the essence

I had a nice surprise visit from my Dad yesterday! He was in town for an audition so he stopped by & took me to Tijuana Flats for lunch - one of my favorites. :)

The weather here is SO cold. I think it was supposed to get down around 39 degrees last night. I'm not a huge fan of really cold weather (I prefer just cool Fall-type stuff) but its even worse when you don't have warm clothes! I'm so close to the end of this pregnancy that I don't want to go buy warm clothes but pretty much all of my maternity clothes are sleeveless. I just throw on jackets & such & it does the trick.

I've also been so tired. I feel pathetic at the tiny amount of stuff that I get done each day. I really like to keep a clean house & cook but neither of those things have been happening at my normal standards lately. The good thing is that I don't care a whole lot, I'd rather rest while I can anyway. The house can be cleaned later.

I am definitely huge now, although I always thought that carrying a full-term baby I would be bigger than I am. I have a feeling she may be on the smaller side because I just can't fathom an eight-pound baby fitting in there! When I'm laying down & try to get up I definitely feel like a whale. Thankfully its only been towards the end that I've really started to feel heavier in the middle. Of course, depending on how I'm sitting/what I'm doing I still sometimes don't feel pregnant, its as if the belly just disappears.

Running errands/working around the house on my feet completely wears me out. Monday I was grocery shopping & running other errands but I had to go home & rest in the middle of it all because I was so tired! What oh what will I do once the baby gets here??? There's a whole new kind of tired!

I'm wondering what kind of questions I'll be getting after the baby gets here. Right now, you pretty much hear the same things from everybody. To answer:

-The nursery is not finished.
-We're prepared enough that she could show up today & we'd be okay.
-We don't have a name picked out yet. We have ideas, but nothing at all definite. We're going to have to meet her first.
-I don't know how the baby's doing. I'm assuming she's okay because she's still moving around in there.
-No, I'm not nervous. (of course I don't fully know what I'm in for)
-Yes, my ankles are a little swollen, thank you for telling me.
-I've gained about 33 pounds (its amazing how many people feel its okay to comment/ask about your size even if they're not your close friends).

I don't mind the questions, but I do think its funny because I'm hearing those things so many times. I honestly don't care if people know how much I've gained or if they tell me I look huge. It's true, I do look big! I am a little surprised that people think pregnancy makes it okay to comment about those things - my experience is that a lot of women are rather touchy on that subject.

So, I don't have many plans for today. Al of my piano lessons for today & tomorrow have been cancelled - not only for thanksgiving but also because there seems to be a lot of illness going around (that didn't stop one Mom from bringing her other son along on Monday & letting him hack all over my family room. One of the last things I want right now is to get sick.

I do have to go out today & get a pecan danish for breakfast tomorrow - it's tradition!