able to stop myself from just going off on her.

Ok, it's 8 in the morning and guess who has swollen feet? ::plasters on a big smiley face:: Today is going to be awesome! Seriously though, I'm really trying not to be a Debbie Downer, but that's what it seems like, huh? I can't even bring myself to open up my plan book for the week to make sure everything is there. And I know I need to make copies of things for my sign language elective that starts today. Maybe when I go back to make my second cup of tea...

Since we didn't end up going out to dinner with my family last night (uncle had a migraine) we're going to the Chinese buffet tonight. Apparently I missed my grandpa's birthday last week, and we are going to be celebrating that. I feel like such a douche not even knowing when his birthday is!

I've also got to take Oreo to the groomers right after school today. But wasn't I supposed to go Friday? Yes, yes I was. But apparently they will not groom your pet within 48 hours of them being seen at the vet. Yeah, that would have been nice to know ahead of time! So I had to reschedule it. I swear, if they don't take her today, I'm never shopping at Pet Smart ever again. At this rate, I could have gone with the regular groomers because surely had I made the appointment last week, they would have had an opening by now. And plus, they're nicer too!

Well, I guess it's time to face the facts that I'm here at work and I'm going to have to teach. I just can't wait to hear all the kids shout about their fancy trips to Florida and Europe and the Bahamas!

Mrs. R, where did you go on fall break?

Nowhere.

What do you mean nowhere? You mean you didn't go on vacation? Why?

::grumble grumble grumble::

Have a great day, everyone!

Please tell me it's not Sunday

Damn, it is. That means that fall break is over and I have to go back to work tomorrow. ::cries:: But I've really enjoyed being home with my furbabies! Also, it's nice to not pass out at 8 P.M. every night. I felt like A and I actually got to spend time together! But since I have to go back tomorrow, it's back to me being exhausted 24-7. Plus, Veteran's Day is only a few weeks away (I'm responsible for quite a bit for that program) and I have yet to really sit down with the Christmas program and get things squared away and ready for that. So as much as I don't want to, going back to work means stress for me.

So, what's been going on?

Friday night we had A's Windows 7 Launch party. Granted, nothing we did really had anything to do with windows, but we did have decorations! I think there was 11 of us total. Everyone seemed to have a pretty good time. I was kind of a party pooper because I had been feeling bad all day. Plus, it's hard to have everyone around you drinking when you can't touch it! I would say that I would post pictures, but somehow we didn't take any! Fail.

Yesterday we went with my friend panda to see Zombieland. Although this isn't a movie that I would go on my own to see, A wanted to see it. I'm glad I went with them. Even though I was pretty disgusted by the very beginning and all the nasty gore, it ended up being a really good movie. Plenty of laughs. I'm still a wimp though and got scared during parts of it. Oh well. What can you do? I'm a jumpy person!

After the movie, A took me shopping and we finally got me a computer chair! He's been using my old chair since way back at the apartment and when we got set up here at the house and I had my own computer, I did not have my own chair. We've been using an old half-broken wooden chair that was here when we moved. I could never sit back there in the office with A for long periods of time because the chair hurts, especially being pregnant. We found a chair at Staples on sale and A put it together for me. It's so comfy! More comfy than the one he sits in!

After that I was feeling kind of icky so I hung out on the couch. Ended up falling asleep and drooling all over the sleeve of my sweatshirt! Then A and I ordered pizza and we watched some shows we had DVRed earlier in the week.

This morning we went to Cracker Barrel for breakfast. I had biscuits with apples butter and decaf. Then we came home and got caught up on Heroes. I don't know how they manage to continue to make the show good, but they do. If you don't watch it, you should give it a try. But if you do decide you want to watch it, you've got to start it from the beginning. That's the only way to understand everything that happens.

A's back in the office now updating my computer and I've got this terrible Lifetime movie going in the living room. I swear, it drives me nuts that there is nothing on tv now that football is in season. I know everyone here is obsessed with it, but I'm not and it quite frankly pisses me off. People get offended when they find out that I don't follow it too. "What? What do you mean you don't watch football? What about the Colts?!" Well, I'll tell you where the Colts can go...

So I'm going through my old boxes of stuff from my parent's house trying to find my stash of classical cds. I know I have a ton, and I want to put them on my iPod. The thing is, I know that they are all in a little cd case and I can't find it! I did, however, find some really old cds from back during senior year of high school when I played for a few groups that ended up recording the concerts. That should bring back memories to listen to! I also found the cd from this requiem mass that I sang in and my choir tour from back in college. All good stuff that I can't wait to share with Daven!

