Day 1384: Thirty-one weeks and counting
No, I didn't skip a week. But my pregnancy "weeks" roll over on Tuesday, so if I post on a Sunday I post at the end of the "week" and if I post after Tuesday I post in the next "week", and where I am it's Wednesday, so...here goes!
Check-in:
Spirituality! Continues to make steady improvement, so I am pleased. I am getting better at meditating and praying. Scripture study continues to be steady, as is brush calligraphy practice (which I find meditative). Also I have been practicing sight reading on the piano, so that's been good.
Fitness! Has been better now that the weather is nicer. On Sunday, Cody and I went for a walk with the dogs, and that was pretty awesome, but oh man my hips were killing me before the end. Maybe a mile is a bit much? I usually only walk half a mile or so in a given day when I walk to get lunch and back from the office.
Tidiness! Has continued to be all right. Cody and I did MASSES of packing on Saturday, Sunday, and Monday, so GO TEAM! We have thrown out a lot. Also I've walked down memory lane a lot. Also Cody watched an ep of Marie Kondo's show and went on a clothes-culling spree.
The good:
CODY PASSED! He defended his dissertation successfully on Monday. So many people showed up to support him - my parents, his parents, one of his undergrad professors, and of course a bunch of his lab mates. I was the spouse with the mostest and brought gourmet treats, and I was very supportive, kept him supplied with diet Coke during his presentation. It lasted for an hour and I barely understood it, but I was there! After we went to dinner with our parents, I think the first time both sets of parents were together since the wedding, and that was pretty good. My mother-in-law brought me baby clothes sent by some of her side of the family, and she also bought some more cute outfits for our little girl. She is so excited, but then this little girl will be her first grandchild, so there you go.
I am now married to Dr. Cody. He doesn't think much of it, but he worked long and hard and I am proud of him. He still has to get through the final bureaucratic stuff, but he can do it.
Cody and I got a lot of packing done, and that's huge. Super, super huge. I triaged all the baby supplies so the necessities will be handy instead of in storage when we move.
We had a lot of fun watching the fights, and also we had a nice supper with our neighbor, massive loaded baked potatoes for St. Patrick's Day. Also the weather has been much nicer, so I've been able to roll around town with my windows down and also go on a walk with the dogs.
Work was super chill last week, and I took Friday off to celebrate my working at the office for five years (and then I'm quitting in a few months, but oh well).
Also, I ran into one of my old clients at the courthouse. She's doing awesome now - she's a cheerleader and in the National Honor Society. And, after six and a half years and three appeals, her father, who abused her and her older half sisters terribly, was finally sentenced on his criminal conviction. Twenty-five to life. Chances are he'll appeal it again. But my girl got closure, and I am happy for her. That squirrelly bastard will probably appeal, but my girl got what she needed, and she has flourished since my case closed, and I'm really proud of her. There aren't many parents who I work with who I consider monstrous, but that girl's father was one of them, and I am glad justice has finally been served. Apparently when he was sentenced for abusing her older half sisters decades ago, all he got was six years. One of the older sisters spoke at sentencing, and she was pleased to see that justice was served as well.
The bad:
It's a good thing work was chill last week, because on Monday morning I fainted. I was at the post office, and suddenly I felt super hot and like my heart was racing and it was hard to breathe and there were spots in my vision and I thought, If I concentrate really hard, I'll be fine.
And then I woke up on the floor. The postal clerk on duty panicked, but another clerk had paramedic training, and the fire station was just a couple blocks away anyway, so I was well taken care of till the EMTs arrived. I had hoped to let Cody sleep in so he could be well-rested for his defense, but instead he was awakened by a phone call from a stranger telling him his wife had fainted. The EMTs checked me over and couldn't find anything wrong, but given my "delicate condition" recommended I go to the ER, so my husband took me to the ER, only the ER sent me up to L&D, so I hung out there for a couple hours while people monitored me and the baby.
I felt lousy for about two days after, but thankfully by head CT came back clear, and also I don't have gestational diabetes - I took the test the week before - but it was not a great start to the week.
Thankfully, work was chill and I had a day off, and also the concert I'd planned on going to was canceled and then rescheduled, which was good because I had a lousy headache that day and also another friend can come to the concert as a result.
Work continues to be insane. Two of my boys who hang out with each other ended up in baby jail because they're using like crazy - literally off the charts - and are putting themselves in danger.
...They also had plans to run off to Mexico, which might not have made me laugh except they don't speak Spanish. They have Mexican heritage but don't speak Spanish, and since they skip school all the time they're not getting anywhere trying to learn it.
Also, I got news that one of my adoptive placements blew. The foster parents - who are also relatives of the kids in their care - texted the caseworker tonight and demanded the kids be removed (and they're some of my nicest, sweetest, least troublesome clients). The caseworker called me to tell me...literally minutes after I'd left from a visit with the kids, who told me all about how happy they are where they're living and they want to stay there forever and will their case close soon please?
Just gut-wrenching.
Oh well.
Twelve more days at this job. I will survive.
I am failing to find words for my bigger projects, but smaller pieces are keeping the words flowing, and I'm making some headway on a different bigger project through the Master Class I'm taking, so that's encouraging.
Here goes!