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Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Ok, work has been really boring lately. It’s annoying because I worked very hard on a few things that I thought were really good and useful. Now they are just sitting on the back burner. My colleague that I’ve been working with was hassling me about this stuff and pressuring me to get it done quickly. I get it done and what happens, nothing! No feedback, no good job, just ignoring. Working with this guy over the last few months, I’ve realized that he’s just an idiot who likes to boss people around, but has no idea what he is talking about. He will bug me for e-mails that I sent to him weeks ago and stuff that I copied him on. He can’t manage his e-mail box. I peaked at it once and there were almost 400 unopened e-mails! He makes more money than me yet he can’t keep his e-mail box organized….ok vent over. Luckily, I think he’s rolling off to work on other things and we have a new person on board who hopefully will listen to my ideas which prove to be right many times and we can have a better working relationship.
DH and I are headed to NYC this weekend to visit a friend K from college. I’m not sure I’m really excited about this that much. We are going on a Sex and the City bus tour and I’m dragging DH along. I feel bad because part of me wishes that I could just go solo on this trip, but I didn’t have the heart to ask him to stay home. He really doesn’t any friends in DC that aren’t associated with me. Of course all my friends love him and there are a mix of guys and girls so he doesn’t feel always with the girls. But I would feel bad leaving him home while I went to NYC for the weekend. My friend K loves DH and we all get along well, but since I’ve been married we rarely have time to get together just the two of us. But K will be busy one day so DH and I will have a day to go around the city by ourselves, which I love. I love the freedom that comes with us exploring the city, just the two of us.
DH is going to visit our first daycare center tomorrow. It’s a very popular daycare center and the price is decent. Amazingly, they have availabilities for when we need it. This should be interesting, because I’ve been the one researching daycares and calling up the places. I really wish I could go, but DH has off because of his schedule and I won’t have a weekday off for a few weeks. I figured he should just jump in headfirst to the process. Hopefully, this will encourage him to be more engaged. I do need to come up with a list of questions that he can ask. I hope that he will have a few questions to add to it. I really want to visit a few home centers in the next few weeks. I will have to make sure to do this on my next day off. It would be such a relief to decide on a daycare soon and have that locked down. It is such a nerve-racking decision. So far I’ve only looked at daycare centers and home centers. There are pluses and minuses to both and I can’t really decide which one I like. I hope the visits will help us tremendously with our decision.
Nursery furniture is stressing me out as well. FIL has offered us their crib for DH’s little baby brother since he has outgrown it. At first, I thought great. But lately I’ve been having second thoughts. I wish they could just send us a picture of the crib and we could find out the model number. I found out that it was second hand when they got it, which makes me even more hesitant. Also, we got a car seat from them, but everything I’ve read says it is not a good idea to get a used car seat. I have no idea what to look for in a good car seat, crib, nursery furniture. I don’t have any friends in the area who have babies who can help me out. I kind of wish someone would just make all these decisions for me….sigh. I think that I’m overthinking this whole things. DH and I need to make another trip to Babys R Us and maybe Target to start this whole Nursery shopping thing.
DH and I are headed to NYC this weekend to visit a friend K from college. I’m not sure I’m really excited about this that much. We are going on a Sex and the City bus tour and I’m dragging DH along. I feel bad because part of me wishes that I could just go solo on this trip, but I didn’t have the heart to ask him to stay home. He really doesn’t any friends in DC that aren’t associated with me. Of course all my friends love him and there are a mix of guys and girls so he doesn’t feel always with the girls. But I would feel bad leaving him home while I went to NYC for the weekend. My friend K loves DH and we all get along well, but since I’ve been married we rarely have time to get together just the two of us. But K will be busy one day so DH and I will have a day to go around the city by ourselves, which I love. I love the freedom that comes with us exploring the city, just the two of us.
DH is going to visit our first daycare center tomorrow. It’s a very popular daycare center and the price is decent. Amazingly, they have availabilities for when we need it. This should be interesting, because I’ve been the one researching daycares and calling up the places. I really wish I could go, but DH has off because of his schedule and I won’t have a weekday off for a few weeks. I figured he should just jump in headfirst to the process. Hopefully, this will encourage him to be more engaged. I do need to come up with a list of questions that he can ask. I hope that he will have a few questions to add to it. I really want to visit a few home centers in the next few weeks. I will have to make sure to do this on my next day off. It would be such a relief to decide on a daycare soon and have that locked down. It is such a nerve-racking decision. So far I’ve only looked at daycare centers and home centers. There are pluses and minuses to both and I can’t really decide which one I like. I hope the visits will help us tremendously with our decision.
