If you haven’t noticed, I’ve added to links to Blonde Tulip’s blog as well as Wendy’s MySpace page. (See right)
What about me?
Work is eh. 10 weeks, 2 days until maternity leave. Still a considerable amount of time, non? I think so at least. Unfortunately, I feel like I’m being phased out already. Sad, huh? A friend of mine from work says that I should take advantage of it, but I’m back to where I was, feeling useless and bored and getting paid for it. (Why am I ranting about this again?) Without talking about it too much, there’s just so much “stuff” going on here that’s above my head, who knows what my department will look like in 4 weeks (or sooner)? So, yah…
Related to work, a colleague of mine went on her maternity leave this past Monday. She’s a SoBay person and she was telling us about her hospital and her overall prenatal care and suffice it to say, I am SO glad that S & I are at the hospital we are at, because her hospital sounds awful! (Sorry, but it’s true.) They don’t even offer a hospital tour!
Vote for Lucie!
Old Navy is looking for their new four-legged mascot. For kicks, I entered Lucie in the competition. Not expecting to win, but hey, you never know. I’ll get word in 24 hours that she’s been officially entered. She’s up against 10k+ other doggies.
Me, financially plan? Riiight…
Especially since I’ve inherited my mom’s knack for shopping and nice things. At least S is being supportive. (Warning: tangent ahead) Last weekend at Fort Funston, we saw a woman walking ahead of us. S made me promise to never, ever wear the mom jeans. You know those jeans that just don’t look on anybody or anything? I couldn’t even last 2 days with not-quite-pregnant Old Navy jeans before buying my maternity 7s, which cost many pretty pennies, so I don’t think he has to worry about me and “mom” jeans.
Anyways, where was I? 😉 Oh yeah, financial planning…so, last week, S & I met with a financial advisor. We weren’t too sure about it, but I’m glad that we did. There’s just a lot we haven’t taken into consideration, and with peanut on the way, even more things we need to think about. It made me feel better when she told us that there is still plenty of time for us to reach our goals. She sent us home with homework, that we, of course, started working on the last couple nights. It’s a good thing, as Martha would say, because it makes us take a real good look at my our expenses. Per MS Money, I will probably need to cut back personal care, which doesn’t sound like what it’s supposed to sound like. What’s considered personal care? Massages, facials, mani/pedis, other spa services? Shower soap, shampoo, stuff that can be bought at Walgreen’s? My question is…shopping at Target, how do you classify that? You can buy clothing, groceries, prescriptions, household items under one roof – I don’t think Money would be able to even begin to comprehend a typical Kellybean Target trip.
The peanut pregnancy update
The past two weeks have been crazy for me, so yesterday was my first day back to my prenatal fitness class. This time, it didn’t kick my ass so much, my quads are a tad bit sore, but that’s about it. Two other women had joined the class, so I have a feeling the $15-personal-training-prenatal-fitness-class days are over…especially since one of the women says that she’s got two friends that might be interested. I’ll definitely keep going until I can’t anymore or Dr. G says not to. I think what made it more difficult last time was the sciatica issues, but now that peanut’s moved off that nerve, I feel like a whole new person! 25 weeks and counting and I feel fabulous! (I promise we’ll try to get belly pix posted soon. Really.)
Nope, bellybutton hasn’t popped out yet.
Sleep has become one of the greatest issues lately. Every time I wake up in the middle of the night on my back, I think that’s just another few minutes I’ve hurt peanut. The boppy pillow wasn’t working for me, so I returned it. I tried putting a pillow behind by back to (kind of) keep me from turning over – eh, it works until the pillow falls onto the floor. So, I think that I’ll be going back to the baby superstore to see what other support pillows they have.
S has been a real trooper in getting peanut’s room ready. I really can’t say this enough…especially since I feel so guilty sitting my butt on the couch while he’s sanding and plastering to his heart’s content. He’ll get one day off this weekend at least for our mom’s day brunch. And of course, I’ll see what I can do to make his upcoming anniversaire extra special!