Oh, Oreo is doing much better! Those pills they gave her for itching really help. And she loves the peanut butter I give it to her with. Although her tail still looks sad because it's half shaved, her sores are getting better and she's not whimpering anymore. Sure, she's been cuddling with me more than usual, but I'm not complaining! She's also been falling asleep between A and I instead of on his side. Although she still moves to her normal spot, it's nice that she snuggles up with me a bit first. She's a daddy's girl, though! I'm so glad that there isn't anything really wrong with her. I mean, I know that everyone loses pets eventually, but there is no way that I could deal with that. I can't even think about what it would be like to lose one of my furbabies!

Laying on momma's leg


I'm feeling much better now!

So for dinner tonight we are doing Chinese with my grandpa, aunt and uncle. Then panda is coming back over and the three of us are going to watch the wrestling pay-per-view. It may sound silly, but I'm looking forward to it. Wrestling is probably the closest thing to a sport that I watch! ::yawns:: I think I may need a nap...

6 months!

Hooray for making it to 6 months pregnant! We are getting so close! 105 days to go! This month, the baby is as big as an eggplant! No wonder I can feel him kick and move so much now!


A couple nights ago A and I got a set of headphones so that Daven can start listening to some music. Yesterday afternoon I let him listen to some Debussy. I made sure to wait until he was already kicking before I started the music, because I didn't want to wake him up or anything. Some songs he was very still, and others he kicked away at. A is going to download some more classical for me. I don't want Daven to get tired of the same ole classical music!

I finally changed my name today! I know, I'm a bad wife. Even though I've taken the name, I had yet to get everything signed over. It's not that I didn't want to. It's just that there is so much involved, and every time I thought about it, it sent me into a little panic. But yesterday I got a copy of the marriage license from the court house, and today I went to the social security office to get my new card. Tomorrow I am going to the DMV to get a new driver's license. I know there is a lot more I need to change, especially my bank account, but one step at a time, right? I was so tired of still signing my maiden name when I want to take my married name, and I didn't want this to still be in limbo when Daven is born!

Something is wrong with my poor pup. She's been acting funny for a few days now. Yesterday she was constantly moving and whimpering. I finally found that she had this big matted knot of hair on her tail, and I cut it out. She seemed so much better afterwards and I thought I had figured it out and everything was fine. But last night, she kept waking A and I up whimpering, crying, and panting heavily. I called the vet, but for whatever reason he's not open on Thursdays. So little Oreo has an appointment tomorrow morning at 10:30. She hasn't really made any noises this morning and seems to be sleeping comfortably, but since I'm still worried and she's due for her annual shots anyway, I'm going in tomorrow to see what's up. I've also scheduled her for an appointment tomorrow afternoon at 1:30 at Pet Smart for grooming. It's not where we normally take her, but I knew it would be a few weeks before we could get her in there since it's just a husband and wife that run it. I just have to remember to get a copy of the rabis vaccination papers from the vet tomorrow, because they won't groom her without it. Then we'll get a new sweater, and she should be looking good for the party tomorrow.

Yes, we are having a nerd party. I'm not joking when I say nerd. A got chosen to host a Microsoft 7 launch party. They sent him a box with streamers, balloons, tote bags - it's quite funny actually. The hard part is trying to come up with a theme for the party. I really don't think it's that big of a deal, but we have to take pictures to give to Microsoft of the party. But I don't know enough about computers to come up with anything clever. We're going to make some cookies, some people will drink. We will probably watch Office Space. One of A's friends thinks that we're going to spend the night playing Xbox 360. He is sadly mistaken. Rock Band is not as party-friendly as everyone wants you to believe. It always ends up in the same people hogging the same instruments and playing the same songs over and over. ::cough cough, my sister and her bf, cough cough:: A and I are looking forward to having people over, though. It's been a long time since we've had a party.

My fall break is going by so fast - it's almost over! Normally I'm counting down the hours until Friday afternoon, but this week I don't want it to come because that means it's the weekend and I'll have to go back to work soon! Although it kind of stinks that I am home alone while A has to be at work. Plus, mom's in Florida, and my sister is at school. Well, one is at school, the other one hates me right now.

So even though I tried to eat some Fruity Pebbles this morning, and just ate some plain angel hair pasta, my tummy is bothering me today, and Oreo has eaten just as much as I have! I want to be more productive than laying on the couch like a bum, but it looks like that might be all I can do.

My belly is itching like crazy, especially my button. So I'm either stretching or I have dry skin. Maybe both. ::scratches belly::

Also, I'm still having the shooting burning pain to the nips. Nothing is leaking out of them yet, though. Although I fear that this is in my near future!

Well, here's what I look like today. I'm so glad that my baby boy is still growing!



Love, love, love my sweatpants from Target! I think I would wear them every day if I could! Well, Daven's either kicking or punching my bladder. Time to go pee...again.

Hooray for fall break! It's going by way too fast though. I can't believe it's already Wednesday. The week never goes this fast when I'm at work.

