Lazy(ish) Sunday

Today is Sunday, and I was both productive and lazy.  I had a really rough night, and slept in three different places up until 9:00 this morning.  I went to bed again last night after blogging around 3:30 and tried to get comfortable on the couch downstairs with the fireplace on.  I slept until about 7.  I then woke up and went upstairs because I was too warm.  I went to sleep then on my office couch until 9.  I went in to see that Arthur was already awake.  Since it was daylight savings time, I'd hoped I'd gotten at least another hour of sleep somewhere in there. 

Arthur and I had a relaxing morning watching some TV.  When our show was over,  He told me that if I wrapped up my chores then he would make omelets.  I jumped up and got cleaning, since omelets are delicious.  He made me a provolone cheese omelet with turkey meat, cucumbers and spinach.  I know that it doesn't sound amazing, but it's what sounded good to me.

After we ate breakfast, we watched Rock of Ages.  I fell asleep (of course) about halfway through.  After the show, Arthur got out the stuff to decorate the family room Christmas tree.  We realized that we our mantle twinkle Christmas lights were burnt out so we couldn't put them up.  So, we went to Walmart.

I picked up some new sweaters and tanktops at Walmart since I don't have a lot of things that fit me anymore.  I am not sure I care that I've gained weight, I think I just care that I look good in the clothes I have.

We came home and finished up decorating.  Here are some pictures from the family room!  :)

Here is the fireplace.  Notice the spot on the right for a baby stocking?  :)

This is Arthur's Christmas village.  Made out of Legos, of course!  Did you notice the cool edits I did with snow swirls?!  

 This is the family room tree.  We call it the "Red Tree".  It's much more Christmas-y downstairs.  My favorite ornaments are the red glass grape things.  They glow in front of the white lights!

How far along:  4 weeks, 3 days
How much time left:  35 weeks, 4 days
Top two symptoms:  Sensitive breasts and yeast infection.  (Blech!)

Favorite thing I ate today:  I'm seeing a theme... I LOVE anything garlic these days.  I had some delicious garlic bread with cheese on top.  *drool*

Mood:  I felt very productive today.  Anytime that I needed to get up and get something done, I was able to do it.  I didn't have to find that internal drive to start something, I was able to just start.  I hope I get more of those days soon, because it's nice to not think about pushing myself to get things done.  Now, if I could only find the energy to put 3 baskets of laundry away... :P

Worried about: This darn yeast infection.  I'm trying to manage it by not eating any sugar and eating extra yogurt, but I still worry that it will come on stronger.  I might have to go to the pharmacy tomorrow and get a Monistat kit.  UGHHHH!!

Excited for:  Today, when I was getting the downstairs tree up I was thinking about Christmas day at my family's house.  I imagined opening up baby presents like Onesies, bottles, diapers, and other baby things.  It made me a little teary when I thought about how teary I will get when I open these things.  I'm so excited!

Vitamins!

Because I am a Gastric Bypass patient, I have to take vitamins anyway.  But, now that I'm pregnant, I'm taking a few more vitamins than I usually would.  I take a prenatal, a fish oil, a folic acid (800 mcg), a D (5000 u), a B12 (sublingual) and a Viactiv calcium chew.  I take all of these in the morning with my meal.

 Today is Saturday.  It's been a lazy and a busy day.  Last night, Arthur and I stayed up really late eating dinner since we were out pretty late without eating.  Arthur made the most delicious Chicken Fried Steak and mashed potatoes.  It was amazing!!

I spent the morning catching up on all of my shows, particularly Long Island Medium and Dexter.  I hadn't had a chance all week to sit and watch TV, so today was that day.  I relaxed a bit and watched some YouTube as well.  In the later afternoon, I finally got around to starting my chores.

Arthur and I separate out our chores by kitchen/bathroom.  If you are on the kitchen that week, you have to clean the whole kitchen, the tile floors in the dining room, the dining table, vacuum the stairs, clean the floors/tables of the living room and family room.

If you are on the bathrooms, you do all of the laundry, clean all 3 bathrooms, and clean the bedroom.  You might think that the bathrooms are an easier job, but there is usually a lot of laundry and no one likes to clean a bathroom.  (I actually prefer it).

Once the chores are done, Arthur and I are going to put up the Christmas tree!  I'm excited about that.  :)  That's probably why I worked to get all of my chores done early today!

How far along:  4 weeks, 2 days
How much time left:  35 weeks, 5 days
Top two symptoms:  Full/sensitive breasts and minor cramping (not bad)

Favorite thing I ate today:  A delicious bowl of fruit.  Check it out!

Mood:  Today I felt contented and excited for the things that are coming up.  I haven't had a sad moment yet, really.  I've been really happy this whole week.  Anytime I cry, it's because I'm watching something emotional on TV.  It's nice to feel so happy all of the time... and I think a lot of it is because I'm pregnant now.  Not just hormones, but happy that it finally happened.

Worried about:  My stress today was related to the slight cramping in my abdomen.  I don't think it's related to a period starting... but I just can't put my finger on it.  I am sure it's just my uterus slowly stretching and getting ready to grow a baby.  It's probably nothing, so I'll try not to stress it too much.  :)

Excited for:  I remember a few years back my cousin posted a status on Facebook, and she was upset because her husband got to go out with his friends and she was stuck at home being a mom without a break.  I commented on the post that every day on my drive to work I saw packs of moms out walking together with their babies in strollers.  I told her that it made me cry nearly every morning because all I wanted was to be one of those people who had a baby in a stroller who didn't have to rush off to a meeting to talk about completely unimportant things (in perspective).  I said I would give anything to have this chance, but knew that it's not my time.  I thought about this today as I was cleaning (not sure why) and I realized that I will get to be one of those people now.  I will get to have a stroller and go out for morning walks with my baby.  I can't wait for this!  :)