Nursery furniture is stressing me out as well. FIL has offered us their crib for DH’s little baby brother since he has outgrown it. At first, I thought great. But lately I’ve been having second thoughts. I wish they could just send us a picture of the crib and we could find out the model number. I found out that it was second hand when they got it, which makes me even more hesitant. Also, we got a car seat from them, but everything I’ve read says it is not a good idea to get a used car seat. I have no idea what to look for in a good car seat, crib, nursery furniture. I don’t have any friends in the area who have babies who can help me out. I kind of wish someone would just make all these decisions for me….sigh. I think that I’m overthinking this whole things. DH and I need to make another trip to Babys R Us and maybe Target to start this whole Nursery shopping thing.
Friday, March 19, 2010
Ok, so once again I’ve put off blog writing. But here are some recent developments in the last month
The cruise was fun for the most part. Not drinking was kind of a downer. SIL was kind of bitchy most of the time. She’s pregnant but not really basking in the glow of pregnancy, just complaining about it. She even asked one of our friends who was on the cruise if he would bum her a cigarette. Our friend did not feel comfortable with this at all and it really pissed me off when he told me. I really do want to get along with her. I know we’re not going to be best friends, but we should be able to get along. We used to get along better, but lately she has just been cold towards both DH and me. This really irritated me and I shouldn’t make a big deal of it. It was her birthday the Sunday we got back from the cruise. We gave her the card with a $50 GC to Macys at the apartment. She opened it when neither DH or I were in the room (we stayed at their place in Tampa a night before the cruise). It took until Sunday for her to even mouth a “Thank you.” I had to coax it out of her. We were saying goodbye and I gave her a hug and said enjoy your trip to Macy’s. BIL was wondering what that meant. I said “Oh we gave her a card to Macys. It was in the card right?” and she said yes and then said “Thank you.”
DH brought the tension between SIL and us up to his BIL recently trying to get to the bottom of why she was cold to both of us. The only answer I got was that SIL doesn’t like how DH has changed from how she used to know him (She has been dating BIL since before I came into the picture). She doesn’t like how he fawns over me. Hmmm..... I’m not sure what to do with that. He’s my H and he treats with love and respect. We’re not overly lovey-dovey around people, but he is respectful of my needs and during our trip we ended up breaking off from the group and doing a few things that I wanted to do and no one else wanted to do. I could tell she didn’t like this very much. But god forbid I should want to do things separate from the group on my vacation. I just have a different travel style and I think she should respect that.
But whatever, we don’t see each other that much. I just wish we could get along during this pregnancy. It was kind of sad that most of the trip was filled with tension between her and I since that will be only time we will see each other while pregnant. Her cold behavior really played a factor in me deciding not to go down with DH for a wedding in June since we would probably be staying with them. I’ll get to see BIL again in June when he is up here for work and I’m excited about that. We get along pretty well and he’s funny.
Baby Developments
- I think we’ve decided on a name. We were strongly leaning towards Jeremy after BIL and DH let it slip after a few drinks on the cruise that we were thinking of that. Of course, he’s all excited and had this nice doe-eyed look on his face when he found out. Now, I guess we’re kind of locked in. DH and I had some more discussion about it and we’re both fine with it so I think it will be Jeremy Michael H. Michael is after my dad.
- I’m feeling him kick and move around a few times every hour. DH can feel it too if he catches it at the right time. He actually felt him kick first on the night of his birthday when we were laying in bed on the Cruise Ship.
- I’m up about 15-16 pounds. I guess that’s a little at the top of the range. But I’m trying to eat healthy for the most part. My biggest downfalls are sweets. I crave chocolate, cookies, etc. Every day it’s the same struggle not to stop at this little bakery I love for a cookie.
- DH and I made a list and timeline of all the things we need to do to get ready for the baby. We’ve already knocked off two things on the list. We signed up for Childbirth classes and we found a doula. TBH, we interviewed her and she was nice enough. But the main factor that played into it was cost. I e-mailed a ton of doulas and most of them were between $900-$1200. This lady did all the things the other ones did but she was $700. Also, if for some reason we decided we don’t need her. We will only be out the $200 for the two prenatal visits. So that was pretty good.
- I figured out that I’m good for at least two-months of maternity leave without having to rely on leave donation which is incredibly reassuring. I can use 6 weeks of sick leave (which I should have by July) and then use up my annual leave (which should be about 2 weeks). If I want to strive for the full three months under FMLA, I would have to get leave donation. I may or may not do this.
