I’m starting to be fuzzier and fuzzier in my thinking. My normal brilliant observations (hey–I have them sometimes) are coming fewer and farther apart. Instead I feel like I’m swimming in a fog. It’s strangely reminiscent of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest. Dude. I’m totally Bromden.
We went out and were social this weekend, more than once even. I was pretty amused at how the party we went to basically segregated into the monogamous breeders and the poly people. 🙂 I had a lovely time. 🙂 I need to spend more time with Lauren because she is obviously a really good mom (you don’t get a kid that good on accident) and maybe she can rub off on me. It was nice to see the various poly folk as well–don’t get me wrong. They just weren’t as interested in orbiting around where I flopped and I’m not doing the get up and move around social butterfly thing just now.
Then Noah wanted to go watch the fire show at the Tiki Bar last night. He wasn’t willing to go without me. So I dragged my grumpy ass out. Luckily I had the brilliant idea of sending Miss Jenny a text message and she came and talked to me. It’s a good thing cause I was being pretty sucky and unenthusiastic and that was probably hard for Noah. Then my delightful acupuncturist showed up with her husband. She’s neat in general and I had a great time fucking with her husband. 😀 That was probably the best social interaction I’ve had with a new-to-me person in months. Normally I just sort of retreat over to my chair and don’t talk to new people. 🙂
All of this on top of Noah vacuuming the whole house on Saturday. Whee! My life is awesome.
Oh! I got painted green yesterday! Uncle Mikey came over and painted me and we took pictures. I don’t have any that I can mass share at this point, but I’ve seen some of them and they are neat!! Very freaky-creature-like. 🙂
The cat has been really fussy lately. After losing the teeth a few weeks ago she has also had this weird growth on her lower lip. Last week we took her in for a steroid shot and it seems to be getting better. I’m hoping that more doesn’t come up. *sigh* I think she has been over-eating lately out of sheer joy at being able to eat again (infected teeth and gums = lots of pain while eating) and she puked all over the carpet this weekend. *sigh* I think this is her 6th? 7th? time puking in her whole life so I don’t feel like I can be too grumpy.
The house has come a long way. I’m getting happier and happier with the house. At this point the house looks different enough that it doesn’t feel like it is the same house Noah used to live in. I’m pretty grateful for that. I was having a lot of trouble feeling happy here and at this point that is fading and the house is feeling more like it’s “mine.” The one remnant of former occupants that I am thrilled about is the roses. Thank you Christyn! They are soooooo pretty. 🙂
I’m not sleeping that well because a three hour stretch between bathroom breaks is a really long time and I usually can’t go that long. I have also started gaining a pound a week in the last couple of weeks (whoo hoo! 21 lbs!) but that means that I’m gaining about 1/2 lb a week of water weight. My feet are now swollen. It took till 39 weeks, but it happened. My pelvis is so sore I have trouble believing that my body can be this sore for this long. I’m just achey all over in general. Getting out this weekend was awesome because I’m not sure how much more time I have.
Oh, people: stop asking if I’ve had the baby. I’ll freakin let you know.
I had to go buy bigger/wider shoes a few weeks before our Kidlet was born; before that, my feet were the same as always.
Right now I’m just hiding behind sandals.
You’re fortunate. During my last month of pregnancy I kept myself amused while studying for finals by poking holes in my ankles and seeing how long they took to fill back in. At the peak, the holes were over half an inch deep and took several hours to normalize. All I could wear was those canvas kung fu shoes.
Unfortunately, the pregnancies have given me a permanent tendency toward edema in my feet and ankles — apparently once that tissue has expanded it never really goes back to normal 🙁
So, uncomfortable as you are right now (how well I remember that incessant ache in the pelvis), you can count yourself lucky on the water retention thing. Keep your feet up and drink a lot of water, but I’m sure you already know that.
I know the pelvic soreness is probably getting old, but we can always hope that it means your body is doing a lot of really great prep work now, pre-labor, and it’ll make things easier and faster when the time comes.
Hugs and back rubs.
I just wish I could sleep. Soon that will be a thing of the past anyway and I’m kind of annoyed that the sleep dep started so far pre-kid.
I hate cat puke! 🙁
If you liked it I would think you were very weird. 🙂
Well, there *is* that. HAHA