Labor Day Weekend
I crave crepes really bad. Have no milk or cottage cheese though, so I may have to run out tomorrow morning for some. I didn’t have the car today (Den was away all day), so I had to just sit here, suffering, with no milk. NO MILK!
Today I… slept. I’d feel bad about that, but I’m pregnant. I no longer feel like a really grouchy bear woken up mid-hibernation. I actually felt quite good today, after I got up. I put the dishes in the dishwasher and ran it, and did a load of laundry so I’ll have clean clothes for the week. These are big accomplishments for me.
I still don’t think I have the pregnancy fatigue very much, but then again I’ve always been the kind of person who needs 8 hours of sleep. And lately getting it has been very iffy… I tend to stay up to late, and Den rouses me every morning far too early. Since I need the car, I need to get up with him to drive him to work.
Some days (okay, a lot of days) I daydream about what it would be like to have two vehicles. It must be soooo cool. But then I crunch some numbers and realize that we do just fine with just one, lol. We could afford two right at this moment, with me working – but I won’t be working much when baby comes, and baby will require more expenses than we have now. I have NO idea how we’re going to manage to get ANYTHING done with one vehicle and a newborn – driving Den to work in the morning will be quite an ordeal, as I see it – but we’ll figure some way around it. I don’t see me needing the car very often, if I’m not working! I’ll be housebound, but I won’t really want to go anywhere with a newborn, anyways.
And now I am REALLY wanting some fresh-baked cookies. Gah.
We have a lot to do this weekend. I don’t get any time off, just my usual saturday and sunday, so I think by monday evening I’m going to be ready to pass out. I’m really glad I got today as a nothing-day.
Oh, and ps, my 9 week belly pic is in the belly pic page. I look a little, errrr, pale. I had just woken up and wanted to take a photo before I ate! lol I can see a change from last week… a little one, but I’m starting to show. Not sure WHAT I’m showing, blubber? But I’m showing something. LOL!
From personal experience being housebound with a newborn, there’s no way in heck I’d do that again! If you can afford even a super cheap commuter car for your dh, GET ONE!!!
Trust me, you will want to go to the store just to get out of the house. And if baby isn’t feeling well, you’ll want to be able to go right away to the pediatrician instead of waiting for dh to be able to leave work, come home and THEN head to the doc.
Look on craigslist for a good little used car for him. You’ll be so glad you did once lil’ bit arrives!
I have to second K&M. Some days, even when my daughter was still very young, I needed to get the heck out. I didn’t care if I just drove to the mall and walked for a half hour, or to the Starbucks. But it really did help to have that luxury. And when the doc said that I had to give her caro syrup and water because my daughter hadnt’ had a BM in 10 days, it was nice to be able to run to the store. Especially in the spring when everything is so pretty outside, and the weather is just perfect. Or if you’re lucky, you have a nieghborhood playground you can walk to, so you could get out that way. I just have a tendancy to get stir crazy when it’s nice outside and I’m stuck inside.
Enjoy your sunday!