Archive for December 21st, 2009

Got so busy with the transition that I have been neglecting writing about it! This is the second week that I have been home and I really like not being away from Bob and the kitties and lonely. It is tougher to work like this; I put in a TON of hours last week trying to keep everything together.

I also am not getting nearly as much sleep as I was when I was by myself. Bob just doesn’t want to go to bed at a decent hour! Last week I was exhausted by Thursday night and fell asleep on the couch around 6:30…something I never do! I’m going to have to get used to this and force myself to go to bed even if he is not coming with me…although he really needs the sleep too, he’s pretty much exhausted by the weekend.

I also foolishly tried to fit in a bunch of things that I had been putting off, most notably the dentist and my physical. The dentist went fine, they didn’t do an exam because they wouldn’t have done x-rays, so it was just a cleaning; however, she didn’t seem to notice any trouble spots. The physical is another story! While everything in general was just fine, my cholesterol has risen 100 points in the last two years! OUCH! I am certain that the last 6 months of my pregnancy diet, while not putting on the pounds in general has really hurt my cholesterol. I was at 188 overall in Jan 2008 and I am now at 280 overall! NOT GOOD!!! Ironically I had decided myself that I needed to stop the nonsense diet as I had had my fun and I needed to get back to my healthy regular diet again. It will likely take a few months but I’m sure that if I start eating the way I usually do that I can turn it around pretty quickly without any medication or other silliness. We go back into the dr. on Dec. 28^th and they have sent over these lab results so he will know as well. They also found that my protein was somewhat low. I will see what they say at the OB when they check my urine for protein. Not really sure what they do if it is low, but we’ll wait and see.

The baby  seems to be doing great, she certainly has a regular schedule when she is up and kicking. I finally got Bob to be patient enough to keep his hand on my belly for an extended period when we were laying in bed on Saturday night so he could actually feel her kick again. She certainly gets active when I am laying on my back, I’m guessing she doesn’t like the lack of space!

I finished up Christmas shopping yesterday, so that feels good. I still have to wrap Bob’s presents, but I plan on doing that today. We really got a lot accomplished recently and that makes me feel really good. The house was starting to look pretty disorganized and messy and we got it all straightened up yesterday. The cleaners are coming today, so that is always a good incentive.

Bob forgot to water the tree all week after we put it up! I was on the phone with him that Thursday night and asked him…thinking for certain that he had watered it considering that he had just told me he had watered my basil on the balcony. NOPE! The tree is looking pretty sad now. We went through a whole ordeal that next weekend to try to saw off a good portion of the base to get it drinking again. I am not sure how successful that was because it looks pretty dead right now, unfortunately. It’s all droopy and starting to lose color.

First time dealing with FSA and of course we have issues with OB and PayFlex! You really have to know and understand how these things get processed to stay on top of them!