Another busy day

Another busy day today, I am at work now till probably close to 11am - then off to my 36 week doctor appointment. Which will hopefully be quick and hopefully she will have my test results or I might have to do the GBS test again!? Then I will head back to work for three hours, head home to let the dog out for a quick pee and off the the track till probably 11pm? Hubby was out at the track yesterday for most of the day and didn't crawl into bed till 12:30am then his alarm went off at 5:30am and he was headed out the door again to go back! I told him he was nuts, something I couldn't do - only get 5 hours of sleep and just to work another 18 hour day!! :o But he enjoys working out there and he does get paid to be out there so it's not like he is loosing any money by not working on cars or reno's!? I figure it is better to let him do the things he wants like this now instead of after baby is born, cause who knows how I will be feeling and I might really need his help then, I don't want him to think that this baby is going to stop him from still enjoying the things he likes and plus he gets kinda cranky when I nag him too much! he he

Hubby did make sure to fix my tap and vacuumed before he left yesterday so I was happy about that. Except the end of the hose had the wrong kind of fitting on it and I couldn't use the flower sprayer (the one that is like it's raining) so I had to use my thumb to give them a spray. I finished getting the dog smears off the window, did a couple loads of laundry and cleaned the bathrooms!! :o So I should be good for the housework for another week!? I guess I was wrong too about being finished baby laundry, I forgot that my SIL had given me a bunch of bibs and receiving blankets that she no longer needs. I also packed babies bag last night!! I really have no idea what to put in it so I put 3 diapers with 3 liners and one rubber pant, a receiving blanket, a fuzzy soft blanket, and two outfits just in case one gets messed on before we leave the hospital. I'm not sure if I missed anything? I assume that the hospital will have any other items I may have missed? We learned in baby class that you shouldn't put baby in the rubber pants right away in case of chafing and their sensitive skin? I hate how all information you get is contradicting and there will always be someone that says it's not good or wrong?

Busy night

I feel like I had a busy night last night, I had to take a delivery on the way home then stopped at the grocery store to get a few lunch items which made me late getting home but it was OK cause hubby wasn't home anyway. He was off at the race track trying to get it all ready for this weekends races. I had a quick bite to eat then started with laundry, I think I am now officially finished washing all babies bedding/ clothes - it will probably be the first and only time I will ever be "finished" baby laundry. Then I headed outside to plant my flowers that I purchased almost a week ago, they were starting to look a little ill. Marigolds, pansy's and petunia's - I bought two flats from Costco, $10 each flat, so they didn't cost very much but half way through planting them I was wondering what the heck I was thinking buying sooooo many flowers!! :o Not only was I running out of places to plant them but my back was killing me and I was huffing and puffing so bad, I think it has more to do with just being pregnant - I am really out of shape! I can't wait to get back into a walking routine, a walking routine that consists of more then a 20 minute walk! ;) I also realized half way through planting my half dead pansy's that I should probably give them a good watering before I go back inside but ..... hubby had disconnected the water taps outside when he was renovating the basement so we have no working water taps outside!?!? How am I going to water these stupid flowers now!? I really don't want to make 100 trips in and out of the house to fill up my watering can!

When I finished planting all my flowers I was just about to sit down to relax when an old friend pulled up outside. We had a good, short visit and will hopefully see each other again next weekend at our friends wedding. So hubby is suppose to reconnect the water tap outside today so that I can give them a good soak tonight and I also asked him to vacuum so that all I have left to do is dust, windows and bathrooms. Sometimes I think having a dog is just as bad as having a toddler, she presses her nose against the window and leaves smears all over them, brings dirt in from outside and doesn't pick up any of her toys! ;) Tomorrow is my 36 week doctor appointment, it will probably be the same as all the other appointments, hopefully she has my GBS test results back?! I can't believe I have less then 30 days now ..... I am in the 20's! ! It's exciting and scary all at the same time, part of me can't wait to get to the end and the other half wants to go back to the beginning and have another few months to get stuff done?

Time to get packed!!

