I don’t have enough complete thoughts to write a long post. We can all blame it on the pregnancy. I do have lots of little things that I’d like to fill you in on, so here goes…
First… I drove up to Greenville today to have lunch with a high school friend that I hadn’t seen in such a long time. It was a lot of fun catching up. She and her husband moved to Greenville three weeks ago and it’s great to know that I’ve got an old friend just a little over an hour away. I love Greenville, too, and I’ve only been back once since the wedding, so this was a great excuse to get up there for the day.
Next… I am done with work until January 5! Maybe the only true perk about my job is that I have such a long break over the Christmas holidays. I took today off and I’m taking off Monday and Tuesday. Wednesday until January 5 are paid holidays, though! It’s going to be so hard to go back after such a long break, but I’m already so happy and at peace just knowing that the break has begun. I’ll spend a good part of it perfecting my syllabus for the surprise class that I’ll be teaching next semester. Scary.
Then… Today marks my 15th week of pregnancy. Nothing really exciting to report with that at this time, but I’m excited to have another week under my belt. And I didn’t throw up all day! It probably helps that I haven’t let myself get hungry at all today. The phenergen keeps me really tired, but it definitely works. I hope that the day will come when I don’t have to take medicine that makes me extremely sleep and unbelievably thirsty just to keep my food down. I go back to the doctor on December 29 for my 16 week appointment. It would be nice if I could get another ultrasound at that point to find out the gender of the baby, but I think that’s going to have to wait until the 20 week appointment on January 27. I’ll keep you all posted.
And… My parents, my brother, and the best golden retriever in the world arrive at our house on Wednesday night. I can’t wait for everyone to get here.
Also… My real life friend just started a cute blog called In the Land of Cotton. Isn’t that the cutest name? We met in grad school and now we have very similar jobs, so we always have lots to talk about. Go visit her and leave her some love!
Oh, and…. I finally mailed out my Christmas cards. Finally, finally, finally!
Finally… We finally broke down and bought the new sink for our downstairs/guest bathroom. Our current sink has two spiggots. Hot water comes out of one spiggot and cold water comes out of the other. Washing your hands is quite painful. My parents use that bathroom when they stay with us and my poor Dad hates to shave in that sink. So we’re going to replace it! We’re able to get it the new sink wholesale through my mom’s business. When she called to order it we were informed that it had been discontinued three weeks ago, but they would try to find a model on a showroom floor that we could purchase. They found one in Atlanta. I gave them my credit card number and expected to be charged the full $700 for the sink, console, and mirror. Not inexpensive and it’s wholesale! So I’m driving down to the Atlanta area on Monday to pick up the sink and mirror and turn around and come right back. The sink will be installed on Tuesday– just in time for my parents’ arrival! So my mom called to let me know the exact amount that had been charged to my credit card and she said that because it was the very last model it had been marked down 60 percent! We paid $241 for our sink, console, mirror, and all the hardware!
Those are the exciting things going on in our house right now. Sorry for the random rambling post!
Julia says
Ugh. Enjoy your time off from work! So jealous. I hope you get lots accomplished. And 15 weeks already?! Wow. Time flies.
Belle (from Life of a...) says
I’m free until the 5th also…It feels GOOD!
Puttin' On The GRITS says
What a steal!!!
Practically Perfect... says
You’ll have to take pictures once your sink project is complete!
Preppy 101 says
Great about a non-throwing up day 😉 and the price of the sink! Have a great weekend!!
Mrs. Not-so-Domesticated says
Glad your feeling better! Hope you can find out soon…
Meg says
Been following your blog for a while, love it. Glad to see you are feeling better!
tardevil says
Don’t remember how I found your blog, but I read it b/c I lived in Irmo from 2006-2007, and saw you were in Columbia. Just wanted to mention (and I don’t know what the docs would say b/c I didn’t know about it when I was pregnant), but at Walmart (maybe behind the counter), you can buy something called a sea band, and it’s just a cloth bracelet w/ a plastic thingy that is suppose to help w/ nausea (sp? – that doesn’t look right). Anyway, they suggest it if you get car sick or sea sick. Maybe it would help. I was sick for my 1st trimester (a girl), and frankly, it sucked! So, best of luck! Merry Christmas!
Lisa says
Nice steal on the sink!!!
Ami says
phenergan is the best stuff isn’t it? i have always had kind of a wonky stomach and it definitely works!
Pink Preppy Party Girl says
Sounds like a great deal on that sink! Enjoy your time off and do something for yourself!
Megan says
Enjoy your break!!! I may have missed this before but what grade do you teach?
Improvedliving says
Ugh. Enjoy your time off from work!
doctor excuse
Improvedliving says
Ugh. Enjoy your time off from work! So jealous.
doctor excuse
GrannySmithGreen says
I’m so glad that your pregnancy is going well. You are now entering the really “fun” time of it all. You will feel good and have much more energy!
My goodness did you ever get a deal on the sink. I do hope that you plan to post pictures. It must be great.
Have a great trip to Atlanta!
Merry Christmas!
Mojito Maven says
YAY for your 15th week!!!! It sounds like you have been busy busy!!!! I’m glad that you weren’t sick today!!!!!! AND YAYAYAYAY for your family coming to see you!!!!!! I miss you! xoxo
southern daze says
I hope you have a fantastic time with your family! I know how excited you are to see them and I’m fairly certain they’re just as excited. After arriving (finally!)at my sister’s yesterday, I was reminded of just how good it is to be with family over the holidays.
My Christmas wish for you is that you will finally round the corner and have absolutely no more nausea. If I had a list for Santa, that’s totally what I’d have on it!
Merry Christmas my friend!
Carolina Girl says
Such exciting news! I’m happy to hear the pregnancy is going well. I can’t wait for the day we get to see baby pics! 🙂 Another baby in Carolina!
Merry Christmas!
Cari says
Hi, I recently found your blog and wanted to say first off, congratulations on your baby! And also, what a great blog you have! I will be following now if that’s ok 🙂 Enjoy your holiday break!
Anne says
So glad you’re feeling better! And, just so you know you’re not alone, I just mailed all our cards TODAY! Stupid Tiny Prints – they make fabulous cards but take their sweet time delivering them!
LyndsAU says
I am so glad I got to hear what all is going on in the life of BEB 🙂
I am glad to hear things are great. And the sickness is going away 🙂
15 weeks 🙂 wow! that little one is growing! Can’t wait to hear what you are having! So exciting my friend!!