Naughty Avocado Indeed!

So as Shazam reported earlier I am home sick. I have had a headache for the past few days but felt better over all. This morning I woke up sick but went to work anyway. I thought I might be having a caffeine headache since I have a half a cup at work but don't drink any on the weekend. So I got to work and drank some coffee. I knew it was a risk but had to try. No go on that. I then tried to eat something. It was close to 10 and I had not eaten anything yet. That really went poorly and I decided that I should call it a day. I drove home willing myself not to hurl (good thing it is a short drive) and threw up several times when I got home. I have eaten a little since then (I am both nauseous and hungry at the same time) I also got some Ty.lenol down so perhaps my headache will go away too. I currently feel like poo on a stick. Darwin has been a little under the weather for the past few days so we are chilling on the couch together. I thought I turned a corner! I guess not so much.

Since I am home I thought I would post the nursery furniture we are digging of late. I think it may be a winner for several reasons:

1. It is modern design

2. Reasonably priced

3. We like the color

4. The crib is drop sided which is good for the height challenged such as myself

We will be getting the crib and the changer dresser combo. I don't think we will need the 5 drawer dresser but who knows.

B.abi Ita.lia Sca.ndi

Naughty Avocado!

Overall SSG is feeling much better but she seems to have had a setback today. I just got a call from her to say she's going home because she's been throwing up all morning while at school. SSG never takes time off when she's sick or leaves so you know she is feeling horrible. The crazy thing is she had a great weekend and overall feeling much better. The little avocado (size of Baby G in week 16) seems to be teasing SSG a bit. (sigh) I thought we had rounded the corner but I guess it was a bit premature or SSG will unfortunately be one of those women that are sick throughout the pregnancy. Poor thing.

This past weekend seemed to be filled with lots of activities with a 3 hour nap thrown in on Saturday and another nap thrown in on Sunday. SSG actually went on a school trip to Fox.woods on Friday after school while I was in my hometown trying to relive my youth, playing in a HS alumni basketball game. We both had a great time, SSG game back with an extra $100, and we both got in really late...hence the 3 hour nap on Saturday. The rest of the weekend we did a lot of crap clean out and organizing. Yes, it still continues. We made great progress, with a big load of trash and a load to go to Goo.dwill to show for it. We're getting there! I have no clue at what point people get their nursery all ready but I suppose it's personal preference. We have plenty of time and at least for me, I am being a bit cautious I guess. We have an OB appointment/ultrasound on April 14th so I would prefer to make sure everything is still going okay to really proceed with painting, getting furniture, etc.. 

Hope everyone had a good weekend! 

Kids are cute

Some of my kids made me a card today. There is nothing better than a card made on oak tag with cray-pas! Made me kind of well up! Jack walked in my room and said "Way to go Ms. G!!!"

Telling the Kids

So I decided to tell the kids about the pregnancy yesterday. It was fun and I gave them the riddle below to solve. Most kids were very excited. Many wanted us to name the child after them. One in particular wanted me to name the baby Oliver so his initials will be O.G. (oh gee!) Oh 13 year-olds they are a funny bunch. Some didn't get the riddle and I have some kids that are asking today if I am pregnant. Oh the slow ones...got to love them too! I am pretty proud of my riddle! Can you solve it??

Answer the following questions to solve the riddle. Use the elements chemical symbol to spell out the answer to the question.

What is the big secret?

1. What element has the atomic number of 72.64?

2. What element is also an American coin?

3. What element has 68 electrons?

4. What element has 0 neutrons?

5. What element has 33 protons?

6. What element 81 neutrons?

7. What element has an atomic mass of 10.81?

8. What element has an atomic number of 39?

9. What element has 49 electrons

10. What element do we fill balloons with?

11. What element has 99 neutrons?

12. What element has an atomic mass of 9.012?

13. What element has 3 protons?

Shopping

So my Mom volunteered to take me shopping for some maternity clothes. So off to the mall we went. Our first stop was The G.ap. It went really well. I got three pairs of pants and about 5 tops. I need to get 2 of the pants shortened but that is what one gets for being a short girl. We went to J.C pen.ny and picked up another shirt and a sweater. We finished at Ko.hls with three pairs of pants and a couple of shirts. I am very happy with my new duds and I am sure people will be happy not to see me in the same one pair of maternity jeans I have been wearing every other day. I will post pictures as soon as Shazam gets home. I think I look quite cute!