The pressure is on now to get my bag packed! At our last baby class on Monday we had a "surprise" visitor, it was one of the couples in our class - they had their baby last week!! It was four weeks early! Which makes me realize that anything can happen and maybe I should really get on that bag packing thing!? At least now I have a baby bag to pack! ;) I feel like we (I mean hubby - he he) got lots done yesterday, when I go home from work the front yard was nicely mowed and trimmed (same with the back yard) and hubby greeted me at the door asking if I wanted to go out for dinner!? Well you don't have to ask me twice, I'm always up to going out for dinner!! :) After dinner we cleaned out the "soon to be" baby room, I put away all my scrapbook stuff and hubby got started on priming the room! It is now officially primed, it looks funny though cause we had to buy a tinted primer for the bottom of the room (that I want to paint deep red) so now the top part of the room is regular white primer and the bottom is bright pink!! I think hubby must have been feeling a little guilty cause yesterday was probably the last time I will see/ talk to him till next week. He will be busy this week with the "Pinks" guy coming to town and having the "arm drop" races this weekend. So we won't be able to put a first coat on the walls till probably next Tuesday! :o

My house is a complete disaster right now, with the basement half finished and still messy there is no where to put anything down there so everything from the "soon to be" baby room went into the office which is now so full you can't even sit in the chair. Then I had to put some baby stuff in the kitchen along with the dogs toy box and some of my scrapbook stuff had to be shoved under the bed - just to get them out of the way! I think you could probably write your name on almost every piece of furniture and don't even get me started on the bathrooms!! I'm still waiting for this "nesting" thing everyone talks about? Maybe I won't get my sudden burst of energy and go crazy with the cleaning? I hope I do, I really need to clean but I'm just to tired after work and the only way I can clean now is if I go really slow and take my time!?

I had to throw away all my low fat banana muffins this morning, when I went to grab one for my lunch I noticed there was fur on them!? I guess now that summer is here I can no longer leave things like that out on the counter, I just assumed they would be like cookies - you leave those in the cupboard? So now after work I need to stop at the grocery store and pick up a few things for lunches. I would also like to plant my flowers tonight and maybe do a load of laundry, since I will be home alone. I also need to still pick up a few nessecities for baby (although I'm not too sure when I'll have time for that) -- I need a diaper pail still and I forgot to get a change table pad cover. O - and I need a few bottles (just in case the breastfeeding thing doesn't work very well).

Back to work!

Well, I'm back at work..... just when I was starting to get used to my mini holiday!! So far things are going OK, we are kinda busy so that aways makes the day go by a little faster! My week off was pretty uneventful, I did a little baking (banana muffins and dog cookies) - hubby is starting to feel a little left out so next time I will have to make him some cookies! ;) So we now have the baby furniture in our house, still in the boxes but at least it is there! Yesterday the races got cancelled due to rain so I made sure that we did a little shopping, we were looking for a closet organizer, blinds and looked at some wood samples for the floor. Needless to say we didn't buy any of these things, instead we bought the paint so tonight I need to clean up my scrapbook desk (that is in babies room right now) so that hubby can prime the walls tomorrow and hopefully put the color on the walls next week? This week is so busy, we really only have Tuesday off. Tonight is our last baby class, we missed last week (hopefully nothing too important?), tonight is all about breastfeeding so I'm suppose to bring a teddy bear to practice on. Then next Monday is our tour of the hospital I would like to give birth at, hopefully baby will wait that long to come!?

So I've decided that since things seem to be a little unpredictable right now that maybe it is a good time to "clean" my computer of anything that may not be work related. Like my e-mails and any websites I saved as favorites! So far I have sent a e-mail to most people on my list to change my address and next I will have to write down all their addresses to transfer over to my home e-mail. I need to delete some programs that aren't really necessary but in the same breath make sure I don't delete the important ones?! he he

Long weekend plans shot!