Other developments
- I’m moving offices and I’m very excited about this. It should cut down my commute by a good 15 minutes each way (maybe more). I’m going to have an office that I share with one other girl and a window with a nice view. I can’t wait.
- DH and I are going to NYC to visit a good friend next weekend. I’m excited about this, but kind of worried that I will be bored by the no drinking thing. I’ve been to NYC a good number of times and TBH I can’t think of too many more things I want to do there.
I vow to all those following this blog or reading it that I will post more so they aren’t so long. Sorry about the length!
The cruise was fun for the most part. Not drinking was kind of a downer. SIL was kind of bitchy most of the time. She’s pregnant but not really basking in the glow of pregnancy, just complaining about it. She even asked one of our friends who was on the cruise if he would bum her a cigarette. Our friend did not feel comfortable with this at all and it really pissed me off when he told me. I really do want to get along with her. I know we’re not going to be best friends, but we should be able to get along. We used to get along better, but lately she has just been cold towards both DH and me. This really irritated me and I shouldn’t make a big deal of it. It was her birthday the Sunday we got back from the cruise. We gave her the card with a $50 GC to Macys at the apartment. She opened it when neither DH or I were in the room (we stayed at their place in Tampa a night before the cruise). It took until Sunday for her to even mouth a “Thank you.” I had to coax it out of her. We were saying goodbye and I gave her a hug and said enjoy your trip to Macy’s. BIL was wondering what that meant. I said “Oh we gave her a card to Macys. It was in the card right?” and she said yes and then said “Thank you.”
DH brought the tension between SIL and us up to his BIL recently trying to get to the bottom of why she was cold to both of us. The only answer I got was that SIL doesn’t like how DH has changed from how she used to know him (She has been dating BIL since before I came into the picture). She doesn’t like how he fawns over me. Hmmm..... I’m not sure what to do with that. He’s my H and he treats with love and respect. We’re not overly lovey-dovey around people, but he is respectful of my needs and during our trip we ended up breaking off from the group and doing a few things that I wanted to do and no one else wanted to do. I could tell she didn’t like this very much. But god forbid I should want to do things separate from the group on my vacation. I just have a different travel style and I think she should respect that.
But whatever, we don’t see each other that much. I just wish we could get along during this pregnancy. It was kind of sad that most of the trip was filled with tension between her and I since that will be only time we will see each other while pregnant. Her cold behavior really played a factor in me deciding not to go down with DH for a wedding in June since we would probably be staying with them. I’ll get to see BIL again in June when he is up here for work and I’m excited about that. We get along pretty well and he’s funny.
Baby Developments
- I think we’ve decided on a name. We were strongly leaning towards Jeremy after BIL and DH let it slip after a few drinks on the cruise that we were thinking of that. Of course, he’s all excited and had this nice doe-eyed look on his face when he found out. Now, I guess we’re kind of locked in. DH and I had some more discussion about it and we’re both fine with it so I think it will be Jeremy Michael H. Michael is after my dad.
- I’m feeling him kick and move around a few times every hour. DH can feel it too if he catches it at the right time. He actually felt him kick first on the night of his birthday when we were laying in bed on the Cruise Ship.
- I’m up about 15-16 pounds. I guess that’s a little at the top of the range. But I’m trying to eat healthy for the most part. My biggest downfalls are sweets. I crave chocolate, cookies, etc. Every day it’s the same struggle not to stop at this little bakery I love for a cookie.
- DH and I made a list and timeline of all the things we need to do to get ready for the baby. We’ve already knocked off two things on the list. We signed up for Childbirth classes and we found a doula. TBH, we interviewed her and she was nice enough. But the main factor that played into it was cost. I e-mailed a ton of doulas and most of them were between $900-$1200. This lady did all the things the other ones did but she was $700. Also, if for some reason we decided we don’t need her. We will only be out the $200 for the two prenatal visits. So that was pretty good.
- I figured out that I’m good for at least two-months of maternity leave without having to rely on leave donation which is incredibly reassuring. I can use 6 weeks of sick leave (which I should have by July) and then use up my annual leave (which should be about 2 weeks). If I want to strive for the full three months under FMLA, I would have to get leave donation. I may or may not do this.
Other developments
- I’m moving offices and I’m very excited about this. It should cut down my commute by a good 15 minutes each way (maybe more). I’m going to have an office that I share with one other girl and a window with a nice view. I can’t wait.
- DH and I are going to NYC to visit a good friend next weekend. I’m excited about this, but kind of worried that I will be bored by the no drinking thing. I’ve been to NYC a good number of times and TBH I can’t think of too many more things I want to do there.
