Random Update

I was able to spend the majority of the weekend relaxing and not doing much. Saturday I did the grocery shopping. I also took the car in to have the oil changed. Of course when I was there they found that my front headlight had burnt out and needed to be replaced. So instead of a $30 oil change I now had a $50 bill :(

On Sunday we did another small grocery shop at the second store and dropped by Best Buy. There I was very bad and spent money i really shouldn't have, but I did purchase something I had been wanting, will get tons of use and will be very helpful with my upcoming trip.

Today the twins had their last gymnastic session until the fall. There was a summer session I could do, but with everything going on and me feeling like crap I figured we better take a little break. S then had speech therapy, in which his therapist said he did a great job. I took K to a restaurant to get a treat while we waited and she was s funny. She hates like hell that he isn't getting the same therapy as S. While we were eating she was excited that we weren't with S, but shortly after we got there, she wanted her brother.

I had another appointment today. It was just for the nurse eduction visit and lab draw. It wasn't too exciting. I have another appointment right when I get back from Canada, but I just think that will be a pap visit - BLECH! After a few good days I am back to feeling like crap again. I hate feeling so poorly all the time. I really hope around twelve weeks I will start to experience some relief.

14 Inches Less

Or there-abouts. I got my hair cut yesterday. I have been wanting to get it cut for months but couldn't muster up the courage. I actually think the feeling like crap lately, helped to motivate me. After all it requires a lot of up keep and I was getting to the point where I hated washing it because of all the time it took.

I cut off a little over 13 inches and then it took about another inch to even it out. It already feels so much lighter and I'm sure when I wash it tonight I will be pleasantly surprised at how easy it will be to wash and dry.

Now I just don't know what to do with it. I have donated to Locks of Love twice, but this time I think I may try to sell it. Maybe I'll get enough for a crib set. If I don't get any good offers then I will just donate it.

The Calm Before the Storm

This weekend I have nothing planned. Can you believe it? I usually have a million things to do and a million places to be. Now, of course I need to go grocery shopping, but that is IT! I am so excited and hope to take full advantage of it. I don't think I will even get dressed if I don't have to.

Of course this lull in activity will be followed by about three weeks on non-stop madness which to be honest I am not looking forward to. Doctors appointments, playdates, barbecues, travel and work, OH MY!

Next week I have a doctors appointment on Monday, a playdate on Tuesday and then work Wednesday through Friday. Then on Saturday we have a baroque. On Sunday I need to spend the whole day organizing and packing for our trip to Canada.

First thing Monday morning we leave for Canada...a 14 hour drive...with two 3 year olds...shoot me now! Luckily Q, the twins nanny, and my friend is coming so hopefully she will be able to help with the twins and driving. We will stay in Canada until Friday morning when it's back in the car, driving home. We should arrive home late Friday night.

We are supposed to be going to the zoo Saturday morning...um...I'm thinking in the end we will not be making that trip. I doubt I will have the energy to even get dressed that morning. Then Sunday we have family portraits.

Follow that week with another doctors appointment, a full work week and then a trip to my family's cabin in the mountains, another 4 to 5 hours drive. This will also be the weekend I tell my family of my pregnancy.

So lets just say if I live to see the second week in June it will be a miracle. I'm sure you can now understand why this weekend will be the calm before the storm. Please let it remain that way and have nothing un-expected arise.

I Had A Good Day Today

As far as nausea goes anyway :)

I took my Zofran when I woke up this morning, like always, but the difference is I didn't suffer with bouts of nausea all day. I actually felt pretty normal and was able to eat and drink without feeling like I had to force it down. Yipee!

I am also almost 9 weeks and at 9 weeks with the twins I had already been hospitalized twice and had a medication pump attached to my thigh. Ooh, maybe this pregnancy won't be so bad after all!!!!

ETA - Who the heck keeps voting boy on my poll :P Remember I want girl vibes LOL

Daddy's....

Have I mentioned how obsessed K is with Daddies? She talks about them all the time. She is big into imagination so when she makes her cracker or cheese families there are always a baby, a mommy and a daddy. When she plays with her babies, she's the mommy and she always makes S be the daddy. Out of the blue she'll start calling me daddy and think it's funny.

It's weird that she is so fixated when she doesn't have one in her family and is really not that exposed to other daddies. If the mood seems right I will ask her if she has a dad and she always states matter of fact that she doesn't. It doesn't seem to bother her and she doesn't ask questions about a dad.

K definitely seems to be ahead of the norm with this fascination. Other SMBC's usually say this comes on around four or so...sometimes later. I even have single moms where the dad is not involved and their kids don't seem as interested as K. I think that's just K's style, keep me on my toes and never let me have my guard down. At least when S gets to this level of interest I should have all my answers down pat :)

The End of an Era...

So, since I have started this blog I have made an effort to post daily. Well, I think that has come to an end. I find that at the end of a day I am so tired that I just turn off the computer and go to bed. In addition I sometimes feel like any post I have to make will just be the same old crap...after all, how many posts of how crappy I feel do you guys really want to read about.

As a result, I will be posting less often. I will try to keep up with the good things and leave the complaining out. Don't be surprised if I go MIA for awhile. Hopefully nothing is wrong, it's just my current life taking priority.

My Absolutely Horrible Weekend

My whole weekend was ruined by one mistake, one simple mistake of which I have made many, many times before. But this time, the choice to not take my medications, would have an entirely different effect.

Saturday morning I woke up with a horrible migraine. I brought the twins downstairs and immediately ran to the sink just in time to vomit. At first I thought..."well, I had to start vomiting at some point" at this time still attributing my symptoms to pregnancy. I laid on the couch only to stay in that half asleep - half awake zone necessary when you have two 3 year old running around the house. The only thing that woke me was the need to vomit every 45-60 minutes. If I drank a small amount of fluid it was expelled almost immediately. Every time I moved I was reminded how much my head hurt. My biggest concern was the danger of dehydration and the need to be hospitalized as I had no one to watch the twins.

I fought the vomiting all day. Continuously taking in fluid as I figured I would absorb some of it during the short period of time it was in my body. I didn't eat anything and by the end of the day I doubt I had kept in 1/2 cup of fluid.

It wasn't until that evening when I started putting two and two together and realized this was not a pregnancy issue - although I'm sure it didn't help - and was rather withdrawal from not taking my anti-depressants. I switched to a new med a few months ago and just recently increased my dosage. I have never had problems before when forgetting my meds, but with this drug...it is different. Even being a nurse, I cannot understand the amazing effect this drug had on me.

I wasn't able to take and keep down my meds until late Saturday night. I vomited into the wee hours of Sunday morning and was forced into calling out of work. This totally sucks as we have very strict call-in policies for weekends and now I will be 'punished' by being assigned 2 weekends next schedule...nice. It doesn't even matter that on average I call out one or less times a year.

Anyway, I kept my Sunday sitter who was nice enough to take the twins out of my house. I spent most the day in bed. By about noon I was able to start drinking and eating again. I have still felt like crap for most of the day...but at least no vomiting. I hope to NEVER EVER forget my meds again!