So my weekend plans were thrown out the window!! It all started Friday, my boss let me go home early which was nice cause I really didn't fell very well ~ loss of appetite and upset tummy. Friday night I decided to have a bath and have a little "me" time, I felt pretty good after the bath but then later that night I felt a lot of tightening and I had to "breathe" through the pain like they taught us in class. I said to hubby ..."I think I just had a contraction?" I was sweating like crazy and just about as fast as the pain started it disappeared? So - no big deal ... right? We head off to bed, then 10 minutes later it happened again, I felt nauseous and hot but once again it went away so I climbed into bed and had a pretty restful sleep. Saturday morning I woke up fairly early, I had plans to go shopping with my Mom for baby stuff and didn't want to miss that. My tummy was a little tender but nothing too weird was happening so I left to go pick up my Mom. I told her about what I thought happened the night before but she told me that these kind of pains were probably natural and at this stage in the game I am bound to be a little more uncomfortable then before. So off we went shopping, first stop Zellers, we loaded up our buggy with all necessities and a few extras, by now it was 11am and I kinda wanted a snack so we headed for a restaurant to sit down for a bit. This is when I started feeling like crap again, my back started to hurt and I broke out into a sweat, then minutes later it was gone? So I had some toast and a fruit bowl and off we went again, second stop Sears. After we loaded up the buggy in Sears I started feeling a little tired so we decided to head home. I was planning on staying and visiting with my Mom for a while maybe even going out for dinner with them but I didn't feel right and decided it was best to head home and lay down for a bit?! Which is exactly what I did when I got home, hubby was out helping his Dad with a fence building project so I crashed on the couch for an hour. After lying down I did feel a bit better but soon the pains started again and I decided to drive to the hospital - no harm in getting checked out I thought!?

Well it's a good thing I did go, I got admitted pretty fast into L&D and they quickly hooked me up to the NST machine only to find out that indeed I was having contractions and they were pretty regular (every 2 - 4 minutes). They took a urine sample as usual and told me that they thought I had a bladder infection which could be causing the contractions. They did an internal to find out that my cervix was "soft" and I was 1-2cm dilated! They did the GBS test and gave me a suppository to try and stop the contractions, then I was admitted! They tried to get an IV into me but had such a hard time finding my vein that now my arm is black an blue, they even had to call the anasteiologist (sp?) in to try and get the IV started~! My weekend was full of cramps and tightening, strong back aches and NST's done every four hours. Eventually my cramps slowed down and by Tuesday they discharged me, I am taking this week off work - really it is only 2 days cause I have a doctor appointment on Friday.

I did find out though that the hospital I plan on giving birth at won't even take me in unless I am over 36 weeks!! So if this baby plans on coming early (like next week) then I might be giving birth at a different hospital then planned with a different doctor that I probably have never met!? So now the rush is on, I need to wash all baby cloths/ blankets/ diapers, last night we set up the stroller and had a look at the car seat. The in laws dropped off our crib and change table that they were storing for us. But I need to "take it easy" so I will be doing all the laundry slowly. I don't think the babies room will be "ready" per say ~ it will have a bed and carpet instead of fresh paint and hardwood floors like we had planned~? But I'm OK with that, I'm sure this baby will not hold it against us that the room was not "ready" for the big arrival!

Not much .....

Today is suppose to be a really nice day, too nice to be working inside if you ask me! ;) The long weekend is also suppose to be a nice one with a high of 28C on Sat!! I'm glad my mom and I are planning on going shopping that day, I won't have to worry about the heat in an air conditioned mall!! Although I haven't really been that hot throughout this entire pregnancy and for the most part I need to wear slippers and sweaters still? I guess my "oven" isn't on high? Speaking of ovens, I think ours is one step closer to going in to the dump! Last night I was cooking up chicken breasts for supper and even though I had the burner set to med it seemed to be cooking on high!? Which is the opposite from the oven, I have to add degrees to the cooking temp or add time to make sure things are cooked properly.

I don't feel 100% today, my ribs/ back is sore and my belly is tight. I think baby might be growing again? Being so close to my due date I sometimes get nervous when things feel different. On the DDC (due date club) forum I go on there has already been some early births of babies that were suppose to be due in June!! ? I don't think I will be one of them but everyone is surprised when I tell them that I plan on working up to or close to the due day!? I just don't think I would be very productive at home sitting around waiting for something to happen!? And this way I get to spend more time with baby after it is born! I am now down to counting days not weeks!! It sounds closer - 6 weeks vs. 43 days!! :o I can't wait to go shopping this weekend - hopefully I won't go too overboard on spending!! ;) I already told hubby that if he doesn't want to know the sex of baby then he can't see what I buy! I was also thinking that I wanted to make more dog biscuits (peanut butter ones) this weekend and maybe do some gardening. Although I will have to be kinda careful digging in the dirt in case any kitties decided to use my garden as a litter box! Last year I waited too long to buy my flowers (worried about frost) and there was hardly any left to choose from! This year I would like to be able to have a better pick but I'm still worried about frost so I might have to store them in the garage for a few weeks! ;)

Hospital tour

The new guy at work seems to be a very nosy man, as I write this I'm paranoid that he is looking over my shoulder to see what I am doing!! gesh - and he is kinda weird!? I'm glad I only have to work with him for another 5 weeks or so!? We will see how the customers like him but I honestly don't think too many people will.