I vow to all those following this blog or reading it that I will post more so they aren’t so long. Sorry about the length!
Friday, February 19, 2010
We're having a boy!
Ok, it’s been a while…I’ll give the usual obligatory excuses right now, work has been busy, life has been busy, blah, blah, blah. Well truth be told I’ve just been lazy and uninspired. Work has been busy, but that is not an excuse considering I was out of work for a week due to two back-to-back snowstorms that dumped a total of 34 inches on the region. By the end of the week, I was ODing on free time. I had a routine going, yoga, practice hypno-birthing breathing, practice Spanish, watch television, clean around the apartment. But it did get boring, not doing anything all day and just sitting around the apartment. I did love sleeping in and waking up next to DH every morning and cuddling with him until we felt like getting out of bed. Then leisurely reading the paper and eating breakfast. It was awesome.
But on to baby news! Lots of cool things have happened recently. We found out we’re having a boy!! I’m really very excited about this. It just feels so awesome to know that I’m growing a little boy in my belly. The ultrasound was an amazing experience and the technician was very nice and helpful. Once we found out we were having a boy, I was just so happy. I was thinking about how I hope he grows up to be just as nice and sweet as DH and how DH will make such a great father. He’s more calm and soft-spoken than me and a really hard guy not to like. I can’t think of one person that doesn’t like him. The pictures we got were good for the most part. I just wish we had more. He even yawned during the u/s which was so cute. I really can’t imagine not finding out the sex. It just makes him feel more real and like a little person, an individual.
Other baby news, I’ve been feeling him kick and move around some. I’m starting to tell the difference between movement and gas. Maybe TMI, I’ve been eating Fiber One bars on a daily basis to keep me regular. So I’ve been getting a lot of gas. But I think I can tell the difference. DH hasn’t been able to feel the baby move yet, but I’m sure he will soon.
So next week is our cruise to the Bahamas! We fly out Thursday early morning to Orlando where BIL/SIL will pick us up to drive to the port. We had booked back in September for DH’s 30th birthday. BIL/SIL, one of DH’s friends and his wife, and another of DH’s friends are going. Yay! The weather is looking pretty decent (not as warm as I would like only highs in the low 70s). But it is not supposed to rain for the one day we will be in Nassau. Another plus is the weather is looking good here for flying out. Ever since the flying debacle at Christmas we have been terrified that we would get another storm and be stuck in DC.
I’m a little sad I won’t be enjoying any fruity alcoholic drinks, but c’est la vie. SIL will be my non-drinking buddy on the cruise. I just hope it isn’t too annoying watching everyone get drunk without us. It is DH’s birthday, so I’m sure he wants to enjoy it. I just hope he doesn’t go too crazy. I suppose he’ll get pretty drunk one night and then probably regret his terrible hangover and not drink as much the rest of the trip.
The weekend is upon us and we have a few things planned. Saturday night we’re going to a dinner party at a friends place and then to a friends’ birthday party at a bar. It’s a bummer we’re double booked for one night considering we haven’t had much to do in the last few weeks. I need to take another trip to Target for a maternity bathing suit. I tried on one I used to wear that’s a little bigger than my current one and my boobs were just popping out of it and it looked really faded and old. I wanted to wait until it got closer to summer so I could judge how big I will get, but I need one now so I hope it will fit a few months from now!
But on to baby news! Lots of cool things have happened recently. We found out we’re having a boy!! I’m really very excited about this. It just feels so awesome to know that I’m growing a little boy in my belly. The ultrasound was an amazing experience and the technician was very nice and helpful. Once we found out we were having a boy, I was just so happy. I was thinking about how I hope he grows up to be just as nice and sweet as DH and how DH will make such a great father. He’s more calm and soft-spoken than me and a really hard guy not to like. I can’t think of one person that doesn’t like him. The pictures we got were good for the most part. I just wish we had more. He even yawned during the u/s which was so cute. I really can’t imagine not finding out the sex. It just makes him feel more real and like a little person, an individual.
Other baby news, I’ve been feeling him kick and move around some. I’m starting to tell the difference between movement and gas. Maybe TMI, I’ve been eating Fiber One bars on a daily basis to keep me regular. So I’ve been getting a lot of gas. But I think I can tell the difference. DH hasn’t been able to feel the baby move yet, but I’m sure he will soon.
