Yucky Weekend
What a rotten weekend. I’ve had a sore throat and a cough all weekend. Today I have no voice. Erik is very concerned about me losing my voice and wants to call everyone we know to ask them if they can help me find it. Silly kid.
As much as it sucks, though, it is MUCH MUCH MUCH better than morning sickness. There’s always that.
Are any of you watching FlashForward? I thought it was supposed to be great, but thus far I am pretty bored. I doubt I’ll continue watching it much longer. Just like Project Runway! What a horrible season. I don’t think I’ll even watch the finale. I can find out the winner from the Project Rungay blog and it will be much more entertaining to read their take than watch the show. Thanks, Lifetime, for ruining the best reality show on television!
I am on the verge of calling a cleaning company and getting someone in here to do a one time spring clean of the house–dust, vacuum, bathrooms, baseboards, and so forth. I’ve been feeling poorly for so long that things are out of control. Mike has been working more than ever, and when he gets home I am feeling so bad that I prefer him to take Erik instead of cleaning the house. It seems like if we could just get a fresh start with all the rooms being really clean, maybe I could keep up with it after I get over this cold. Our big plan for the weekend was to clean like maniacs, but obviously that didn’t happen. I barely got out of bed yesterday.
I also really need to return the holiday sweater I got for Erik and get a smaller size. Bah humbug! Normally I would just keep it so he could grow into it, but I don’t want him looking like a slob in his holiday photo. I have finally learned, after four years of motherhood, that it is ok if they look a little slobby when you first buy them new clothes because that means the clothes will last longer. Can’t do it for the pictures though. Just can’t.
I guess I also need to make an appointment to have portraits done, which is another bah humbug moment. Mainly because I am sick and tired and don’t want to think of everything I need to do. Last week I was so full of energy for the first time in forever, and now I am back in my “I’m sick and overwhelmed mode.” Hopefully this cold will be short lived and I will be back to myself very soon.
This year has been so crazy! It feels like I haven’t been normal since my birthday in March. We were so sick for so long with (I suspect) H1N1 and pneumonia, then we went on vacation and I couldn’t handle the stress of my sister being herself, then we got home and found out I was pregnant, then it was months of prenatal vitamin sickness.
I look into the future and see a few years of sleep deprivation and catering to the needs of a caterwauling infant. I might have energy again before my 40th birthday.
Speaking of the infant, I was looking through the baby name book and can’t find a single name for a boy or girl that I even remotely like. Other than Kai, of course, which Mike will never agree to. Maybe once we know the gender and I start feeling the baby moving around more I’ll feel more connected to this pregnancy, but at the moment I am kind of ignoring the reality of a baby on the way.