So last night was baby class, this time we had to meet at the hospital and met one of the L&D nurses that works at that hospital. She talked for the first hour or so and then took half the class on a tour and the rest of us stayed behind to learn about PPD (postpartum depression). The L&D (labor & delivery) nurse was so funny!! I almost wanted to go on the tour just to hear what she had to say, even though we don't plan on using that hospital. One thing I learned about this hospital (the Grey Nuns) is that they have three different postpartum rooms - the first is a "semi-private" room where you share it with a room mate and your baby, this is a "free" room. The other room you can get is a "private" room for $40 a night which isn't a bad price (cheaper then a hotel) and you don't have a room mate, and she was saying that now they have "theme" rooms for $110 a night which include a phone/ TV and are painted a little nicer, o and they have a double bed instead of a hospital bed so your partner can sleep with you instead of on the cot. I am using a hospital that all rooms are private LDR rooms (labor, delivery and recovery) everything is in the one room, you don't get moved down the hall to a recovery room and your baby never leaves your side unless there is an emergency. It's a private room and free for everyone! I booked our tour with this hospital for June 2nd, we have to pay $5 for the tour which isn't bad I suppose and it is in the evening so I don't have to miss any more work.

Since we finished class a little early we stopped in at the in laws for a quick visit, hubby had to talk to FIL about the fence building project they are doing this weekend. It felt like a pretty rushed day yesterday so I'm glad that there are no plans for this evening. I just need to catch up on some house work - laundry and dishes. It's hard to stay on top of house work when you work 7 days a week and are too tired after a long day at work! I feel more tired now then I did throughout the entire pregnancy, probably because of the weight gain.

Weekend ....

Once again it was a busy weekend, full of racing - Friday after work I headed straight to the track for the Street Legal races. There were quite a few cars, probably more then the week before, fortunately though it seemed like everyone had somewhere else to be in the evening and the cars were leaving early, so we got out of there just before 11pm. Hubby headed straight to his quad rally thing (about a 3 hour drive) and I headed home. Saturday I went back to the track, it was a horrible race day, everything seemed to go wrong. Everything from the generator not starting and staying running to cars breaking and one even hit the wall!! Needless to say it was a super long day, we didn't even get to finish half of the program that was suppose to happen which meant that everything was to be carried over to Sunday! So Sunday was also a long day, we had to finish off the races that were started on Sat, plus do our regular races and we had the same issues as Sat - cars breaking and another one hit the wall!! :o Hopefully there aren't too many more accidents, it doesn't make the track look very good when there are accidents all the time, people will start to blame the track!?

So besides racing I didn't really do too much else, when I got home Sat after the crappy day at the track there was a gift bag at our back door. It was from my MIL - a "soon-to-be" mother's day gift!! There were 3 LED solar light things in the bag, I haven't seen them lite up yet but they look really nice!? Last night I thought it felt like this baby was trying to push my belly button out!! It actually kinda hurt, I wish I could tell the kid that it doesn't matter how much you push on the walls ... my belly just isn't going to get much bigger (hopefully)!? ;) I feel like baby is more active now then I have ever felt before, which I suppose is a good thing cause if I didn't feel much movement I would be super paranoid that something was wrong with our little one?! Tonight we have another baby class but this week is the hospital tour, I think we will go for the beginning of the class (the post-partum talk) but we won't stay for the tour - there is really no need to take a tour of a hospital that we won't be giving birth at!? Instead I am going to call my hospital today and book an appointment for that. I got woke up this morning with more leg cramps - they suck! I guess I didn't drink enough water yesterday, the worst part was that it was only about 15 minutes before my alarm was to go off so I just got up! :(

We have a new guy starting today at work, he is to be trained to replace me when I go on mat leave. I'm pretty sure I've worked with him before at another parts store, he's kinda weird!? He is has "American pride" which is totally fine, I guess but I just wish he would stop telling me about all his stories!? Even his cell phone rings the American anthem!? I feel like telling him that if he likes the States so much then why is he living in Canada!? I have Canadian pride and hate when "aliens" figure we need to change just to suit them!?

