When I came home from work today (a whole 4 hour work day!) I said to Den I would probably be going to bed at 9pm today – which, for me, is really early. Well it’s now quarter to 7pm and I’m questioning whether or not I’ll make it even another hour. I am flat out exhausted. I was awake at 7:30 this morning due to my phone ringing (minor emergency at work that I had to take care of), and just started my day from there. Last night I fell asleep at 11pm so I thought I’d be fine. Apparently not. My energy has been seriously lagging all day. I took a shower just before noon just so I would manage to not fall asleep sitting at my desk.

My phone actually rung several times this morning in order to wake me up, so I was laying there half-awake for a little while. I think even if my boss hadn’t called more than once I still wouldn’t have been able to get back to sleep… my hips were aching again. :( Not like it was the other day, no… but they were definitely achy. I rolled from side to side and couldn’t get comfortable. I’m sure my breathing issues is having an impact on them, since it’s not very easy to adjust my sleeping position like it would normally be, but I also know that my hips are going to start getting worse now. And unfortunately several friends have told me that there’s not much I can do about it, no matter how soft the bed is, it’s going to hurt. :( Fun fun.

After taking care of the work emergency I came home and… I cleaned. Like I walked in, decided I had to clean the bathroom floor. RIGHT THAT INSTANT. I hadn’t eaten breakfast, I was starving for the pancakes I intended to make, but I COULD NOT start the pancakes until the bathroom had been cleared out and vacuumed. I mopped/scrubbed the floors after eating, but I had to at least vacuum first. The mopping only does so much good. Even scrubbing with a sponge. That linoleum in there is too old and stained to really actually look good. I really want to replace it, but that’s just yet another thing on our list of things to spend our money on – money we don’t really have right now. So even when I was done cleaning I was still mildly irritated with the bathroom… but it does look a lot better than it did. A lot better.

I also cleaned the kitchen… loaded the dishwasher, scrubbed the counters, brushed crumbs off the floor. Den said, “You’re really nesting, aren’t you.” I replied, “Duh!”

I am starting to get a little more sore at work. I did practice squatting while I was sweeping up a couple messes at work, that was good. But even just being on my feet for a while started hurting my feet. I had to take a break to sit down and eat something. Also, bending over really hurt my head, but that’s because of my sinuses, not the baby, lol.

When I got home from work I shortly felt a lot of pressure in my uterus… that same weird thing again. Almost like I have to pee… but not quite. Just heavy pressure. I felt my belly and sure enough found a large hard spot right in the middle. It wasn’t a BH though, as it wasn’t my whole uterus (and I didn’t have that tingly feeling) – I layed down to check, and the top and bottom of my uterus was normal, but across my belly button and extending to both sides was very hard. The only thing I can figure is that I was feeling his back. I wasn’t feeling any kicks or anything, so it makes sense that he had flipped to face my spine. Very weird!! Half an hour later it had gone back to normal and I was feeling little punches again… he wasn’t really active, but I’d feel something regularly. (And right now of course he is facing forward and doing his “everything all at once” dance, causing my belly to jiggle around in every which direction like I have popcorn popping inside.) I need to ask the midwife tomorrow what she thinks. Maybe she can even get a feel for what position he’s in… though I suspect it’s still too early for them to tell.

Okay, time for a nap. I have a midwife appointment early tomorrow morning so I’m going to have to try my best to sleep all night. Though as tired as I feel that shouldn’t be too hard!