It's really cold in the house and for whatever reason, the heater won't kick on. My tosies are freezing! I know I should get up and get some things done, but I just can't get motivated. I just want to snuggle up under the blankets and I want A to be home to snuggle up to.

Yesterday was a pretty good day. I had lunch with my friend Shelbs, my BFF from way back in 5th grade. We don't get to see each other that often since we both have different things going on in our lives. But it's good when I do get to see her. We ate at Panera Bread and hung out at the house for a bit. I love you, Shelbs!

Then I hung out with A last night. I made Tuna helper (yeah, thats how good of a cook I am!) and then we went to Dairy Queen for a pumpkin blizzard. Yeah, that on top of the helper didn't make my stomach feel very good! Then panda came over and we watched wrestling that we taped from last night.

So I have been having this shooting, burning pain in both my boobs straight to my nipples. It hurts like a bitch. Started last night, and still going strong today. I guess my boobs are getting ready to do something. Leak, squirt, I don't know. But I'm not a fan.

Ok, Daven is kicking my bladder and I'm feeling pretty sick to my stomach so I think I'm going to lay down.

What's goin' on

This weekend we went up to Muncie for family weekend at Ball State. We left Friday, right after school. I was anxious going into the trip about the car ride and my badder. And I guess I should have been.

It took us over 3 hours to get there because of traffic and pee stops. I managed to make it about 45 min. before we had to stop the first time. Then in another hour, I had to go again. We got off an exit, but there was nothing there but an industrial park, and absolutely no where to stop to pee. Getting back on the interstate, there was bad traffic, and I was stuck. So fucking stuck. Luckily at our first stop they had gotten McDonalds and I used Adam's cup to pee in. Yes, you heard me right. I had to pee in a cup in the van. A held up my jacket so his parents up front couldn't see (although I don't know why they would want to) and I had to will myself to pee in a cup. At least it was a large cup. Good thing too, because I just about filled it up! At least there was still some ice in the cup, so it stayed cold until we could dump it!

When we finally got there, we picked up my SIL and went to a local pizza place. It was pretty good. Then we went back to her dorm for a bit before going to the hotel to check in. All the hotels were so packed for the family weekend that we weren't even in the same place as A's parents. I didn't sleep very well because it was too quiet in the room. I always sleep with a fan on, even in the winer, and there was no fan noise to be found. Oh well.

Saturday, we were like a family of wandering, bickering tourists. My sister L said she needed new shoes, so we went to the local mall. A's mom is a very distracted, ADD shopper though, and it seemed like the whole time we were there, everyone was frustrated that she kept walking off or stopping to look at something. Plus, by that point we were getting hungry and irritable. I did get two maternity shirts at JC Penny's though, at buy one, get one for 88 cents!

Since there wasn't a food court in the mall, we left to go find somewhere to eat. Somehow we got lost, and A's dad drove us around corn fields forever before stopping to ask how to get back to the main road. We ended up at Applebees, where I had some very mediocre french onion soup.

After that, L showed us where she goes to tutor kids, and then on to Target to get some stuff for her dorm. We wandered around there forever too. Got her some fleece jackets, water, juice, cereal and snacks, and headed back to the dorm, where we sat for what felt like a very long time. Although I often miss my college days, I do not miss living in a dorm room!

We went back to the hotel for a little down time before dinner. I wasn't feeling very well and took a nap. A's parents and sister went to hear some comedian who did a show on campus. We didn't eat dinner until late, like quarter til 10 I think. Ate at Texas Roadhouse. At that point, I was really still tired and could have just stayed in bed, but I knew I needed to eat dinner so I went. After that, it was bed time.

Sunday before we left to go home, we went out to lunch. I was feeling pretty icky. We went to Chilis, and I had to sit in the bathroom for a while. Good thing they had just opened and the bathroom was nice and clean! I somehow managed not to barf, and we had lunch. I ate what I could. We went to a store to get some Ball State apparel. I figured that everyone would get something, but it ended up only A and I getting stuff. He and I both got a shirt, and I also got a long sleeved shirt. Then it was time to drop L back off at the dorm so she could finish her laundry and we could head home. I was so ready to get out of there! Of course her parents were sad to leave her, but she's coming home next weekend!

I don't know how I did it, but I managed to only have to stop to pee once on the way home. I guess I slept more than I thought, being able to stretch out in the back of the van. We got home, hugged our furbabies, and rested for a bit. Then A and I went to eat at Olive Garden for dinner, because I was really craving gnocchi. Damn you, food network!

