Holy shit I've been gone awhile. That last time I posted I explained my sickness. Well, that sickness lasted me through my entire week last week and part of my weekend. I was in the hospital at 3:30am on Wednesday because I.could.not.breathe. It was bad. They gave me breathing treatments, and sent me home with steroids and an inhaler. The poor ER nurse felt so bad for me. They couldn't do an x-ray on me because of my pregnancy and so the ER doctor told me to take the meds they gave me and to stay in bed. Like, strict bed rest from this guy. So, we got home from the hospital around 5:00am and luckily Andrew didn't have any pianos to tune that day and we both slept until 9:00am. It was blissful.
I have to take a side bar here and just say how wonderful Andrew has been. I've been miserable, sick, and of course pregnant and he has done nothing but take care of me and get me what I need. He filled my prescriptions, he took me to the hospital, he has been grocery shopping (he HATES grocery shopping), he waits on me hand and foot, and it has been amazing. I am so thankful for him and all that he has done to help make this time go by easily. I know he misses having structured, healthy meals cooked by me, but he hasn't complained. He makes what he can for himself and knows I'll be back to feeling better very soon. (I hope)
I am back at work today and seeing the stack of stuff in my try and taking a look around the office I know I have my work cut out for me for a few days at least. I'm just procrastinating because I don't want to overdo it on my first day back, and I know that everything I have to do will get done in a timely manner and all will be OK.
I want no more sickness. You hear me body!? It takes entirely too long for me to fight things off since I'm growing a human and all....
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Pregnancy Stuff:
10 weeks and counting! I can't really tell you much about pregnancy symptoms at this point since my other sickness kind of trumped everything else. The main thing I still feel more than anything is fatigue. The problem with being on steroids is they caused me some insomnia. So, I would go to bed at 9:00 at night and be wide awake at 3:00am. Almost every morning. I would be able to nap later in the day, but I was lacking on much needed sleep to help my body heal. Not a good time. I think I finally caught up on sleep over the weekend which was funny to Andrew. I'd be doing things around the apartment (since I finally could) and then I'd sit on the couch and within 10 minutes I'd be asleep. I'd nap for about an hour and then get up again like it was totally normal for me to do that. So weird. I'm ready for this energy boost people keep telling me about....
The one thing I did enjoy about being home sick was being able to wear pajamas all day every day. Nothing can beat that. I took a lot of really relaxing baths too. I would take a bubble bath, then put on pajamas. Ahhhh.....
Anyway, I'm anxiously awaiting my next OB appointment which is May 20 and I'll probably say that almost every post because I'm just super excited to see how much Baby C has grown!
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House Stuff:
We have an inspection this week (Wednesday) and I am hoping that all goes well with that. I haven't heard from my realtor or our mortgage lender lately so I am assuming that everything is going OK right now. I have quotes in for insurance and hope to get those back soon as well. I am really happy on the insurance front because we work with a group that is an ELP of Dave Ramsey. (Click here to read more about ELP). I know that they will get me the best coverage for the best price. They've done an amazing job with us so far as far as auto and renter's. I'm not worried about a thing!
Mostly I am just excited to finally be out of the apartment. Especially since Walter is really discovering how much he LOVES being outside when it is nice out. That dog just sits at the door and stares outside all day long. He doesn't need to potty, he just wants to be out. I've already told dad that I need a doggie door installed on our back door so that he can go out as he pleases.
Plus, I wrote out my rent check and knowing how much less my house payment is going to be it almost made me cry. I want that. I want it now. No more rent!
One of the mornings that I had a case of my insomnia I used a free computer program to type in the dimensions of the house and decorate each room with my furniture. I was walking around at 4:00 in the morning measuring my furniture..... good times. However, I feel really good about what I came up with and Andrew likes my ideas as well! It'll make moving in much easier because I'll be able to tell the guys where to put everything.
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I really don't have much else to say. (no pictures, sorry).
Friday was our orchestra concert at UIS and I did venture out to do that because I have worked all spring for this concert and I wasn't going to miss it. It went really well and I was able to hold in all coughing until after we were done playing. I didn't want to be that crazy first violinist that started hacking in the middle of our Symphony. Haha. That would have sucked.
It’s really interesting that you’re able to document your family history. Well, hearing about naval history is really exciting. It’s kinda nostalgic to imagine those passengers of different classes inside one ship. But what really got me was the manual navigating system that old ships had. They’re only composed of ropes, pulleys, and some large-sized wooden gears, but they are able to navigate the seas with relative safety.
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