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I'm a little stunned that we're bringing the 2nd week of April to a close (and, of course, it's Friday the 13th!). I have been busy, but not super busy. Perhaps it would be more fair to say that my head's been a blur. Of course I'm juggling multiple projects, including my staples - school, the BBF, volunteering and social responsibilities and I've started walking again. I'm exhausted all the time, but recently my energy levels have picked up enough to let me get my walking in.
Although, before this turns into a pitiful whine-fest, let me also add that I'm home by 6:30pm and relaxing about 99% of my evenings, so, I do keep a balance.
I'm sorry that I haven't written down more about my adventures in Arizona, but it was a pretty great week. I loved spending that time with my family and getting home just in time for spring to arrive here. We've been having the typical crazy sunny-windy-rainy-sunny weather patterns, but it's at least touching over 50 degrees, which is an important step.
I'm sorry that I haven't been sharing my experiences with my pregnancy, but really, the symptoms have been mild, and it's all incubation time. I'm moody and quick tempered (even though I valiantly try to moderate it). I cry over retarded shit (which is embarrassing). No really, I cried over a pet food commercial. Seriously. Plus, there is some seriously unglamorous stuff about pregnancy, well beyond the whole morning sickness thing. Which hasn't really been an issue for me. But, constipation? Yeah. Totally never saw that coming. Oh, and the constant fear that burns in your brain until you can't breathe. I had to turn it off, finally. It was keeping me from living for about a week and so I finally just put it into the hands of the divine. But, that's the nutshell version of the last 3 weeks. I'll be 10 wks on Sunday and that means only 30 to go, lol. My folks finally got the announcements in the mail, so I finally announced on Facebook. Everyone is glad save my darkness, but I saw that coming. I mourn it, but I must move forward. I'm secretly hoping that he'll come around because he loves me. More importantly, J is excited. He has big plans and great dreams for adoring his tic-tac (as he's come to call it), and I love it. He's been a super hero, picking up the cat litter cleaning chores. It seems like he does all the chores around the house, but any time I offer to do something or just go ahead and do it, he gets annoyed. He says 1) I do it wrong and 2) it keeps him from being bored to tears on weekends. Well, hell, I'm not going to argue with that. In that regards, I try to just count my blessings and do the other things that must be done.
If we are being honest here, which is typically my primary focus, I'm only updating here and now because it means I'm not doing homework for the law, ethics or strategy classes that I'm taking this quarter. The classes are good, they're just not that difficult, though the work is intensive. Whew, glad to get that off my chest ;)