I intended to do a musings post yesterday, but since it was a holiday Monday, I didn't get around to it. Plus, life around the ol' household has been cuh-razy lately. Of course, the pregnancy is still kinda kicking my butt. I hit the 12 week mark tomorrow (according to the last preggo calculator I looked at) which means that by NEXT Wednesday, I should officially be onto Trimester Deux, and - hopefully - feeling better. The fatigue is really getting to me, especially with work and house stuff being so overwhelming for the past several weeks.
Alright, so first the house stuff. We listed our house on May 2nd and it sold two weeks later. Which, in this market, is pretty insane. So then we were scrambling to find the right house, and luckily, we found it pretty quickly, made an offer last Friday, and came to an agreement with the builder/seller (oh yes, we got a NEW house!) on Sunday. Today we got the loan approval from the bank, so all systems are go. Plus, this week we're scheduled to have the buyers' inspection on our current house this week AND the inspection for our new place too. Whew...
Work has been super-busy too. I've been assigned to a pretty big project with NO time to do it. Yay! Corporate America is the best! It's been quite a brain-drain, I gotta say. It's been a good challenge, but my brain doesn't really need a challenge right now beyond the whole pregnancy dealio. I'll be glad when vacation rolls around in a few weeks because I definitely need it.
So let's see: new house, upcoming vacation/brother-in-law's wedding, growing the baby, moving into new house, etc...June is gonna be a busy month. But busy for good reasons, so I can't really complain too much.
May 26, 2009
May 18, 2009
Monday Musings, No. 1, Vol. 12
I'm watching this show on Food Network called Unwrapped. I really like this show because I'm always fascinated about how stuff is made, and since I like food, learning how food is made is pretty much awesome, as far as I'm concerned. However, tonight they're showing how relish is made and um, mass amounts of relish slogging along a conveyor belt is NOT appetizing. Blech. Musing should clear the imagery...
I'm glad we have no plans for Memorial Day weekend. Usually we have to drive to BFE, Washington to camp with the in-laws, which is fun, but the drive always takes too damn long.
Counting your pregnancy weeks confuses the shit outta me. I mean, my brain's already working at roughly 34% capacity because of the hormones. Can't the pregnancy books, and websites, and doctors' offices, etc just agree on ONE way of counting? All I know is that I'm due on December 9th, which means my 2nd trimester is just around the corner. And I cannot wait.
Our house is still not sold. I just want one reasonable offer before the end of the month. Just one. I don't ask for much.
Tonight's random craving: Tuna melt. With (shudder) american cheese.
Getting supes excited for Boston. I bought cute 'walking' shoes at the Columbia employee store this weekend and have already started breaking them in.
I'm really surprised that D.Stern allowed the Celtics to lose their Game 7 - at home. The old guy's switching it up on me.
Our realtor let us bring our loveseat back into the house after our open house this weekend. Finally.
I miss wine. On our way back from the casino this weekend, we stopped at a few wineries and the husband got to taste all sorts of delicious varietals. I got to smell them. Fun fact: now that I have the scenting ability of a bloodhound, the different aromas in wine are really clear to me, yet I can't drink any. Ah, irony.
Gossip Girl season finale tonight. Squee!
Speaking of finales, I did like The Office season finale. Yes, I'm worried that the JAM pregnancy storyline will be um, mishandled by the writers, but I hope not. It could actually be fun and not a giant cliche.
I am so excited for the new John Krasinski/Maya Rudolph movie, Away We Go. Only two weeks until its release. And Sam Mendes directed it, so it has to be awesome.
My SUV needs an oil change.
Less than a month until I'm a bridesmaid in my brother-in-law's wedding. In which I wear a very light pink dress. I need to start tanning like, two weeks ago.
I'm glad we have no plans for Memorial Day weekend. Usually we have to drive to BFE, Washington to camp with the in-laws, which is fun, but the drive always takes too damn long.
Counting your pregnancy weeks confuses the shit outta me. I mean, my brain's already working at roughly 34% capacity because of the hormones. Can't the pregnancy books, and websites, and doctors' offices, etc just agree on ONE way of counting? All I know is that I'm due on December 9th, which means my 2nd trimester is just around the corner. And I cannot wait.
Our house is still not sold. I just want one reasonable offer before the end of the month. Just one. I don't ask for much.
Tonight's random craving: Tuna melt. With (shudder) american cheese.
Getting supes excited for Boston. I bought cute 'walking' shoes at the Columbia employee store this weekend and have already started breaking them in.
I'm really surprised that D.Stern allowed the Celtics to lose their Game 7 - at home. The old guy's switching it up on me.
Our realtor let us bring our loveseat back into the house after our open house this weekend. Finally.
I miss wine. On our way back from the casino this weekend, we stopped at a few wineries and the husband got to taste all sorts of delicious varietals. I got to smell them. Fun fact: now that I have the scenting ability of a bloodhound, the different aromas in wine are really clear to me, yet I can't drink any. Ah, irony.
Gossip Girl season finale tonight. Squee!
Speaking of finales, I did like The Office season finale. Yes, I'm worried that the JAM pregnancy storyline will be um, mishandled by the writers, but I hope not. It could actually be fun and not a giant cliche.
I am so excited for the new John Krasinski/Maya Rudolph movie, Away We Go. Only two weeks until its release. And Sam Mendes directed it, so it has to be awesome.
