This morning was the total opposite of yesterday. I didn’t drag my butt out of bed until almost 10:30 and that was only because Puck (my tuxedo cat) kept putting his butt in my face and meowing. He’s such a baby. Tim got up at 9 to feed him and the only reason he kept coming into the bedroom was because he wanted us to get out of bed. Didn’t need anything… just wanted us up.
Checked the bank account this morning. We’re down to $18 in the checking account… this isn’t a bad thing because we’re still positive, but it seems like each month it gets smaller and smaller. Taking the pay cut with this new job really kind of screwed us. The raises need to kick in ASAP so we can have some semblance of order with our finances again. On the plus side, our savings is at $1500 which is super fabulous. We were discussing this morning about cutting down our deposits into the savings account from 400 to 300 a month at least until our raises come in. That way we have a little bit more of a buffer at the end of the month. We’ve already cut our grocery bill in half, got my cell phone bill reduced, cut out unnecessary expenses, and only eat out once every 2 weeks (if that). Plus, I’ve got to get some summer clothes. :/ Look out, Salvation Army. Here I come.
Because I’m measuring 3 days ahead, I’m “technically” 20 weeks today! Halfway done! Oliver is the size of a banana or something like that. He did this WICKED weird thing yesterday. I was sitting in the recliner watching Bob’s Burgers (yes, I’m a child) and I suddenly got this crazy pressure on the left side of my uterus. It felt like he just curled himself up into the tightest possible position he could and just pushed. I had Tim come over and feel it and he was like, “Jesus…“. He must have stretched back out shortly after that, though, because I felt immediate relief and then had to pee all of the sudden. Welcome to my life.
I finally got put on Pecid for my heartburn. 1 tablet twice a day. I woke up for the first time in weeks without heartburn today. It was glorious. I love my little meatball but he is giving me a run for my money with all of these symptoms.
For example: Last night, I’m sitting at work and suddenly I get this INTENSE pain shooting down my right leg from my butt. So I’m thinking, random sciatic pain, no biggie, whatever. No. I get up and every single step is like someone is stabbing my lower back and down into my leg. So I’m limping around behind the desk, trying to file some charts, and poof. It’s gone. And for the rest of the night it’s like that. Comes and goes and so on. So naturally, I look it up. APPARENTLY, sciatica during pregnancy is totally normal and aside from Tylenol and alternating hot and cold there is very little you can do for it. So I’ve got to look for some supportive shoes that aren’t too expensive and make sure that I’m keeping my feet elevated when I’m sitting behind the desk. Thank you, Oliver. Mommy loves you, but this shit is ridiculous.
Let’s see, what else… I think I’m going to spend this weekend working out in the garden. I’ve got to pull up all of the weeds and transfer some plants into the soil. Whoever lived here before us planted mint in the back by the brick wall, so I’m going to try and section that off as best I can and plant the other herbs as far away from it as possible (mint takes over everything). I’m also going to go through my closet and my dresser and store away all of the clothes that either don’t fit or aren’t summer appropriate. I’ve got to start making room for baby stuff. Once I do that, I can start re-organizing the Temple to make room for the crib. I’m not going to bother with a dresser since I have a huge closet that will work just fine for all of his things. Looking at the room, I realized I can keep a lot of it as-is because he’s going to be in our room with us for at least 6 months. And I’m really hoping that we can move in the next year or two. I want a house. I want my own yard. I’m tired of living in an apartment.
I want to try and hit some tagsales this weekend. I want to look for some things for Oliver and start getting an idea of how to decorate his space. I can’t believe my little owl is going to be here in less than 5 months. This is all so crazy.
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