Weekend update
Friday night after work we went over to kashent's place for movie night with Dan & Erin, tdanner, and his wife Carrie. We got to introduce Neel to the zaniness that is Labyrinth as it turned out he'd never seen it before. That has now been remedied :) Erin was evil and taunted me horribly by bringing a bottle of Blackthorn hard cider (this being cider that comes in a wine-type bottle, rather than in a six-pack -- I'd never seen it before). I had a sip of Andrew's, determined that it was quite good, and then successfully resisted the urge to have a glass of my own. I don't drink much or very often generally, but I do like my alcohol once in a while. Giving it up completely for 9 months is somewhat frustrating, especially as there's no conclusive evidence that small amounts occasionally are unsafe. Heck, my doctor said I could have an occasional glass of something once in a while, but I've read "no amount of alcohol has been proven to be safe" so many times that it has me a bit spooked. Whee! Being pregnant really is a minefield -- trying to figure out which rules/restrictions need to be followed to the letter and which can be bent occasionally, or even what the rules and restrictions actually are! They all vary from book to book and from person to person you talk to. Even the doctors disagree with each other on some things.
Saturday Andrew got a haircut and then he was kind enough to accompany me on a shopping trip to look for shirts to wear for DragonCon. I'm not particularly proud of my tummy right now -- I'm not really showing yet, but my tummy is flabbier than it really needs to be, and I'm not thrilled with the idea of walking around with bits of it showing. And it's only going to get bigger from here. Thus, shopping for non-midriff-baring shirts was required, as most of the cute form-fitting tees I have are short enough that they leave an inch or two gap between the bottom of the shirt and the top of my pants/skirts/whatever. We struck out in the first couple of places we looked, but eventually success was had and I ended up with 4 new shirts. :)
I also took my belly button piercing out on Saturday. I have finally given up on it. It's been looking worse instead of better since I had the flexible stuff put in (the top hole got all irritated, too, and it had previously been fine), so now I am just letting it heal up. So far it doesn't hurt at all, though I am still treating the area gingerly because I keep forgetting that there's nothing there now for me to catch and yank on. I assume from the lack of pain that it's not abscessing and is healing up like it should. I'd like to have it re-pierced sometime down the road -- hopefully a re-do will behave better.
Sunday we went to the grocery store, and then min_phoenix came over and dyed my hair for me. So I no longer have two inches of roots and my hairs are all bright red again! :) Yay! :) I feel much more attractive now than I did before, even without getting a hair cut (which I had also intended to do this weekend, but it didn't end up happening). Hair dye is another one of those things that some people consider questionable for a pregnant woman, but everything I've read says it's probably safe, and if you are worried, just don't dye during the first trimester. I asked my doc last week if it was okay to dye my hair, and her response was along the lines of "Honey, there are pregnant women who work in hair salons for their entire pregnancies, and their babies are fine. You can handle a little hair dye."
kashent also stopped by briefly yesterday afternoon to futz with our computers a bit. I think all the data Andrew wanted has been copied from his old hard drive to the new one now. After dinner, I spent the evening futzing with the demo version of Heroes of Might & Magic V. It's a decent game, but the little bit I played doesn't seem all that different from IV (aside from having animated cut scenes, which aren't even all that spectacular). Of course, there was no game manual or tutorial for me to go through, so I might be missing some things. It'll likely get picked up at some point, but I'm not sure it's worth paying $50 for right now.
Saturday Andrew got a haircut and then he was kind enough to accompany me on a shopping trip to look for shirts to wear for DragonCon. I'm not particularly proud of my tummy right now -- I'm not really showing yet, but my tummy is flabbier than it really needs to be, and I'm not thrilled with the idea of walking around with bits of it showing. And it's only going to get bigger from here. Thus, shopping for non-midriff-baring shirts was required, as most of the cute form-fitting tees I have are short enough that they leave an inch or two gap between the bottom of the shirt and the top of my pants/skirts/whatever. We struck out in the first couple of places we looked, but eventually success was had and I ended up with 4 new shirts. :)
I also took my belly button piercing out on Saturday. I have finally given up on it. It's been looking worse instead of better since I had the flexible stuff put in (the top hole got all irritated, too, and it had previously been fine), so now I am just letting it heal up. So far it doesn't hurt at all, though I am still treating the area gingerly because I keep forgetting that there's nothing there now for me to catch and yank on. I assume from the lack of pain that it's not abscessing and is healing up like it should. I'd like to have it re-pierced sometime down the road -- hopefully a re-do will behave better.
Sunday we went to the grocery store, and then min_phoenix came over and dyed my hair for me. So I no longer have two inches of roots and my hairs are all bright red again! :) Yay! :) I feel much more attractive now than I did before, even without getting a hair cut (which I had also intended to do this weekend, but it didn't end up happening). Hair dye is another one of those things that some people consider questionable for a pregnant woman, but everything I've read says it's probably safe, and if you are worried, just don't dye during the first trimester. I asked my doc last week if it was okay to dye my hair, and her response was along the lines of "Honey, there are pregnant women who work in hair salons for their entire pregnancies, and their babies are fine. You can handle a little hair dye."
kashent also stopped by briefly yesterday afternoon to futz with our computers a bit. I think all the data Andrew wanted has been copied from his old hard drive to the new one now. After dinner, I spent the evening futzing with the demo version of Heroes of Might & Magic V. It's a decent game, but the little bit I played doesn't seem all that different from IV (aside from having animated cut scenes, which aren't even all that spectacular). Of course, there was no game manual or tutorial for me to go through, so I might be missing some things. It'll likely get picked up at some point, but I'm not sure it's worth paying $50 for right now.