When we came back, we gave all the animals a bath. Yes, even the cats. They have been itchy, and for whatever reason, we keep finding a single flea on them crawling around. Pisses me off, damn fleas! Coheed was actually a better bath-taker than Mia, and we got them both washed with me only obtaining a single scratch. I rewarded the kitties with wet cat food. They both sat up there and ate it in one setting. Then We gave Oreo a bath, and she was a good girl! She even let me dry her with the hair dryer and then brush her. God, I missed my babies while we were gone!

A stayed home today, and we have been vegging out this afternoon. The house was such a mess that we cleaned a bit this morning, but now I'm sitting here on my computer and he's playing his video game. Tonight my friend panda is coming over and we're going to have chinese. I've been wanting eggrolls ever since they mentioned them on Law and Order. I still haven't taken a shower. Oops.

So, did you make it through my long-winded, boring update? Did you? ::claps hands:: Yay! You should feel accomplished! I always feel like my entries are too long. Well then I'll leave you with this. It's my little Mia snuggling up with Daven. I took this picture this morning.

Kick, baby, kick!

I felt Daven kick from the outside for the first time today! We were listening to some Halloween music in my 3rd grade music class, and he started kicking pretty hard. I put my hand on my belly and left it there for a few minutes. He kicked me! Hopefully this means that A will be able to start feeling him more often too. Right now Daven likes to play games and stop moving whenever he puts his hand on my stomach. Then A gets impatient and moves away. Of course then Daven will kick again! I'm wondering how long the boys will continue to play this game with each other. Is it a sign of the shenanigans that are yet to come? ;)

111 days to go!

Yep, if I go to exactly 40 weeks, I have 111 days left of my pregnancy. Woo hoo! ::pats belly:: Stay in there, Daven! Mommy and daddy love you!

I am so exhausted today. Didn't sleep well last night. I was constantly dreaming things I don't remember now, and getting up to go pee. Then this morning, you guessed it - me and the toilet had a conversation face to face. I even did what the doctor told me and I took the medicine last night before I went to bed. A whole pill, even! But apparently nothing is going to stop this new wave of morning sickness that I have going on. But I mean damn, it wasn't even this consistent in 1st tri! Yes, I was nauseous more, but I wasn't throwing up every day then. So why am I now? Why do I feel like death the first thing in the morning when the alarm goes off?

I think I'm going to lay down on my classroom floor now during my plan.

Attention whore, post whore

Yes, I've done this once before, posting three times in one day. And yes, it was even on a Thursday. But I'm back at work, it sucks, I'm bored, so here I am. Deal with it or get off my blog!

Went to the doctor. I've lost another pound. And since the baby is gaining, this means that I've actually lost more. Good thing I had more than enough love to go around to begin with! Blood pressure is fine, nothing wrong with my pee pee, and the baby's heart rate is good. She tape measured my belly for the first time, but the only thing she said was that my measurements look good. So we are still right on track! I also went ahead and got the h1n1 vaccination, so hopefully I won't catch it from any of the kids now. I'll keep my fingers crossed. It hurt like a bitch though! I think my arm is dead now!

My midwife told me to try taking my tummy pills at night before I go to bed and see if that will help keep me from getting sick in the morning. I'm going to try that tonight and pray for the best tomorrow. My back is still killing me from my hurl this morning. It even hurts to breath deep. I tried to let this be the reason that I couldn't come back to work tonight, but A said no.

After we went to the doctors, we picked up my car. It started, thanks to the fact that my dad had taken the battery out earlier today and charged it. Thanks, dad, even though you don't read this! We got it to Olympco, where A knows someone who works there. He's a family friend, and replaced the battery and defective parts without charging labor. How nice was that? So my car is running better again, and for under $100. Hooray!

I literally left the car shop and came right back to work. These damn conferences! I don't even think I can call it that since I don't meet with anyone! I am so tired and bored sitting here. I'm dreaming about going to Target to try to find me a warm sweatshirt for this weekend's trip up North. Maybe if I'm not feeling too bad I'll have to treat myself to that before I come home.

I ate the chili dinner that they had here, and I'm still wondering if it's ever going to settle in my stomach. That stuff was the most condensed chili I've ever eaten. It was almost as bad as my one failed attempt at vegetable soup a couple months back! (vegetable gumbo, anyone?) Then I ate about 6 mini cherry tootsie rolls. Those were pretty good. I then opened a little fun sized box of dots just because I was bored. I used to love this candy! Nope, not now. Ew. Seriously, ew. I can't get the taste out of my mouth now. It's quite unpleasant. And their lemonade is lacking some serious sugar here! But I'm thirsty so I'm drinking it.

Ok, I can handle parents coming into my classroom if they have something they want to talk about or even if they just want to meet me. But what I don't like it when the middle school students just wander in here and park, expecting me to stop what I'm doing to talk to them. Ok, I guess this is a good sign that they want to come talk to me, but I'm blogging here! My faithful few need to know what's up in my life in every painstaking detail! (you wanna know what I'm wearing right now? Well, I'm wearing my black maternity pants, and this black top that isn't maternity so it doesn't go down low enough and I have to wear a tank top underneath it to make up for the length and make sure I don't flash my belly...)