33 week doctor appt.

Today I had my 33rd week doctor appointment at 10:00am, so I came in to work for an hour then left and now I'm back at work! The appointment went well, my regular doctor was back from her vacation so things were a little slower then last time, my BP was 127/77 (not too bad), no protein or sugar in the urine and babies HB was 130bpm (a little low but maybe it was nap time?) Baby is still head down which is good but doesn't really matter too much at this point cause there is still lots of time for baby to do summer salts!? I asked the doctor about episiotomy's, which we were learning about in baby class, I would really like to avoid this procedure and only have it done if baby is in distress - which is exactly what she told me she does (only if baby is in distress). I booked my next four appointments, so the next one is in two weeks and then I go every week after that!! Next appointment is the GBS test (Group B Strep), which I have heard is common to test positive for and can be very harmful for the baby so if you test positive you will get shots every four hours before baby arrives.

There is racing again tonight and all weekend for that matter! However hubby decided to go on a quad rally out of town tomorrow instead of working at the track! :o I however will still go out and work Sat/ Sun, it's extra money - which is always nice~!! Speaking of money, I got my tax refund in the mail the other day, also for the full amount I figured out!! :) So that makes hubbies return over $1300 and my return was over $1900 - pretty good if I say so myself!! Still haven't got my pink slippy thing so I can get my registration but I can always just go in and pay for a sticker, it's not a huge deal. I also forgot to mention that the other day when I was grocery shopping I picked up some "Grapple's" they look like a apple but smell like grape Kool-Aid and have a slight grape flavor to them. They are pretty good, kinda like the apple pears or Asian pears - really juicy and not too sweet, although I'm not sure if I will buy them again - you only get 4 for $4 ? Kinda expensive and I think I like the apple pears better, but these were nice for a change? I've been working on my lists, one for what to pack in my bag, one for babies bag and one list of things I still need to buy in order to pack our bags! The lists really aren't' as long as I thought they would be which makes me wonder ..... am I forgetting something ? I don't really know what the "must haves" are? You know the things you must have before baby comes home! ? So far I've come up with:

1- car seat

2- diapers/ rubber pants

3- sleepers/ under shirts

4- coming home outfit

5- wipes/ lotions

6- bottles/ formula (just in case)

7- receiving blankets

and that's about all!? I don't want to buy too much until after my baby shower (which I'm still not sure if I will have one?) So if you think I missed something please help!! ;)

Hump Day!

It was grocery shopping day last night (10% Tuesday), I had to go by myself ~ which is usually fine cause I can take my time and it seems to be a little less stressful. I think I spent the most I have ever spent on groceries though ($300), maybe it's cause I'm pregnant and don't want to run out of things or maybe it's cause last month we went to a different grocery store then we usually do and didn't buy the things we normally buy!?

I'm a list person and more so now that I'm pregnant then I ever was before, I just enjoy being prepared I guess? So I was thinking, I need to make a list of all the things to pack in our bags (baby and mine), I also need to go through the things we already have for baby to see what I still "need" but it will be kinda hard to do that cause I have no where to put anything ~ till the room is done or at least the closet is cleaned out!? I also think I want to make a list of our regular bills, when they come in and for their approximate amounts, I think it will be easier to plan things and have a budget!?

Next month is when we need to renew our registration for our vehicles so hubby got his pink slippy thing in the mail like last week and yesterday he got his tax refund (for the full amount that I calculated which is great!) BUT I still have not got my pink slippy thing in the mail or my tax refund!?!? It makes me wonder if maybe some kid is stealing mail? Last year around this same time of year (tax refund time) people were complaining about lost mail. I wonder if some kid thought that my registration mail might have been a tax refund cause the envelopes kinda look the same? I think I will give it another week but if I still don't get my refund or registration in the mail I might have to make some phone calls!!!

This baby of ours is sure kicking up a storm! They say that since baby is bigger now (about 19" long and 4 1/2lbs) that there is less cushion from the water so babies head/ legs are closer to my skin making every movement much more pronounced! I think my nesting instincts are coming on fast, I feel the need to get things done (even though I have no time) next weekend I plan on going shopping for some of those last minute things that I think we still need, by then I will be starting my 35th week which makes me very anxious! I feel like it doesn't matter how much you plan - you still don't feel totally prepared for a new little one!?