So next week is our cruise to the Bahamas! We fly out Thursday early morning to Orlando where BIL/SIL will pick us up to drive to the port. We had booked back in September for DH’s 30th birthday. BIL/SIL, one of DH’s friends and his wife, and another of DH’s friends are going. Yay! The weather is looking pretty decent (not as warm as I would like only highs in the low 70s). But it is not supposed to rain for the one day we will be in Nassau. Another plus is the weather is looking good here for flying out. Ever since the flying debacle at Christmas we have been terrified that we would get another storm and be stuck in DC.
I’m a little sad I won’t be enjoying any fruity alcoholic drinks, but c’est la vie. SIL will be my non-drinking buddy on the cruise. I just hope it isn’t too annoying watching everyone get drunk without us. It is DH’s birthday, so I’m sure he wants to enjoy it. I just hope he doesn’t go too crazy. I suppose he’ll get pretty drunk one night and then probably regret his terrible hangover and not drink as much the rest of the trip.
The weekend is upon us and we have a few things planned. Saturday night we’re going to a dinner party at a friends place and then to a friends’ birthday party at a bar. It’s a bummer we’re double booked for one night considering we haven’t had much to do in the last few weeks. I need to take another trip to Target for a maternity bathing suit. I tried on one I used to wear that’s a little bigger than my current one and my boobs were just popping out of it and it looked really faded and old. I wanted to wait until it got closer to summer so I could judge how big I will get, but I need one now so I hope it will fit a few months from now!
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Bump pictures!
Here are some pictures of my developing bump. Warning: I kind of have bad posture. I always have. I stand with my back arched and my butt sticking out. I'm not sure why I do this, but standing any other way feels unnatural. So it already looks like I have a bump before I was even pregnant. But I think I'm developing one at least my pants are telling me that I am. 
Very early in the pregnancy at 4 week
Another pic at 11 1/2 weeks
And finally I think I'm starting to show at 15 1/2 weeks
What do you think?
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Ok, so boredom has finally overcome at work. I was busy for a few days then it slowed down to a crawl today. My four-day weekend was really nice and productive. DH and I cleaned out our storage area down below. Basically, we separated stuff into piles of stuff going in the trash, stuff going to goodwill, and stuff that we keep. We had a lot of junk down there that we had been holding on to for some reason or another. The nerd in me was sad to throw away all of my notes, exams, and readings for school, but it was time to let go. It felt good to get rid of all of junk and the storage area is much better organized and ready for stuff that we will have to move out of office to make room for a nursery.
I drove out Saturday morning to suburbia to look at some maternity clothes that I had seen on craigslist. The lady was offering over 30 pieces of clothing for $100, which is an awesome deal. She was nice enough and had 3 kids (one stepdaughter). Her little baby was almost one year old and adorable. Her other son was 17, so the clothes spanned a long time. Some of the clothes were not things that I would wear especially this one pair of jeans that were total mom jeans (we put those in the goodwill pile). But the 5 pairs of work appropriate pants alone were worth the money. So I paid the money and left (there was little to no chance that I wasn’t going to buy them considering I had to drive 50 min to get there). The rest of the weekend passed uneventfully. We went to a friend’s place Sat night for some drinks, snacks, and football.
So baby related stuff, I weighed myself the other day and it looks like I’ve gained about 6 pounds, which is fine. I guess it’s a little more than other woman, but I’m comfortable with it and my doctor was fine with it the last visit. I’m not quite fitting in maternity clothes yet, but I have been wearing them. My jeans are pretty tight and uncomfortable, but when wearing the one pair of maternity jeans I’ve bought they tend to sink down and won’t stay up. So I’m in the in-between stage, I guess. I really just want my stomach to get bigger so I can wear them. I wore the jeans to target the other day and I think I definitely looked pregnant. I noticed a few people smiled at me, so I guess other people might have noticed as well. Yay! All of these pants though are too long which is a problem. I guess I will cut the jeans. But I will have to get the work pants hemmed. That will be pricey. I wish I had a sewing machine so I could do it myself.
Our next doctor’s appointment is next Friday and I can’t wait just to hear the baby’s HB. We will schedule our big ultrasound as well! I’ve been getting increasing questions regarding the baby’s sex and I keep telling people we’ll know in a few weeks.
I drove out Saturday morning to suburbia to look at some maternity clothes that I had seen on craigslist. The lady was offering over 30 pieces of clothing for $100, which is an awesome deal. She was nice enough and had 3 kids (one stepdaughter). Her little baby was almost one year old and adorable. Her other son was 17, so the clothes spanned a long time. Some of the clothes were not things that I would wear especially this one pair of jeans that were total mom jeans (we put those in the goodwill pile). But the 5 pairs of work appropriate pants alone were worth the money. So I paid the money and left (there was little to no chance that I wasn’t going to buy them considering I had to drive 50 min to get there). The rest of the weekend passed uneventfully. We went to a friend’s place Sat night for some drinks, snacks, and football.