On other notes we are loving the new bed. So roomy, it was definitely the right decision. I finally figured out how to get the baby book open so we could take the daddy pages out and put our two mommy pages in. We also bought the pregnancy pages and some additional pages to add. Now we need to start actually writing in the darn thing. Being the second child my baby book is a bit sparse although my Mom commented today that she actually is surprised that there was as much in there as there was. Thanks Mom! It does have my weights to age 6 which were crazy. I started at 5 lbs 2 oz, left the hospital at 4 lbs 12 oz and topped off at 30 lbs at age 6! Yes I think I would have been in my infant car seat in the first grade! I was a wee one that is for sure! I am hoping that our baby is a bit bigger although childbirth may be a bit more pleasant with a wee one. I guess that may be why my Mom says that natural childbirth is fun.

On another note I see that some bloggers take questions from their readers. Anyone with a burning question for either Shazam and I? Feel free to ask.

Lazy Blogger

I feel like I have been slacking on my blogging duties. Sorry folks.

The big news of today is that our new mattress is in our bedroom. I am very excited about our first night and whether or not we will notice the increased space. Looks great and since we don't have a head board or foot board I don't think it really takes up much more space in the room. So now we can all stretch out and sleep more comfortably.

Since I am starting to show and so many people at school know about the pregnancy, I thought it was time to talk to my principal about next year. It went surprisingly well. My principal (I will call her G) is known for her inappropriate comments and reactions to people when they share they are pregnant. Last year my friend told G that she was pregnant and the first thing she said was, "Well that is bad timing I wish it was for a different month since I will have to try to hire someone in the summer." This year when a teacher returned after miscarrying 2 of her triplets G asked the poor grieving woman if she was still considered high risk and whether she would need to miss any school. She never even offered her condolences. So I went into my meeting prepared for some asinine comment. I was kind of hoping that she would ask who the father was. I was so ready to list several male colleagues and tell her we were waiting to see what the baby looked like to see which one it was. Unfortunately she actually said she was happy for me. She did then tell me it would be difficult to find a sub and that my timing could have been better. At least she said congrats first though.

Other than letting her know that I would be out on maternity leave for 12 weeks this coming fall I also wanted to see what she thought about starting the year. Since I am due 9/14 I was kind of dreading having to come back and start the year. I work on the third floor and the thought of going up and down for fire drills and escorting my students to assemblies was making me feel tired and my feet hurt. Mine is not a job that you can sit down and lay low. Anyway after looking at the calender G thought it would be best if I didn't start the year in the fall. We called HR and found out that I just need to get a Drs note saying I can't work and I can use sick days up to my due date since I have over 70 of them (they roll over every year and I rarely take sick days).  It is great since I won't have to drag myself in to school to set up my classroom and work for a week or two. Also my sub will be able to start with the new teachers and get oriented and can start off on the right foot. So I will be out until mid December unless we decide that I should take more time so that I don't have to go back until after Christmas break. Shazam needs to crunch some numbers and see what we can swing. It also means that I only have 60 days of work until I am on my extended break of my summer vacation and maternity leave. This adds up to almost 6 months. Wow as I write that I know people will kind of hate me. I am sure that by June I will be very ready to be off my feet.

I have left a message for daycare provider #2 since she never called me back. I hope she lets me know there is a spot for Baby G. If no,t we will be going with daycare #1. Keep your fingers crossed on that one since provided #2 is cheaper and it was our first choice.

I am looking forward to this weekend. I can sleep in late tomorrow since I didn't get into my yoga class this week. I am also going maternity clothes shopping on Sunday with my Mom which should be fun and is very needed since I have been wearing my one pair of maternity jeans almost every day. I have lots of school work to get done this weekend so tomorrow I need to be productive. Hope everyone has a great weekend!

Milk, Cereal, Baby Wipes...

I'm a project manager by profession. I'm constantly planning, budgeting, making list (oooh do I love lists!) and this most certainly carries over to my personal life. As you can imagine the arrival of Baby G in 6 months has me in a frenzy. My brain is in overdrive pretty much most of the time. As I sometimes complain, mentally it's exhausting to be me. When it comes to creative budgeting and getting the most out of every paycheck, well I'm a master. I don't ever "toot my own horn" but when you've been doing it for like 10+ years, one becomes quite good at it. With all this in mind SSG and I have started incorporating diaper and wipes purchasing into our regular weekly food shopping trips. It may seem a bit silly but if we can here and there pick up a pack of diapers or wipes we feel like it won't be such a financial hit later on...in theory anyway.

SSG is still very up and down, with her good days and bad. We certainly feel blessed that she's entered her 2nd trimester and all is going well. Allergies seem to be the biggest problem for her. As soon as trees start to come alive in the spring it's not pretty. So, not much else report. Hanging tight and just trying to take care of Momma G.  

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This just in...lawyer costs to adopt my child...$1,000.  Ouch. Know the budgeting skills I talked about? Guess I need to utilize those skills and pull $1,000 from somewhere! Like my ass.