time's a-wasting..

i failed my glucose test. yes, that's right, i failed it (well, only by 2 points). i really don't understand how blood sugar works apparently because i really thought that i'd be ok. yeah, so it's in my family like crazy, but i always thought that as long as i wasn't overweight i'd be ok. apparently, i needed some education.

so, i'm back in the waiting room of the doctor's office. today is my 3 hour glucose test. i got here at 8:45 (after not eating or drinking anything after midnight last night) and they took a tube of blood. then i drank this super sweet fruit punch and have to have my blood drawn every hour for 3 hours. i've completed the first hour and have about 15 minutes left in the second. then another hour before they stick me again. apparently i have to pass 2 out of the 3 sugar tests, otherwise i'm a gestational diabetic. i'm still not sure what that means...apparently my one coke a day will have to be given up. it's just not fair...

this stinks. i'm getting really sleepy and i'm STARVING!!! what's worse is that i have a yummy whole wheat bagel slathered in peanut butter that husband made me this morning sitting in my purse. but i can't eat it... not for another 1.5 hours... ugh.

i guess the good news is that i won't get the results until monday at the earliest, so this weekend bring on the cupcakes, funnel cakes, chocolate chip cookies, and coke... who knows when i'll get to enjoy you again...

Dedicate Time to Your Partner

the 25 week baby center email says that i should dedicate time to my partner. talk about why he's going to be a good dad. so, here's a list I've come up with - hope you enjoy husband:

1. you love kids, and kids seem to really love you
2. you make the best peanut butter and jelly sandwiches (this might be why the kids love you)
3. you bring home yummy after 8 chocolates from duty free when you go on trips
4. you sing songs ALL the time and even when i make up ridiculous songs, you humor me by singing along with the chorus
5. you have more energy than a toddler
6. you really like educational games and puzzles (i'd never heard puzzle used as a verb before you - as in, "I'm going to puzzle now".
7. you actually know the answers to kids questions - "how come fish don't drown in the ocean?" and "where does that water in the toilet go when you flush?"
8. you're the most fun person i've ever met

i can only think of 8 for now, but that may be because i'm craving ice cream sandwiched between cookies after seeing it yesterday at the dogwood festival...

Seriously???

so today was my day of rest at home... until 10:40am when a tree decided to uproot itself, fall over pulling down our power/cable/phone lines and finally come to rest on the car. um, what??? i was just sitting on the couch responding to work email and watching frasier, when out of the corner of my eye i see something start falling - um, yes, it freaked me out.

yeah, this is kind of funny. well, at least it was until 7pm when GA Power finally showed up (yup, i said 7) and said they were just cutting down and securing the power line. they apparently didn't have what was necessary to fix it (but there were 3 trucks at my house). oh, and they couldn't give me an ETA on when it will be fixed. WHAT??? oh, and they weren't going to be able to fix the power lines until we removed the tree/car from the driveway. SUPER!!!

that's when the neighbors came to the rescue with the chainsaw and tree limb cutter and cut the limbs down around the car and over the driveway. the pathfinder is just fine - i drove it to my parents house where i'm now sitting with heat, tv, power, and internet. heaven.

husband comes home tomorrow. i may turn into one of those wives that never lets my husband leave the zipcode after this weekend.

having said all of that, it's still a little funny...

Eventful Weekend...

so, what was supposed to be a fun and exciting weekend was fun and exciting, but also provided a little additional entertainment that was not bargained for...

this weekend was my friend Tui's bachelorette party in Atlanta at my house. Husband decided to leave on a flight Friday afternoon for Germany since he was getting kicked out of the house, and therefore he missed out on the fun.

I woke up Saturday morning with some shooting pain in my side (this had started on Friday night, but I thought it was normal preggo pain) coupled with a lovely lump, so after a call to the doctor, I ended up in the ER which is pretty much where I spent my day (luckily my parents came along to keep me company). The doctors were nice, and I'm trying to make lemonade out of lemons by thinking that I no longer need to do a hospital tour, since after the ER I got to spend the afternoon in the Labor and Delivery area of the hospital, but 6 hours in the hospital is no fun.

It turns out that I have a uterine fibroid (aka mystery lump) that is apparently dying and was/is still causing a ton of pain and some really mild contractions (so mild that they are technically not even classified as contractions, they are called 'irritability'). apparently this is quite normal and 30% of women experience this. there's always not much that can be done about it - i can have surgery, but only after the baby is born, so i'll have to deal with it as long as it chooses to stay around. the baby seemed totally unfazed by all of the poking and prodding of the day and was happily kicking away at this growth inside of me. the doctor said she wanted me to take it easy and stay off of my feet for 72 hours. um, I'm hosting a bachelorette party lady!!! she finally seemed ok with me going out to dinner as long as i made the other girls do all the work and stayed off of my feet (well, she said she didn't want to see me at the same restaurant as her, so i assumed that it was ok to go as long as i didn't run into her!).

i got home at 4:30pm - 30 minutes before everyone showed up. the shower at the house was really fun and Tui seemed to have a great time! I ducked out on the party around midnight and have been relaxing today as much as possible. my plan is to stay home from work tomorrow to complete my 72 hours, but the pain is already going away and i haven't experienced the contractions today, so i'm not too worried about it.

husband will be out of town for the wknd of April 24 and i just can't wait to see what is in store for me then! stay tuned... :)