I now have one hour left. I wish I could take a nap. Or I would text, but the battery on my phone is pretty low. I really need to pack tonight, but something tells me that A and I will wait until tomorrow to pack, and it will take him 2 seconds to do while me on the other hand, even though we're only going away for the weekend, will have to take a much longer time. I don't understand why it always takes me so long to pack. Probably because I overpack and overthink things.

Ok, I guess I'll sit here and try to act like a teacher. But I'm not going to like it, not one bit!

24 week belly pics

I promised earlier that I would put up my pics later. Here they are! One normal, one bare belly.

Happy V - Day to me!

No, it's not Valentines Day yet. 24 weeks into your pregnancy is considered vitality day, or when your baby is considered viable. From this point on, doctors will try to do everything in their power to try to save the baby, should I go into labor early. Of course they would do this regardless, but from now on, my baby's chances of survival go up! This is a big milestone that I have been waiting to reach for a while now! But stay put, baby Daven! You're not done yet!

So this week, the baby should be as big as a papaya. I really think that now they are just struggling to keep coming up with fruits to compare the baby to. I've never had a papaya before. Are they good?


Baby Daven has been really testing me this week. I've gotten sick 4 times in the past week, after going for 3 weeks without it! I got sick again this morning. Now, throwing up at all is terrible, but it hurts so much more when there's nothing in your stomach to come up. I hadn't even had a drink of water before I made friends with my toilet this morning and now I hurt so bad! I think I pulled a muscle in my back, and my ribs feel sore. Baby Daven, mommy loves you more than anything, so is there any way that you can help stop the tummy troubles?

Well, besides the early morning hurl, I've had a bigger string of bad luck. Because of my feeling poopy I forgot to pack a lunch. I had leftover hibachi from last night's dinner at Kobe (which I was able to eat, by the way!) but I didn't bring it. Then my poor old car wouldn't start. I tried and tried, and my car said no. So A had to take me to work this morning. I felt bad, because this put him getting to work late. I left my water bottle in his car. Luckily though, I still had a powerade waiting for me at school. Since I don't have a car to go get lunch, I had to over food from the cafeteria. Luckily, one of the alternates was grilled cheese, because I have no idea how I would have managed cafeteria taco meat. (makes barf face)

I'm still waiting on my dad to call me back to let me know if he is going to go over to my house and see if he can figure out what's wrong with my car. They have an extra key over there, and I'm hoping that it's something that can be easily fixed for cheap. A and I knew that I was going to need a new car soon, but not this soon!

I go to the doctors today. I've got to ask again about my morning sickness, and I need to ask her about the lumpy place under my arm. I'm kind of embarrassed to though, because it hasn't been shaved in a while. Oops. Oh well. I've got to keep telling myself that she's seen worse! I'm interested to know if I've gained back any weight yet. Even though I've been pretty sick this past week, there was those other 3 weeks where I was able to eat more regularly. And Daven is supposed to weigh over a pound now!

Sweet action! I just remembered that I bought chocolate donuts yesterday! I was getting hungry and really dreading eating a breakfast bar. Hooray for mini chocolate donuts!

I really don't want to come back to work tonight, after I've worked all day. It was torture enough having to stay until 5 yesterday. Now I have to come back tonight. It'll definitely be a pain for A if my car situation isn't figured out and he has to drive me here and back again.

Ok, I think one of the boys in my class is getting bullied during their game of Apples to Apples. I guess it's time for me to go be a teacher. ::sigh:: I'll have to post my picture later on today. I hope that this school day goes by fast! And I also hope that my grilled cheese for lunch doesn't suck!

Come on blue powerade!

I'm hoping that my blue powerade will help me feel better. Please, Mr. Sport's Drink, I need your help! I normally go for the gatorade, but at the save a step I went to, they were out of all the good colors. Plus, the powerade was cheaper.

Yep, I woke up this morning feeling the same tummy troubles as usual. But I had this literally all day yesterday and managed not to ralph. At the end of the school day yesterday I cut one of my pills in half, and that made my tummy ache go away without knocking me out. Ok, so I was still asleep on the couch by 8 last night, but at least the knock-out wasn't immediate! So this morning when I got up to go pee before A got in the shower, I thought that I would save myself from a day's worth of tummy aches by going ahead and taking half a pill. I took it and went back to bed. Well, 20 minutes later, I was making friends with my kitchen garbage can. My stomach didn't know when to stop either. Hello! There's nothing else in there! There was only a bit of acid to begin with and it's gone now! Yuck.