So baby related stuff, I weighed myself the other day and it looks like I’ve gained about 6 pounds, which is fine. I guess it’s a little more than other woman, but I’m comfortable with it and my doctor was fine with it the last visit. I’m not quite fitting in maternity clothes yet, but I have been wearing them. My jeans are pretty tight and uncomfortable, but when wearing the one pair of maternity jeans I’ve bought they tend to sink down and won’t stay up. So I’m in the in-between stage, I guess. I really just want my stomach to get bigger so I can wear them. I wore the jeans to target the other day and I think I definitely looked pregnant. I noticed a few people smiled at me, so I guess other people might have noticed as well. Yay! All of these pants though are too long which is a problem. I guess I will cut the jeans. But I will have to get the work pants hemmed. That will be pricey. I wish I had a sewing machine so I could do it myself.
Our next doctor’s appointment is next Friday and I can’t wait just to hear the baby’s HB. We will schedule our big ultrasound as well! I’ve been getting increasing questions regarding the baby’s sex and I keep telling people we’ll know in a few weeks.
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
I blame hormones…
Over the last weekend or so, I have been getting very emotional over work, DH, etc. It felt like PMS or something, which of course it is not. I blame the hormones for my irritability. I got home on Friday after a rough day at work and I realized I wasn’t even happy that I was home and that it was Friday. All I could think was Monday morning I have to go back to this job that I hate. I think it was a combination of a bad work week and having nothing fun planned for the weekend. I was short with DH because he hadn’t started cooking the rice that we needed to go with our leftovers. I was starving yet we had nothing to snack on. After an uncomfortable dinner, I went to the office and starting crying from the crappy day that I had had. DH came in and comforted me and I got over it eventually.
The next day, I went to yoga around noonish and ran a few errands. I came home and realized that DH had gone to a porn website. Grrr…..I don’t know. I guess I don’t really care that much if he looks at porn. He does it rarely and if I don’t know about it and it doesn’t affect our sex life, that’s fine with me. But this is not what I needed now. It hurt because we hadn’t had sex in a few days, because neither he or I had initiated it. I’m still in the “I look fat” stage of pregnancy and feeling self-conscious. I mean, I’m here to have sex with him whenever he wants it. I rarely turn him down. It is much more likely that he will turn me down. I broke down again. DH apologized profusely and said that he was just bored and that if he knew that it upset me, he would never do it. It was just really bad timing. I’ve also told DH in the past I don’t want him going to those websites on our computer, because I don’t want viruses.
We talked and made up and then had some nice make-up sex later that day. The rest of the weekend passed uneventfully. I was kind of bored really and wish that it was warmer and I was more inspired to go out. DH kind of annoys me with his unwillingness to do anything on the weekends. Like he was whining so much about going to the grocery store on Sunday like we usually do, that I let him off the hook and went and did it all. He agreed to make our lunches for the week. He made this really yummy butternut squash soup that we found a recipe for in a What to Expect Eating Right book that someone got me. We make enough for 8 servings and portion it out into little containers and voila, we have lunches for the week. Shopping was a PITA though. Target was insanely crowded, but the deals were so good, I couldn’t pass them up. I hate crowds when shopping and the entire shopping complex was insanity. I stopped at Barnes & Noble to use up a GC I got for Christmas. I got a pregnancy yoga/pilates DVD, another historical fiction book , and ordered a hypnobirthing book that will be delivered soon. Then it was on to Giant to get the rest of the stuff on our list. I got a lot of groceries and I spent a decent amount of money but it is all stuff that will get eaten or used. I wish that we could budget better for groceries, but it is difficult. We try to eat healthy and eat some things organic so it makes it more expensive. We do shop some sales, but many times we decide the menu without looking at the sales. I figure we should have a fully stocked fridge and as long as we’re eating everything in the fridge and pantry and we’re trying to be healthy, then we’re doing pretty good.
I’m more revved up in my job search recently because I found a few jobs online that I’m both interested in and qualified for. I’m really hoping one of these comes through. Getting a job more in line with what I’m interested in would be wonderful to me and really enrich my life. At present, I’m happy with H, with our life together, with our little apartment, with our finances, and with the little one coming in July. But my job is the one nagging thing that detracts from this wonderful life. I’m really hoping something comes through and that I’m able to get out of this office. The pregnancy thing complicates it a little if I get a job soon. But I’m not going to tell anyone in any interviews I have because it should not make a difference. It’s the government so they’re pretty understanding about maternity leave, etc.
