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.