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Random Update

As tends to happen in moments (days... weeks...) of intense stress, I've become sick. Thankfully I have insurance because this is one of those whoppers that I feared getting when I was hopelessly uninsured. No, not cancer or anything horrible like that. But, yes, a sinus infection of the highest order. The kind requiring antibiotics. I'm not thrilled about taking them while pregnant, but I have no choice, as I truly am sick as a dog. The thing that sucks is that I'm down to my last two pills and I'm still not 100% better. As a matter of fact, I'm only about 50% better and I have to be on an airplane in 3 days time. I'm trying not to freak out, but when has that ever been successful? Huh? I ask you! When?

So, even though my health has been less than fabulous, life has continued to roll on at a steady pace. Since I'll be "out of the office" for a week, I have a ton of stuff to complete before the big trip. That's the sucky part of working for myself. No one to cover for me while I'm out. Oh well. Which is why I'll be spending my lovely Sunday in front of the computer, writing copy for an exciting newsletter! (Please try to contain yourselves. Really, you're embarrassing yourself with this level of enthusiasm!) It's not too bad though, because I actually took the past two days off and today is my catch up day.

What was I doing, taking time off with deadlines looming and planes waiting to be boarded, you ask??? Well, Friday I was shopping. That's right. Shopping! Who knew that I would need new clothes every month? I certainly never anticipated this rate of expansion. This is how little I know about birthin' babies! It turns out that I'm at the part of the pregnancy where every day requires a new pair of pants. Yah! New pants! Because I just LOVE to go pants shopping! Ahh, to be able to check out my hugely wide ass in the mirror while my beautiful husbands sits by, promising me that I'm NOT a beached whale. What girl wouldn't want to spend her day like that?

It wasn't all bad though. I actually ended up buying some rather nice clothes and managed to somehow purchase items that make me feel attractive, even though I'm apparently carrying a small elephant. And just to make the experience even more wonderful, we hit the make-up counter on the way out and I purchased some lovely Clinique make-up. Now I really do feel good! And just in time for my trip.

On Saturday we went out to a lavender festival, which wasn't what we had hoped that it would be. It seems that I neglected to read the small print on the flyer, which said that it was actually at some guy's house in the country. Yup. We trekked way far away only to pull up in front of someone's house! And it had all of 15 booths! At least we got to see a part of the state that we've never been to. And there were cows.... Here's a picture of my belly in front of the farm that we were on. Enjoy!

(I'm now at almost 27 weeks....)

Seeing Stars

Two posts in one day?!? Crazy, I know, but I forgot something in my last post and you really need to know this! Well, maybe you don't, but I want to tell you anyways!

Remember this post way back in November that I wrote about my relationship with shooting stars? If not, please go back and read it before you precede any further here. It's a wee bit long (when have I ever been short and to the point?) but necessary in order to understand the significance of what I'm about to tell you.

The last time that I saw a shooting star was on Halloween last year. A long damn time for me to go without seeing one, but that makes sense since nothing major has happened in my life... except getting pregnant! When I originally saw the shooting star I thought that it was an indication that I was pregnant- Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! But then I forgot completely about it because clearly it held no significance.... But guess what I recently figured out?!? Duh! My due date is Halloween (or Nov. 1 depending on who you believe)! So that shooting star DID mean something! And now my shooting-stars-of-significance streak of 5 for 5 can remain intact. Is there a hall of fame for statistics like that? If not, there should be!

Registry & a Roadtrip!

Bruno and I finally made it over to Babies-R-Us to fill out our baby registry. Wow, what a huge undertaking that was! For starters, the store is quite far from where we live so we knew that we weren't in a position to do it over a series of trips. It had to be done all in one day. Argh! Also, we had attempted this once before but I had a *minor* panic attack and we had to leave. It's very overwhelming, especially since neither Bruno nor myself have had much experience with babies. We really don't know the first thing about taking care of little one! I believe that the one thing that made this trip more successful than the first was my ocd-like preplanning. The first thing that I did was buy the Consumer Reports Guide to all things baby and then I made copious spreadsheets with the top three recommended products for each item. Did we look at the spreadsheets when we were in the store? No, but at least I was more familiar with everything and that helped a lot. When all was said and done we just picked out what we liked. We won't know exactly how that goes until the little boy is here but hopefully we didn't select any baby killing products. That would be a tragedy.

In other news, the husband and I are excitedly anticipating an unexpected trip to California! We found out on Friday that we will be going and the news couldn't make me happier! As I've lamented on this site (on more than one occasion) it is really hard to be away from your family during a time like this (read: pregnancy). So, imagine my surprise when we were given the opportunity to fly out there before this month is over!!! And to make things even more exciting, we're going because Bruno's amazingly generous parents are giving us a car, which means that we will be DRIVING back to Michigan. A CROSS COUNTRY ROAD TRIP! IN A NEW (TO US) CAR! ONE WITH AIR CONDITIONING! Yeah, I'm over the moon about this whole thing! We'll only be in California for 3 1/2 days, but it's better than nothing. God, how I miss our families!

So that's what's going on in my world right now. I've been really tired lately and I suspect that it's pregnancy related. The little baby is getting bigger and kicking all of the damn time now. He's strong and especially likes using my bladder as a punching bag. Fun! When he kicks now you can see my belly jump and the baby is beginning to respond to Bruno's voice. This is a new thing that only started a few days ago. Bruno will get really close to my stomach and say the baby's name and the baby will kick. What a trip! It could just be a coincidence in timing, but I'm not so sure. I'm just happy that Bruno is bonding with the baby. Sometimes I feel really bad that I get to have this amazing experience with the baby inside of me and Bruno will never know how that feels. It actually makes me tear up to think that I get to bond with the baby in way that Bruno just can't. It doesn't seem fair, but then again, Bruno only has to hold my hand and wipe my brow while I push this elephant out of a straw. Perhaps I should focus on that thought instead of the injustices of fathers-to-be.

Well, that's about it for now. To sum up, life is good and I'm happy and healthy and the baby will be arriving very soon now. I'm entering my third trimester next week!