2nd Baby class!

After my very grumpy day yesterday hubby took me out for supper before we headed to our baby class!! :) I hate trying to think of what to make for supper night after night and I'm not even that old yet, I can't imagine what it will be like when I'm 60!? :P

Baby class went well, we had to bring pillows to the class but we never even used them? Instead we just used the mats that they supply, I don't think we will bother bringing pillows anymore!? So last night we went over the different positions again, some of them I already know hubby doesn't like and we probably won't do them cause it will just cause more frustration then comfort. Then the ladies had to lay on the floor while the "partner" learned where all the pressure points were on our backs to help relieve some of the pressure that might be back there. I was just happy to be getting somewhat of a back massage, hopefully he remembers all to do all the rubbing and massaging when we are in the moment!? Then we watched a few videos on giving birth, one was on the different meds that you could have to help relieve the pain/ discomfort (like a epidural), the second movie was on c-sections. At first I must admit that I was all about having a epidural but now that we have seen the movie and I think I know more about it, I'm not sure if it would be the best thing? I would like to go into labor with an open mind and if I need pain relief I will know that there is always that option but I hate the idea of having to use forceps to assist the baby out. We also talked about packing our bag for the hospital and things we might need. I realized the other day that since I am at 33 weeks already that packing my bag and babies bag are things I should start thinking about but then I realized I don't have anything to pack even if I wanted too!?! I need to go shopping and first off buy a diaper bag so I can put everything in it, then I need to pick up some sleepers/ outfits cause the only ones I have at home are too big for a newborn and I need to pick up the cloth diapers at my MIL's house. I need to buy some of the basics like wipes and lotions, I now feel like I'm running out of time!? We haven't even taking the stroller/ car seat out of the box yet!

Next week we do the hospital tour but since the tour is not at the hospital we will be giving birth at I'm still undecided if we will go or not, apparently only half the class is for the tour and the other half we will be learning about post-partum which I think is kinda important!? I have a doctor appointment this Friday for my 33 week appointment and I think after I book my next appts (35 week and 37 week) I will also try and arrange a hospital tour on one of the same days as my doctor appt, since the hospital and my doctor are in the same city. Some of the ladies in our class were saying that after 30 weeks time slows down a bit, which I'm kinda hoping cause I feel like we have so much to do still and I know that the last 32 weeks flew by!

Weekend review

Wow - am I awfully grouchy today!! The day didn't quite start off good and has kinda been going to sh*t all day!! We were low on milk this morning and I guess hubby figured his hunger out weighed baby and mine so he finished off the milk, meaning I had no milk for my breakfast cereal!? grrrr So on the way to work I had to stop and pick up a small milk so I could eat my breakfast at work! Then at work my computer takes almost a half hour to boot up and of course the phone was ringing off the hook! Then my mouse wasn't working so we traded that for a different one and I decided to clean my desk to burn off some steam, so now I'm not as grumpy and I have a clean desk! But I feel like any minute now I could become grumpy again! :P

Anyway - my weekend was pretty good, Friday night we did end up racing - the first Street Legal race of the year! There were 118 cars that showed up, a good car count! Then Saturday and Sunday were the faster cars, I don't think there was as many cars as Friday but it was kinda nice that way cause then we got to take more breaks. Only one bad accident on Saturday, a roadster hit the wall and destroyed his car but he walked away OK. He probably won't be back for the rest of the year?! Friday night I had the worst leg cramp I have ever had in my life, it went from my butt cheek all the way to my ankle!! It was horrible and ever since my calves have been tender, especially in the evening, they seem to cramp up more then before which apparently is common in pregnancy and I kinda expected!? We have baby class again tonight, I'm not too sure what we are doing this class but we are suppose to bring two pillows ? Then tomorrow night is grocery shopping day and of course it seems like we are out of everything so it will probably be a big bill! That's about all that's new (I think?) -- it's pretty busy at work today so I have to keep it short!

