A long update full of random venting and excitement
My first appointment with the midwives is this afternoon. Then I need to run to the Driver's License Bureau with an insane amount of identification from all the way back to my birth so I can prove that Ohio was not stupid and gave me a license without proof that I am a US Citizen and I can drive. Seriously - this is my fourth state and I've never needed so much - they want my marriage license! Wouldn't it be impossible for me to get my license under a certain name in any state unless I had proof it was mine? So wouldn't my previous driver's license be enough, like it was in North Carolina and Ohio?
Anyway. LOL
I'm really excited for the appointment - once I made the appointment with the midwives, I felt so much...lighter. The OB I visited first was nice, and he was professional, but my instinct was throwing red flags, so I don't know...and that clinic is supposed to be the best in the Nashville area. They have a full clinic since they are at the hospital, so when I talk to the midwife, I may be scheduling my anatomy scan there and canceling the other appointment. I just have a feeling the one with the OB will go badly. I don't know.
Part of my hesitation, I think (though I was wary before this) was that I asked for more strips and lancets for my glucose monitor - I had GD the last pregnancy and I was told I'd be treated like I had it every time now. Plus I've been having issues off and on with my blood sugar - sometimes it dips low, and other times, I eat hardly anything and I can feel the sugar coursing through my veins. So I wanted to monitor that for my own health. He was willing to make me take progesterone shots "just in case" but not worry about my blood sugar...? He just looked at me like I was crazy, chuckled, and then gave me a prescription that said "stripes and lancets for diabetes monitor" - which I'm pretty sure wouldn't fly with the pharmacist. Then he told me another medicine I needed was OTC, which it wasn't, and it took two days for the office to call the prescription in.
Ugh. Done whining. Must. Stop.
Ezra is standing in front of me and I guess I'm not watching him closely enough because he got a black washable crayola marker from his big brother and sucked on it - I took it away, but I didn't notice his mouth is rimmed in black. Gabe is making two scribbles on each piece of paper, and I'm pretty sure I could wallpaper with the pictures he's given me so far.
Yesterday afternoon I spent quite a bit of time unpacking and cleaning, so the house is looking slightly better. The worst part right now is my office, but my parents are coming Wednesday night and I want the living areas to be livable first.
I also got several special orders since Sunday and several more in-stock orders, and I'm very excited to have my custom slots filled for the week and for business to be picking up again. My products are just not geared toward Christmas, but if I had planned ahead, I could have made them more gifting-friendly. So December was a little slow, but not too bad. If it continues like this, we'll end the month in really good shape.
I have to finish spinning 4 ounces of BFL wool fiber for my mom's Christmas present (I have a little left - maybe 1/3 ounce - to spin and then I'll ply it.) Then I have another 4 ounces to spin for my SIL that needs to go home with my mom this weekend. I'm knitting up a very simple washable wool ribbed cowl for my dad, since he actually wears the black one I made him last year. If I have time, I'll make one for my brother too, with yarn from my stash. I'll probably be spending a lot of time waiting today, in waiting rooms and at the license bureau, so I'll have time to work then. :P
Anyway. LOL
I'm really excited for the appointment - once I made the appointment with the midwives, I felt so much...lighter. The OB I visited first was nice, and he was professional, but my instinct was throwing red flags, so I don't know...and that clinic is supposed to be the best in the Nashville area. They have a full clinic since they are at the hospital, so when I talk to the midwife, I may be scheduling my anatomy scan there and canceling the other appointment. I just have a feeling the one with the OB will go badly. I don't know.
Part of my hesitation, I think (though I was wary before this) was that I asked for more strips and lancets for my glucose monitor - I had GD the last pregnancy and I was told I'd be treated like I had it every time now. Plus I've been having issues off and on with my blood sugar - sometimes it dips low, and other times, I eat hardly anything and I can feel the sugar coursing through my veins. So I wanted to monitor that for my own health. He was willing to make me take progesterone shots "just in case" but not worry about my blood sugar...? He just looked at me like I was crazy, chuckled, and then gave me a prescription that said "stripes and lancets for diabetes monitor" - which I'm pretty sure wouldn't fly with the pharmacist. Then he told me another medicine I needed was OTC, which it wasn't, and it took two days for the office to call the prescription in.
Ugh. Done whining. Must. Stop.
Ezra is standing in front of me and I guess I'm not watching him closely enough because he got a black washable crayola marker from his big brother and sucked on it - I took it away, but I didn't notice his mouth is rimmed in black. Gabe is making two scribbles on each piece of paper, and I'm pretty sure I could wallpaper with the pictures he's given me so far.
Yesterday afternoon I spent quite a bit of time unpacking and cleaning, so the house is looking slightly better. The worst part right now is my office, but my parents are coming Wednesday night and I want the living areas to be livable first.
I also got several special orders since Sunday and several more in-stock orders, and I'm very excited to have my custom slots filled for the week and for business to be picking up again. My products are just not geared toward Christmas, but if I had planned ahead, I could have made them more gifting-friendly. So December was a little slow, but not too bad. If it continues like this, we'll end the month in really good shape.
I have to finish spinning 4 ounces of BFL wool fiber for my mom's Christmas present (I have a little left - maybe 1/3 ounce - to spin and then I'll ply it.) Then I have another 4 ounces to spin for my SIL that needs to go home with my mom this weekend. I'm knitting up a very simple washable wool ribbed cowl for my dad, since he actually wears the black one I made him last year. If I have time, I'll make one for my brother too, with yarn from my stash. I'll probably be spending a lot of time waiting today, in waiting rooms and at the license bureau, so I'll have time to work then. :P