The next day, I went to yoga around noonish and ran a few errands. I came home and realized that DH had gone to a porn website. Grrr…..I don’t know. I guess I don’t really care that much if he looks at porn. He does it rarely and if I don’t know about it and it doesn’t affect our sex life, that’s fine with me. But this is not what I needed now. It hurt because we hadn’t had sex in a few days, because neither he or I had initiated it. I’m still in the “I look fat” stage of pregnancy and feeling self-conscious. I mean, I’m here to have sex with him whenever he wants it. I rarely turn him down. It is much more likely that he will turn me down. I broke down again. DH apologized profusely and said that he was just bored and that if he knew that it upset me, he would never do it. It was just really bad timing. I’ve also told DH in the past I don’t want him going to those websites on our computer, because I don’t want viruses.
We talked and made up and then had some nice make-up sex later that day. The rest of the weekend passed uneventfully. I was kind of bored really and wish that it was warmer and I was more inspired to go out. DH kind of annoys me with his unwillingness to do anything on the weekends. Like he was whining so much about going to the grocery store on Sunday like we usually do, that I let him off the hook and went and did it all. He agreed to make our lunches for the week. He made this really yummy butternut squash soup that we found a recipe for in a What to Expect Eating Right book that someone got me. We make enough for 8 servings and portion it out into little containers and voila, we have lunches for the week. Shopping was a PITA though. Target was insanely crowded, but the deals were so good, I couldn’t pass them up. I hate crowds when shopping and the entire shopping complex was insanity. I stopped at Barnes & Noble to use up a GC I got for Christmas. I got a pregnancy yoga/pilates DVD, another historical fiction book , and ordered a hypnobirthing book that will be delivered soon. Then it was on to Giant to get the rest of the stuff on our list. I got a lot of groceries and I spent a decent amount of money but it is all stuff that will get eaten or used. I wish that we could budget better for groceries, but it is difficult. We try to eat healthy and eat some things organic so it makes it more expensive. We do shop some sales, but many times we decide the menu without looking at the sales. I figure we should have a fully stocked fridge and as long as we’re eating everything in the fridge and pantry and we’re trying to be healthy, then we’re doing pretty good.
I’m more revved up in my job search recently because I found a few jobs online that I’m both interested in and qualified for. I’m really hoping one of these comes through. Getting a job more in line with what I’m interested in would be wonderful to me and really enrich my life. At present, I’m happy with H, with our life together, with our little apartment, with our finances, and with the little one coming in July. But my job is the one nagging thing that detracts from this wonderful life. I’m really hoping something comes through and that I’m able to get out of this office. The pregnancy thing complicates it a little if I get a job soon. But I’m not going to tell anyone in any interviews I have because it should not make a difference. It’s the government so they’re pretty understanding about maternity leave, etc.
Wednesday, January 6, 2010
Today has been grrrr…..
I’ve been dealing with this jacka$$ coworker of mine the whole day and I want to rip his head off. But I’m not going to go into a vent because it will just make me more annoyed. On to happier things, let’s see. My weekend was nice and relaxing. New Year’s was kind of a let down though. DH was too sick to go with me so I went to my friend’s place by myself. I drove since I wasn’t drinking and had to walk 5-6 blocks in the rain (not very fun). I felt bad for my friend. Her parties are usually very popular, but this one was kind of a bust. There was only one other person that came besides me. Everyone else was sick or had somewhere else they wanted to be. It was fun enough for a while but my friends got kind of drunk and me being the only sober one was annoying. I wanted to dip out before New Year’s to climb in bed with DH and give him a kiss at midnight. But I didn’t want to be rude so I stayed.
The rest of the weekend was nice. It was freezing out so DH and I stayed in and did a lot of cleaning, organizing and thinking about how we want to arrange the apartment post-baby. I read a lot, practiced Spanish, and just relaxed. Saturday morning, we got our couches! It was so exciting. They’re wonderful and make such a difference in our living room. They’re comfortable and add so much to the room. We got a few lamps with a GC from JC Penney that really add to the room. It is so addicting though, this decorating thing. I’ve lived without nice, new stuff for so long because I was cheap and didn’t really care that now that I’ve gotten a taste of what a real living room can look like, I want more. We want a new coffee table and end table and then a new dresser in the bedroom…
I can feel the materialistic bug biting into me…I don’t want to live like a college student anymore. I bought my first pair of maternity jeans over the weekend too. They don’t quite fit yet, but my other jeans are getting pretty tight so we’ll see how long they last.