1st Race of the year

Today is the first Street Legal race of the year, or at least they are going to try and get a race going!? It was suppose to be nice out, with a high of +15 but it is very cloudy right now and I can't imagine it getting that nice out unless the sun comes out?! So after I'm done at work I will head to the track and wait to see if the races are a go!? My only concern with going out there is meals, they also want to try and have racing on Saturday and Sunday as well so that means I need figure out what I'm doing for supper tonight and lunches Sat/Sun! ? It wouldn't be so bad if I wasn't on a restricted diet and could just grab a burger at the concession but I think if I was to do that it would send me straight back to the hospital with another gallbladder attack. And seeing's how there isn't really a lunch room with a microwave or even toaster oven I think I am stuck eating sandwiches? I can't think of anything else that is low fat and doesn't need to be warmed up, unless I just eat fruits and veggies but I think I'm going to want more then that, something warm would be nice considering it is still chilly after the sun goes down! I guess I'll figure it out but it's times like this that make me wish that Fridays and weekends were "cheat" days that I didn't have to think about diet and I could just stop at McDonalds!?

I'm kinda grumpy today, I think my emotions are starting to get the best of me, things that never really bothered me too much seem to be building up and I feel like I'm going to pop .... emotionally! Last night when I took the dog for a walk I was extremely frustrated with her, she is a little aggressive towards other dogs - I don't think she means to come across as a complete b*tch, I'm sure she just wants to play with them and she never used to be as bad as she is now or maybe I just notice it more cause I'm worried about walking her and the stroller at the same time!? So anyway ... last night we go for a walk down one of the trails close to home and of course there are other dogs that walk this trial so she sees one and starts growling (which I could handle) but then she starts pulling, which wouldn't be so bad if she wasn't a 90lb Rottweiler and I wasn't 8 months pregnant! So I sit her down, give her crap for being so aggressive and just as we get up to go again another dog comes around the corner and gets her going again! I have a pinch collar for her, which is like a choke chain but has little teeth like things on the inside that pinch her when she pulls but when she gets excited I swear her neck thickens and she doesn't even feel the pinch. I have to wait for her to settle down a bit before I pull the leash, then she makes a little yelp. I just don't think I will be able to handle her and the stroller when she acts up and I don't see things getting any better over the next 7 weeks!? I also don't see my hubby helping me out with her either, he never goes for walks with me even though they are usually only 20 -30min walks. I think I'm just frustrated, I feel like there is so much to do and we have so many things planned for this summer and then I have the worry of my pay getting chopped in half but I still want to fix things this summer.

I called AB health today to get a new card cause I can't seem to find mine since hubby took it to the hospital the first time I had a gallbladder attack and I think it might be something I need soon! So while I was on the phone with the lady I asked about adding a dependant when baby is born and how we do that?! It was super easy - they pretty much do it for you ... you just have to call and tell them what babies name is but I was so shocked at the price!? I'm not sure what I was expecting, I guess I thought that since they are a little person that the health coverage on them would be little too but no .... it costs the same for a dependant as it does for an adult so that means that for a family of 3 our health care bill is going to be almost $400 every 3 months!! :o I don't think we would qualify for subsidy cause I make more then the minimum never mind adding hubbies income! It sucks - I can't imagine what large families do!? Here is just another reason to not have any more kids .... it's just too expensive!

stiff and sore

I didn't get a very good sleep last night but there really isn't much new about that, I don't think I've had a full nights sleep since I was 3 months pregnant!? Lately my neck has been stiff and sore which leads to a headache and a all around crappy feeling! I don't expect it to get any better even after baby is born. Lack of sleep usually leads to tension in the neck which leads to headaches and I don't expect to get deep sleep once baby is here, just little "power purrs"!

FIL came over again last night and helped work on the basement, I think they are now finished mudding and sanding. Which is great cause not only does that mean we are one step closer to putting paint on the walls but the amount of dust in the house will be next to nothing now! I can't wait to dust off my washer and dryer and not have to worry about dropping an item of clothing on the dusty floor while trying to get all my clean clothes into the dryer! I figure maybe by mid-May we will be working on the baby room? It's hard to say for sure though, with summer here it seems like every weekend is booked with something - either working at the track, helping family (build a fence/ roof a house), going quading or a wedding and those are just the things I remember going on !! And during the week we work so there really isn't too much time to start projects at 7:00 at night or we have our baby class!? It's quite overwhelming - I'm not worried that it won't get done but I'm just not sure everything will get done before baby is here!? O - well! ?