8 weeks to go

8 weeks left and there's still some stuff left to do, but not too much. I'm hoping I can get Jason's help today with hanging mirrors, pictures, the quilt rod and some shelves. While I could do it on my own it's easier with help. And then we just go back to waiting for Ikea to get that crib back in stock - sigh.

Yesterday I picked up the second side-table to go next to my couch. I freaking LOVE having side tables. The old futon had wooden arms I could put a drink on and I really missed that with the new couch. Especially now as it's very challenging to reach forward to grab a drink off the coffee table. And I'm guessing that won't get any easier when I'm holding the baby instead of carrying it internally.

I'm holding up okay. For the last week or so I've been waking every 2 hours like clockwork. I get up, pee, and maybe get back to sleep after, or toss and turn for some time. So I'm not functioning real well. I actually missed a cooking class last week that we'd paid for because I was just too out of it to remember I'd signed up. I'm kicking myself now and have decided that I'm not allowed to sign up for any more classes as I simply can't remember anything.

Someone asked if I can see my feet... no. Not sure when I stopped being able to see them as I hadn't looked until this morning. The weight seems to be hovering in the 150-152 mark. Puts me a little under the minimum suggested weight for this stage *shrug*. It's not like I'm not eating. I feel like I'm eating all the time. 154-162 is the suggested weight for this week. Also, a few weeks ago I officially went from innie to outie. I meant to post when it happened but I kept forgetting. I'm really hoping when this is all done that I can discipline myself and get on a good diet and exercise program and shed the pounds I've put on since starting University. I'd like to be somewhere in the 120-125 range. I was 115-120 in high school but I don't think that is an achievable or reasonable goal, so we'll aim for early university weight. That's only 10-15 lbs off my pre-pregnancy weight so I think it's a reasonable goal.

Last night when I was trying to fall asleep I had an itch on my belly. When I scratched it I got kicked REALLY HARD from inside. I stopped, the kicking stopped, when I scratched *boot*. I think I was tickling her feet - heh.

My back is pretty much sore all the time. I've been seeing the chiropractor, but it's hard for her to adjust my injured spot because it's right behind the baby. The hips go weird every couple of weeks too but she's been able to fix those just fine. My wrists occasionally get buggered if I spend a day doing something hard on them (working with lots of power tools for example) but she can fix those right up too. Every once in a while the muscles on the underside of the belly start to hurt, I think it's when the baby sits really low and stretches them. It stings, but eventually she moves and it goes away. I've got my sense of balance back. My ankles haven't swollen up at all yet. I still get the occasional bit of mild heartburn, but it seems to be helped by just eating smaller meals all the time and never letting my tummy get empty. I'm having a hard time getting comfortable enough to sleep, but I've just got to suck it up. Really, as pregnancy goes I've got the mildest of symptoms. I just might be able to do this again. Of course we'll have to revisit that suggestion after I go through delivery.

The birthing classes are going okay. They gave us exercises to do and of course I've done nothing. I really should get on that. If I do it for 8 weeks that should help. If I leave it much longer though there won't be much benefit. They also talked about nutrition, but I can't be bothered tracking every little thing I eat. There's been a lot of propaganda, including a video of a 1982 news report questioning the safety of ultrasounds. First of all, every woman in that room is too late in the process to decide not to subject their offspring to ultrasound, so why fear-monger? Second, if you can't find any news report that is younger than the people taking the class, maybe it's a sign that there wasn't any actual news there. So far the only thing we're really learning is how well we know each other and how well we already know how to work together. They mostly focus on relaxation, and how the coach can help the woman relax. Jason already knows plenty of techniques to calm me down, so I'm not sure how much benefit we'll actually get from this. Hopefully it will get better in a few weeks when we get to the sessions on labour. The teacher is pretty useless. She's trying, but I can't help think that I'd get just as much by just reading the textbook and saving myself a drive to her house.

I think I've killed enough time this morning. Off to get some chores done.

How long does it take to get a haircut?

Today I told Jason to go and get a haircut. We need to have our passport photos taken and he looks decidedly shaggy. Though really that's just a convenient excuse to make him go do it and not wait another month or two until it's hanging in his eyes instead of looking vaguely like a tribble landed on his head, which is how it looks now. Did I mention Jason hates going and getting his hair cut? I'm not sure if it's the wasted time, the actual hair-cutting act or just having to spend money on himself that he hates, but he certainly does avoid it like the plague. I think he gets 4 haircuts a year, if I pressure him. About the only thing he avoids with more efficiency is going to the doctor and actually discussing problems with the doctor instead of having a routine physical and saying "everything's fine".

Anyway, his instructions were to go get a haircut and then stop at Wal-Mart on the way home and pick up a small list of grocery items. Nothing too challenging really, and not an enormous week's worth of food shopping list or anything. Just the ingredients for one simple meal. Most of which is in the produce section. It's been over two hours. Maybe coming up on three. I know he left some time after 3pm but before 3:30. His plan was not to actually go further than about 3 blocks from our house, so the travel time should be 5 or 10 minutes depending on the lights. Do haircuts really take that long? Is he lost and overwhelmed at Wal-Mart? Or should I actually be getting worried about him?

I'm hoping he comes back soon because there's someone on Craigslist selling a Tripp Trapp chair for a pretty good price. It's not the exact colour I wanted, but it is my second choice and at less than half of retail it's a pretty good bargain. But she's got other interested parties and isn't willing to hold it for me. If he gets home soonish I might get the chair. If he stays out another hour it will probably be sold. Ah well, if I don't get it, then it wasn't in the cards I guess.