life
Sunday, March 14, 2010
cleaning
brian was out of town again at a workshop in AZ. i spent the majority of the weekend cleaning out the office, so that we could move what's in the nursery into the office to create more space. it's amazing just how much stuff i can accumulate over time.
i'm exhausted. i've stayed up the last 2 nights past 1 - 2am rearranging, organizing and tossing months of accumulated stuff. plus it's daylight savings so i'm extra tried. tomorrow morning will be brutal. i took a relaxing bath tonight. musubi soup. it was lukewarm, but the bath salts smelled nice. i'm still in shock and awe at the changes of my body: i think i spotted arm cellulite tonight and i'm not going to look too closely to verify this; i have vericose veins; nips that are according to brian are like "silver dollar bills y'all" and now i have this deep crease that my boobs have created since they too are tired and just have enough energy to rest and prop themselves up on my enormous belly. i've peed in my pants when sneezing on the way to work, and apparently i can't eat without staining whatever top i'm wearing. will i be wearing adult diapers and bibs soon? i'm a hot/cold maternity mess.
kendra, i'm feeling you.
Saturday, March 06, 2010
no concept of time
it seems like ages ago that I blogged about musubi and me. i'm still slightly haunted by the ultrasound picture of deanna bowers' baby that was accidentally given to us, and i've had another doctor appointment that has permanently distressed my self-esteem. apparently i've gained 2X the recommended weight for my starting weight and height. awesome. so i've reduced my juice intake, bought the first carton of milk in my entire life (ok, brian bought it), and have stopped putting honey on my morning toast. that's about it. how depressing.
on a happier note, i started feeling better around week 18, but i'm totally losing track of time. i feel like i've been at 16 weeks for the last 4 weeks. my energy level has picked up, the nausea has somewhat subsided, but it is also a time when my stress level has peaked, with jill's resignation. i feel like musubi has been kicking for a few weeks now, probably around week 14/15. the feeling is like gas bubbles imploding in the galaxy that is my womb. brian hasn't been able to feel any kicks yet, but i'm sure he will soon.
some of our recent activities include picking out furniture at resto, even though i swore to myself that i would never subject myself to such retail retardation again, and buying into the concept of prenatal cognition with babyplus. sshhhhhhhhhhh. it's a secret. we'll see. still counting on uncle juice's influence 18 years from now. brian has picked out the baby jogger city select stroller, even though i think it's a little heavy at 27 lbs, but i'm assuming that i'll be in amazing shape post musubi. right. i'll just consider if punishment for not being in good shape pre-during-post pregnancy. i do like the baby jogger city mini, which is only 17 lbs and brian, if he had his way, will probably get both. i think it's a little excessive and i still need to check out belin's baby goods.
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the nursery, it is brain surgery
i've decided to splurge on the luca glider and ottoman, and that will be my contribution to the nursery. so far i've only made brian change the furniture configuration once. but again, the furniture was only delivered on tuesday so there's still plenty of time to drive him crazy. as for the crib bedding, i'm surprised by how many sheet sets i don't like, and how gender neutral shopping is not as practical as it should be. merchants and site architects take note. i've spent way to much time on project nursery and am currently deciding if i think cherry blossom branches are gender neutral. brian still wants to do more molding in the bathroom and nursery, so i think we'll get estimates from 2 contractors sometime soon. i was ok with putting the glider in the office, so that i could watch tv, but i think brian still wants to wall mount another flat screen tv in that room. we'll see.