At least I have my comfy new maternity sweater on today. It's purple and soft and warm. I really need to go back to Target and get it in whatever other colors they had it in. Because even though I can sneak and wear the same pair of pants every day, I cannot do the same with tops. Yes, I know, I need to get more pants. Leave me alone. They only had one pair in my size the last time I went shopping. Geeze.

So today is less than ideal. Of course, the puking started the day off wrong. Then let's add the fact that it's pouring down rain outside and freezing. Ah, and lets not forget that I have to stay at school today until 5:00 because of parent-teacher conferences that I don't have. Yep. I don't have a single conference with any parent, but I have to be here "just in case" someone wants to stop by and have a chat with me. I think that if they're not prepared enough to set up a time with me, then tough shit, I shouldn't have to be here. But then again, all of the homeroom teachers have to be here for conferences, so I guess I'll deal. At least I can hold onto the fact that next week is fall break and I have a full week of nothing to do!

I am so not ready for the school day to start. I just want to sit in my room and not do anything. How's that for motivation?

Oh, A had to wear a suit today to work! If I hadn't been feeling so awful, I might have wanted to pounce him! You looked good, daddy polar bear!

Back from the land of the sickies

I know it's been too long since I've posted. And for my few followers, I am sorry. I'll try to recap everything that's been going on.

Wed - I went ahead and got a sub for the next day, because I was feeling like complete shit, and it is so hard to find a sub. Even calling the day before, I had to call all 12 people on the list, leaving 10 messages. Most people eventually called me back. I was stressing out, but then finally someone said they could sub! I stayed after to make sure I had plans for her. Then I went home and made chili. I know, why would I cook when I was feeling so bad? Because I really wanted chili. Then spent the rest of the night vegged out on the couch watching tv.

Thurs - I was hoping in the back of my mind that since I took a sick day I would be feeling better. But alas, I was not. We didn't have anything to drink in the house (ok, so we had milk and juice, but fuck that) so I dragged my ass to the smokey Save a Step to get some coke, gatorade and a box of powdered donuts. I felt crappy all day and at some point, I threw up. There went my 3 weeks of non-barfing! I can't really remember what I did that day really. Watched alot of tv...um...shit I don't know.

Fri - After my puking incident the day before, I went ahead and called in a sub for Friday. Maybe I could have made it through the day, but I didn't want to chance it. Hello! I'm pregnant and sick. So I stayed home. No puking today. Just feeling bloopily. A went out to eat with his family and brought me back some chicken fingers. PSA: chicken fingers from Tumbleweed suck. Just so you know.

Sat - Despite still feeling not my best, I decided that I wanted to go down to Harvest Homecoming. It's this dinky little festival that's really nothing but lots of food and church booths. I was hoping that getting out would make me feel better. I was wrong. We got some chicken and dumplings. I didn't eat much of mine. Then A and I got some pumpkin ice cream, but I didn't have more than a few bites of it. Then all of a sudden, out of nowhere, I started to get really dizzy. I thought I was going to pass out. And then I had the sudden urge to puke. And puke I did, right in the mulch, in front of everyone to see. There was a garbage can next to me, but the lid was closed and people were leaning on it. That'll teach them! I was completely embarrassed. I hope that none of my students were there and if they were, I hope they didn't see it. Ugh. Next time, I need to stay home.

After that, we went home and I parked my ass on the couch. I wasn't feeling better until much later, so we ended up having Arby's for dinner, most of which I did not eat. I tried though, promise. Then A was a sweetie and not only downloaded The Proposal for me, but he watched it with me as well. I liked it a lot. I think A liked it more than he would admit to any of his friends or coworkers. Yes, it was a chic flick and yes, you knew how it was going to end, but it was funny all the way through. I would watch it again in a heartbeat.

Sun - Here's where I put on my pouty face because A left yesterday afternoon to go to Cleveland for some Microsoft thingy. Don't ask me what. Something about Windows 7. Who knows. We hung out until about 3:30, and then him and his friend loaded up the work SUV and headed out. ::sad face:: Luckily, my friend panda came over later and kept me company. It took us about an hour to figure out where to eat, and then we ended up just getting McDonalds. We came back to the house, watched the episode of Mercy that I had DVRed earlier that week, and after that, we watched reruns of Law and Order Criminal Intent on Bravo. Yeah, I know, I'm a real party. Don't let the word get out! Then at 9 she left to go home, and I went back to bed, all alone. Of course, since I was gone, my dog Oreo decided that she was going to get all wonky. Twice she ran out of bed barking. Really Oreo, way to freak me out. I guess she just heard dogs outside or something. I slept with my body pillow and with the tv on all night. I miss A.