My SUV needs an oil change.
Less than a month until I'm a bridesmaid in my brother-in-law's wedding. In which I wear a very light pink dress. I need to start tanning like, two weeks ago.
May 11, 2009
Monday Musing...special edition
So here it is: the rough size of the embrytus (embryo + fetus) that is currently residing in my body.
Some sites compare the 9-weeker to other fruits or veggies, but I like the olive imagery, because it reminds me of martinis. I miss booze.
There are a few of you readers who already know about the wee babe, but several of you are just now finding out. When did I find out? How about on April Fools Day...no joke. The husband didn't even find out right away, because he was traveling for work at the time. So I had to wait until a couple of days later, when he came home for the weekend, to tell him. Also please note: It is VERY possible to get pregnant on your first try off the Pill. VERY possible.
Fast forward to May 1st, our initial prenatal appointment. I had them do an ultrasound to confirm that everything was a-okay with the baby because frankly, after the year I've had, I didn't want to have to wait for bad news if some was pending. But all is well with the babe - it has a nice strong heartbeat and is growing right on schedule for my December 9 due date.
I'm probably going to post quite a bit about my pregnancy now that I'm "out", but I'll try not to turn this into a preggos-only type of blog. And since my brain is absolutely mush already, my Musings might even become more entertaining! For example, today I was trying to look through a data model at work and couldn't figure out why the person who made it didn't attach a table to one of the lines on it...turns out they did. I just didn't see the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the window indicating a table was just off to the right. Sigh...
Also, I haven't told my co-workers about the bambino yet, so mentions of the baby on Facebook are verboten until further notice on this here blog. It's close to lunch time now, so me and the olive are gonna hit the road and grub up.
May 4, 2009
Monday Musings, No. 1. Vol. 11
Now that the basketball season is over (well, for us Blazers fans it is), I have a lot more free time on my hands. Oh wait...no, I do NOT, because now we are in full house-selling mode. Allegedly, homes in our area, in our asking price range, are selling in 30-45 days on average. Holy crap. If we sell our house in a month, we are scuh-rewwwwed. I mean, yes, it would be nice to sell it and be done living in a goddamn showcase - which I'm already tired of, three days in - but we don't exactly have our next dwelling selected yet. Oh well, let's muse...
Time to put the Blazers gear away for the summer. 25 weeks until the 2009-2010 season kicks off. Booyah.
I found the itinerary for our high school reunion today. Feel free to check this site out: www.lewiston1999.com. Note that for the dinner, which they are asking us to shell out $75/couple for crappy Lewiston hotel food, there are NO free adult beverages. Come on. I emailed the reunion chairperson about this, because frankly, that's a shitty idea.
Speaking of, I am really excited for summer to arrive. I normally like May, but so far the weather's been all jank here.
I like drinking earl grey tea at work sometimes, because after I throw away the teabag (heh heh, I said 'teabag'), it makes my office smell good all day. Like a classy English teahouse.
I love Cheez-Its.
Tonight is a new Gossip Girl and I'm excited. But not as excited as I am for the prom episode next week. I'm a dork.
Maddie and Boris are NOT pleased about living in a staged house either. They don't get to lay on the couch anymore.
I'm still worried about the fancy warranty we bought for my Pontiac SUV. I hope they still honor it, since I've got about 5 years left on the thing.
When Sergio and Channing leave, I'll probably have to box up their bobbleheads, which is gonna be a sad day. I don't have a Travis Outlaw bobble...which is just as well.
People are snippy at ye olde workplace today. I've heard more bitching since lunch than I usually here in a whole week. Yikes.
Just over a month until our Boston trip. I've been researching stuff that's within walking distance of our hotel, and realized almost everything in Boston proper IS within walking distance. I think this is gonna be a good trip.
Time to put the Blazers gear away for the summer. 25 weeks until the 2009-2010 season kicks off. Booyah.
I found the itinerary for our high school reunion today. Feel free to check this site out: www.lewiston1999.com. Note that for the dinner, which they are asking us to shell out $75/couple for crappy Lewiston hotel food, there are NO free adult beverages. Come on. I emailed the reunion chairperson about this, because frankly, that's a shitty idea.
Speaking of, I am really excited for summer to arrive. I normally like May, but so far the weather's been all jank here.
I like drinking earl grey tea at work sometimes, because after I throw away the teabag (heh heh, I said 'teabag'), it makes my office smell good all day. Like a classy English teahouse.
I love Cheez-Its.
Tonight is a new Gossip Girl and I'm excited. But not as excited as I am for the prom episode next week. I'm a dork.
Maddie and Boris are NOT pleased about living in a staged house either. They don't get to lay on the couch anymore.
I'm still worried about the fancy warranty we bought for my Pontiac SUV. I hope they still honor it, since I've got about 5 years left on the thing.
When Sergio and Channing leave, I'll probably have to box up their bobbleheads, which is gonna be a sad day. I don't have a Travis Outlaw bobble...which is just as well.
People are snippy at ye olde workplace today. I've heard more bitching since lunch than I usually here in a whole week. Yikes.
Just over a month until our Boston trip. I've been researching stuff that's within walking distance of our hotel, and realized almost everything in Boston proper IS within walking distance. I think this is gonna be a good trip.
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