Day 80

Pregnancy Things:
Happy Monday! I am still patiently (or not so patiently) waiting for the day I wake up and have my bursts of energy that people keep telling me about. This morning I was dragging, as usual. I also could not figure out anything that even remotely sounded good for breakfast so I choked down some toast. I'm not having a good time in the mornings right now. My day would be exceptionally better if I could work from 10:00 to 2:00 and then nap once I get home. Then, I could do my night time chores and go to bed around 9:30. That would be perfect for the last 3 weeks of this first trimester. Can someone make that happen for me please?

I am having weird cravings, as usual. I eat what sounds good regardless of how good it is for me. (To this day, I have lost 7 pounds) On Friday I had to have tacos. The only place to get tacos around where I work is the marvelous Taco Bell. So, I had 3 hard shell tacos and they were amazing. I also had tacos on Saturday night because they sounded good again and mom made them for me. They were delicious. I am still craving salt too. Pickles are my best friend. I've gone through more jars of pickles than I ever have in any given year of my life. Andrew and I haven't had a full fledged grocery shopping trip since I got pregnant. Grocery shopping happens in spurts and we pick up 8-10 things that we are hungry for and then we're done for awhile. Good news is our grocery budget had decreased.... bad news is our eating out budget has increased.... It really is a wash I guess.

An Annoyance:
Since I am pregnant I understand I'm going to be the center of attention to family members but I'm starting to get the "back off" bug. I have about 200 more days of this pregnancy and people trying to pawn stuff off on me is getting irritating. I'm not even out of the first trimester yet. CALM THE FUCK DOWN. I don't know if it is a boy or a girl and until I do know.... I don't want anything! I will not start my serious registration/shopping process until I have my house, live in it and I know the gender of my child! I'm not going to start filling a room with furniture or toys until that point.
I'm also having super protective mamma bear thoughts about this child, too. What I want for my child (is essentially what my husband wants) and is going to be the final answer. No one will dictate to me how to raise this child, who will watch my child, teach this child, or care for this child. End of story.

.....I have this random urge to run up to the gas station to get some V8. That sounds amazing right now....
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House Things:
We have sent in paperwork detailing what we want to be fixed on the house and we are still waiting to hear back. When we were there for the inspection I had a tape measure and I was making sure our furniture would fit where I wanted it. Let me tell you how wonderful and how horrible it is to have a king size bed. Love my bed.... but I hate my bed when it comes to moving. In the price range of houses we can afford, bedrooms are not that big. We will basically be able to fit our bed, our small night tables and one dresser in our room. The room does have two separate closets though which is really nice. Andrew and I get our own closets. We will probably toss our other dresser into the spare room or put it in the nursery.

Mom, grandma and I went to Wal Mart yesterday and bought plants! Mom always has a garden and since I am going to get to have one soon I started to buy a few things I would need. I mainly got some seeds that I want to plant and I will get tomato plants once I actually move and can plant them. I also bought oregano, mint, and cilantro and planted those in cute little pots! I have them out on patio right now because I get really good afternoon sun out there and they should do fairly well until I can get them in the backyard of the house. Or, I could just grow them inside. I have an empty counter under the kitchen window that they could hang out by.... we will see.

*update* I did just run to the gas station and got some V8. OMG. It is amazing.... I bought three bottles.... I'm on bottle number 2....
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Well, this has been an amazingly random post. I don't have much else to update. I had a wonderful weekend spending time with my grandma since she is in town and besides being tired every second of every day, I'm hanging in there and doing alright.