Mon - So now here we are at the present day. It's still the morning and I have a ways to go until the work day is over. I'm sitting here at my desk drinking gatorade and eating baked lays, trying to get over this stomach ache. I came into work with a ton of things to do since I was out the end of last week. I managed to get grades done and posted, and I have half-ass plans for today.

I don't know what I will do with myself after school. Not sure if I have a meeting or not. And I don't know what time A will get home. I'm sure he won't be home before dinner. I just hope he's home before I go to bed!

Ok, so now for some catching up on what I normally post on Thursdays. This week it says that my baby should be as big as a large mango. But last time I checked, even small spaghetti squashes are bigger than the larger mangos. This confuses me.



Eh, I guess you can't really tell by the pictures, because the one of the mango is more close up. Oh well. It doesn't really matter that much. Whatever kind of fruit or veggie Daven is, at least he's growing!

Since I missed posting my tummy on Thursday, I'll show you what I'm looking like today.





My belly button is still continuing to shallow out. It's pretty interesting. It seriously used to be a cave, and now you can barely get your finger in there at all. Weird? Maybe. But totally true.

Have I left anything out? I'm sure I have. But this is as much as I can do right now. If you made it all the way through this long-ass post, congratulations. You really do care!

I thought I would feel better today.

But I feel worse. This is not fun. My throat is still scratchy, but now add to that a cough. I've been coughing so much I feel nauseous. Fun. I wasn't able to eat my leftover pizza that I brought for lunch today. And as the day wore on, the worse I felt. I feel awful now. All clammy and dizzy and yucky.

I was going to go to the store after work, get groceries, and make chili tonight. But nope, not going to happen. Damn. I really wanted chili too. But who knows if I would even be able to stomach it.

Another one of my band students is sick. Supposedly he's getting tested for H1N1 today. And I had him yesterday. And I had his brother today - twice. Great. Plus, one of our primary teachers is sick and here at school, because our sub list sucks and she couldn't find anyone. She had a fever and no one would help her! This is one of the things that I hate about this school. She looked so sick, and she shouldn't be here. My principle wonders why everyone is getting sick - well it's because we have sick people here at school. If they could all just stay home, then maybe it wouldn't spread so much! The rumor is now that even the siblings of anyone infected with the new flu need to stay home. Yeah, I can see that happening. But it's not all that bad of an idea. I just hope I'm not getting it.

I really don't want to be sick. I know it's not good for Daven. I need to stay healthy for him. But staying healthy and working here is pretty much impossible. Damn kids. Oh, there I go, sneezing again. Grrrr.

Just another Monday

Well this morning started off rough. I woke up, just like I thought, with my throat still scratchy, my head pounding, and my tummy upset. I'm really hoping that it's just allergies and that it's not something contagious that the kiddos here gave me. They are so selfish - I don't know why they are so generous with their germs!

I get to school this morning, walk into my classroom, and realize that something is wrong. Chairs are moved, my stereo cart was moved, there was writing on my board, and my desk had been completely cleared off. Whoever was in my room this weekend took everything off of my desk and put it not-so-neatly in piles on the floor, and on top of drums. Plus, there were crumbs of food all over my desk as well.

Turns out that there was a wedding here on Saturday and my room was where the bride and her ladies got ready. They used my desk to put all of their food that they were chowing down on. Fuckers. I understand that the parish uses our rooms sometimes for other things on the weekend. But I do not appreciate the fact that they tore apart my room and then neglected to put it back together. I understand that it's a special day, but someone should have come back to clean the mess. The only reason that I know this much is because one of the teachers happened to drop by on Saturday and see this all going on. She was the one that turned off the lights and the air conditioner in my room. They didn't. Really? This is a classroom. I made sure that before I left on Friday, everything was in its place and neat. I had to spend all my free time this morning cleaning things up and putting things back where they belong.

This pregnant lady was not happy.

The only good thing that came about this is that my desk is now clean and organized. But that won't last! I am horrible at keeping my desk cleared off. I just teach too many different classes! It drives my principle nuts that my desk doesn't always look picture perfect, but I do my damn job.

After that, my day wasn't horrible. I feel icky, but I've managed. Although the kids I had for art today drove me nuts. "Is this good enough?" STFU. Don't ask me that question. If you have to ask, then the answer is obviously NO!

So there is a Papa Murphy's pizza opening up really close to our school. They gave all the teachers coupons today to get a free large, one topping pizza today. I just have to wait around until 4 to go pick it up. How awesome is that? I hope it's ok for dinner. Adam and I did just have pizza for dinner Saturday night, and I had the leftovers for lunch. But with Papa Murphy's all you have to do is take the pizza home and put it in the oven. And it's free! I can't pass that up!

*--------> Coworker vent!! <--------*

The woman that teaches next door to me just came into my classroom to complain. "I'm so exhausted I can't even see straight! I don't know what I'm going to do! I'm so miserable."

