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.
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If your maternity pants are a little big now, that's good - they will last longer! I bought a pair that fit perfectly at 12 wks and couldn't wear them by the time I hit my 3rd trimester.
ReplyDeleteI bought Marie Mongan's Hypnobirthing book and listen to the meditation track that came with it... too cheap to take a whole course but I do like the relaxation track a lot.