the essence

I'm in Orlando right now really exhausted. This has been a very high-stress-lack-of-sleep week for me. Not bad, just very stressful. And since I can cry at almost any moment right now there have definitely been tears this week. Lots of them.

But today was nice, I think a change of scenery has done me some good. Last night Roger & Kim came over with the kids & the Nix's stopped by as well. I love being able to visit with people when I come over here - I hadn't seen Roger & Kim in months!

Today Mom & I made our Starbucks run & took Megan out to look for clothes for work. She found a few things & we found a maternity top that Mom decided I needed & bought for me. Yea, that kind of made me teary, too). Another thing that made me cry? Mom & Dar are taking me out to buy a nursng bra tomorrow. How sweet is that? All I'll say is that the 5 added inches to my bust are not fitting well in the same bras that I was wearing pre-pregnancy.

Mom & I visited Megan at work today. It was nice, she works with really sweet people. I got big hugs from two people when I met them! And Megan's boss came up & started raving to Mom about her, about what a great job she did training Megan as she was growing up & such. I don't think I've ever heard someone praised as much as he was praising them.

We also bought some supplies to start working on baby announcements. I'm so excited about this. We watched The Office while making the announcements (so funny). We got a lot started, & I can't believe how inexpensive they are too make, especially compared to buying them already made. I think they're cute, too. I knew I wouldn't be up for making these after the baby gets here, so I'm very thrilled to be starting on them now.

Other than that I've been eating pizza & ice cream & brownies, oh my! I haven't gained any weight in the past two weeks, I think partly due to stress. So, I figure I can afford to gain a little while I'm here.

Where's the chocolate?