She has Mondays off. She didn't teach a single class today.

For fuck's sake, woman, shut the fuck up!

::sighs:: Ok, I feel better now.

Well, I am excited that it is the end of the school day, all my classes are done, and I get to spend time with A tonight. Heroes comes on! And wrestling too, except that I normally can't stay awake for it.

Today is the first day that I have worn maternity pants. I bought a pair at Target over the weekend. They are wonderful! I want a million pairs! And my shoes fit today too, which is awesome. They were tight this morning, but that was probably because they had just come out of the dryer.

"Why were your shoes in the dryer? That's just weird."

Because last school year, my cat decided to take a giant dump in one of my shoes. And even after the poop was gone, the smell remained. So they sat on my front porch for a long time. I wasn't even sure if washing would work - would they fall apart in the washing machine? Thankfully, they survived the wash just fine. I think that I am going to have to start putting them on a high shelf from now on when I get home though, because these are officially the only shoes that fit, besides my crocks.

I'm trying my best to stay ahead here at work. When it gets to this point in the year, shit starts to hit the fan. Halloween, Veteran's day, Christmas - FML. So many things get pushed aside when it gets to this point. So I am trying to plan ahead and have as much prepared for my sign language elective as I can. And I am also trying to figure out who gets to do Halloween music and art when, and when I should start preparing for the Christmas program. Whew. I need a margarita. At least give me some frozen lime slushy with salt on the rim!

Well, I've managed to get through almost the whole weekend without taking a nap! Yesterday I went to the St Jame's art fair with my MIL. I had forgotten how big it was! We walked around for 2-2 & half hours. I got this really neat limestone sculpture of eighth notes. If only I had known how sore I would be today from walking so much.

Then we ate lunch and shopped at Target. I actually got a few pieces of maternity clothes. I got some comfy sweatpants. I'm wearing them right now! Woo hoo!

Damn, I guess I'm a little boring today. Don't really have anything to write about. I'm just sitting here catching up on Brothers and Sisters so that I can catch the new episodes tonight.

Now if I could just get over this scratchy throat and upset tummy I would be great!

Lets talk about sex, baby!

You see, mommy and daddy love each other very much. They have promised to love each other forever. And one of the ways that mommy and daddy show each other their love is by going back to the bedroom for some alone time. That's how mommy and daddy make a baby!

But sex isn't just for baby making! Sometimes mommy and daddy have alone time just for fun! It helps build a strong, healthy marriage. Mommy and daddy love each other so much!

That's for you, MB. Sorry, but A and I do it! :)

It's the best thing about Thursdays!

Really, the only reason I look forward to Thursdays is because my ticker switches to a new week. Now that it's the fall, I also have Grey's Anatomy to look forward to, but since that show makes me cry my eyes out I don't enjoy it quite as much as I used to. (damn hormones!)

Here's me today at 22 weeks:

Our little baby polar bear Daven is now as big as a spaghetti squash!

(hopefully his insides don't look like this though - ew!)

Also, he should weight 1 pound now!

It looks like the eczema fairy is here to stay and I have yet to get any relief from my all-over itchiness. My eyelids are still glazed in Vaseline, and I am attempting to hide the dry, red patches of rash on my arms with long sleeves.

My lips are a little better though, since I got some Neosporin Lip Health stuff last night. As long as I keep it on my lips, I'm not scratching them to death. But after lunch I forgot to reapply, and I caught myself scratching. Oops. It makes my lips feel a little funky, but I figure that's the medicine in this stuff trying to heal them. Who knows.

So early on in the pregnancy, I developed this knot or lump under my left armpit. It hurt for about a week, and then it stopped hurting (although it never went away). Well, the pain is back. Yesterday I didn't think anything of it because I just assumed that my bra underwire was poking my arm. But when I got into my pjs (sans bra, of course) and I still had that feeling, I checked under my arm. It's very sensitive to touch. It hurts to put on deodorant. I'm hoping that this is just another side effect of pregnancy. I'll have to try to remember to talk to my doctor about it at my next appointment.

I don't know what I did to my hip, but it is killing me today. Actually, I'm not going to lie - it's probably because of the sex A and I had last night. But seriously, my whole left side from my lower back down past my knee hurts. I'm not a fan. (Don't take this the wrong way, A - I am a fan of you and what you do ::wink wink::) I think I need a giant heating pad. Maybe an electric blanket? I know, tisk tisk, you aren't supposed to use those when you're pregnant. STFU.

My tummy is flip-flopping on me again today. I wasn't able to eat my lunch. Hopefully I can eat dinner. I am so tired of not being able to eat consistently! I wag my finger at you, belly! (no, not at you, Daven. Mommy loves you!)

Guess what? It's October! Halloween is just around the corner!