Other baby-related news, we had another doctor’s appointment on Monday. We finally got to hear the heartbeat and it was truly amazing. 150! We only listened for like 10 seconds, but I wanted to listen for hours. The appointment went better this time. We met with a midwive and she was really nice and young and TBH cool. I hadn’t prepared a list of questions like I had planned because of a busy day at work. But I did ask her about a doula and her opinion on it. She said that if we were thinking about going natural then a doula would be best. Also, she recommended hypnobirthing over the Bradley method, saying that women who did hypnobirthing were a lot more relaxed than those who did Bradley. So that is certainly something to think about and do more research.
So I told people at work today and I still don’t know if it was a good idea or a bad idea. It was spur of the moment during a staff meeting and now looking back I wish I had just gone to my supervisor intimately and told her for first. Stupid me. I don’t think it is a big deal but it would have been more prudent and practical for discussing maternity leave. Now I guess the news will spread or not spread considering how no one really likes each other in our office and we’re very large. I will tell a few people that I’m close to and actually like. I’m still desperate to get out of this office though and I don’t know how being pregnant and having people know that will affect it.
Yesterday I was home sick from work thanks to a cold DH shared with me. Although I was definitely sick, it was a really nice day…I got to do everything I wanted to do. I watched a Civil War DVD DH got from his Dad, I surfed the internet and updated my resume, I watched Pride & Prejudice BBC version and played Colonization. Sick days are truly wonderful sometimes. I even found a job I really want and think that I might have a good shot of getting it. I’m trying to find out some more information on what kind of fed govt employee I am. I’m really confused about my status and whether I qualify for non-competitive status or not. I reached out to someone who could help with that and as soon as I hear back from her. I will be finishing my application and praying that this comes through. It would awesome and I’m hating every day in my office so it is nice to have some kind of hope.
The rest of the weekend was nice. It was freezing out so DH and I stayed in and did a lot of cleaning, organizing and thinking about how we want to arrange the apartment post-baby. I read a lot, practiced Spanish, and just relaxed. Saturday morning, we got our couches! It was so exciting. They’re wonderful and make such a difference in our living room. They’re comfortable and add so much to the room. We got a few lamps with a GC from JC Penney that really add to the room. It is so addicting though, this decorating thing. I’ve lived without nice, new stuff for so long because I was cheap and didn’t really care that now that I’ve gotten a taste of what a real living room can look like, I want more. We want a new coffee table and end table and then a new dresser in the bedroom…
I can feel the materialistic bug biting into me…I don’t want to live like a college student anymore. I bought my first pair of maternity jeans over the weekend too. They don’t quite fit yet, but my other jeans are getting pretty tight so we’ll see how long they last.
Other baby-related news, we had another doctor’s appointment on Monday. We finally got to hear the heartbeat and it was truly amazing. 150! We only listened for like 10 seconds, but I wanted to listen for hours. The appointment went better this time. We met with a midwive and she was really nice and young and TBH cool. I hadn’t prepared a list of questions like I had planned because of a busy day at work. But I did ask her about a doula and her opinion on it. She said that if we were thinking about going natural then a doula would be best. Also, she recommended hypnobirthing over the Bradley method, saying that women who did hypnobirthing were a lot more relaxed than those who did Bradley. So that is certainly something to think about and do more research.
So I told people at work today and I still don’t know if it was a good idea or a bad idea. It was spur of the moment during a staff meeting and now looking back I wish I had just gone to my supervisor intimately and told her for first. Stupid me. I don’t think it is a big deal but it would have been more prudent and practical for discussing maternity leave. Now I guess the news will spread or not spread considering how no one really likes each other in our office and we’re very large. I will tell a few people that I’m close to and actually like. I’m still desperate to get out of this office though and I don’t know how being pregnant and having people know that will affect it.
Yesterday I was home sick from work thanks to a cold DH shared with me. Although I was definitely sick, it was a really nice day…I got to do everything I wanted to do. I watched a Civil War DVD DH got from his Dad, I surfed the internet and updated my resume, I watched Pride & Prejudice BBC version and played Colonization. Sick days are truly wonderful sometimes. I even found a job I really want and think that I might have a good shot of getting it. I’m trying to find out some more information on what kind of fed govt employee I am. I’m really confused about my status and whether I qualify for non-competitive status or not. I reached out to someone who could help with that and as soon as I hear back from her. I will be finishing my application and praying that this comes through. It would awesome and I’m hating every day in my office so it is nice to have some kind of hope.
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