After an almost 2 month hiatus, I'm back. I wanted to leave my tribute up to my favourite fur baby for an appropriate amount of time and I also haven't much felt like blogging for the last little while. Today is an especially slow day at work (I'm ahead!) so I'm taking advantage and will update on the activities going on in the past few months!
So, to start - we are feeling much better about our loss of Winston. We've done a really good clean, my Mom has picked up his toys etc. that were still around and we're both feeling a lot better. Of course we still miss him terribly but life has taken on a new "norm" that we're both ok with. I'd much rather have him around, but knowing that he's better off in doggie heaven is not just an "I should think" it's an "I do think" which is a huge difference and makes for a much more positive feeling overall.
We went on a trip to Cuba for 1 week back in early March and it was great! The weather was awesome (6.5 out of 7 of sunny days) what more could a white ass Canadian want? Alex fried, I tanned and we soaked up the salty sea water and sunshine. We also got to see a really cool tropical storm which came up to the beach with no warning and literally took the resort to town. There were coconuts flying off trees, a sandstorm and pretty much everything that wasn't nailed down was in the air. I guess it was most exciting because we didn't get hit by anything and could go to our room and watch rather than participate. So those were the highlights. The low lights were as follows: food sucked, our first room was crummy but we got moved, I barfed on the plane on the way home while wearing a zip-up hoodie that I threw up all over (underneath I was wearing a tube top with no bra - beautiful site) and lastly, we waited like 2 hours for our luggage when we got home at 2 a.m. so we we didn't get out of the airport until 4 a.m. or something - it was sick.
What else have I been up to? A whole bunch of nothing! Of course, we're still stupid busy on weekends but the weekdays are nice and quiet. They mostly consist of eating and laying around which I quite enjoy! Who knew that a former busy-body running from place to place could still still for 5 hours watching "Grey's Anatomy" on the internet? PS - Grey's Anatomy is awesome and I'm really pissed about the season finale or whatever that was with the ridiculous singing episode. I thought I might throw up while watching it. Thank God Christina didn't sing - I think I would have lost my mind. So far during my pregnancy we've watched the following shows from beginning to end: Lost, Grey's Anatomy & United States of Tara. All excellent and highly recommended. Pre-pregnancy we also watched Dexter which was awesome and also is recommended.
Work wise we had the Spring Open House on Saturday, March 26 and it was a super huge hit. We doubled our student turn out and had about 5,000 people in total at both campuses. Since I was the organizer on my team I got a lot of brownie points for that one! It was a long ass day (there at 7 a.m. and home at 4 p.m. ) but thankfully my lover came and volunteered at the event and slugged all the heavy stuff around for me. Thanks love!
Baby update - about 3 weeks ago I had a mini (ok, full blown) heart attack when I found out that the little man was approximately 14 inches already. Measure that - that is HUGE - then I started investigating and most babies are between 19 and 24 inches when they come out. Oh great - can't wait! Bleck. In general though, my pregnancy has been fabulous; other than heart burn and a lack of sleep due to having to move my sleeping operation (3 pillows strategically placed) every time I need to get comfortable I have no complaints. The baby's heart beat is normal, my blood pressure, sugar and all that stuff is normal and I haven't gained 100 lbs so all is good in the hood. Right now I'm 29 weeks and 5 days, baby's head is down bum is on my right up top and all his kicks and punches occur on my left side below my ribs or down in my "area" which isn't very enjoyable. He specifically enjoys punching me in the colon which is oh so lovely. I'm sitting in a meeting minding my own business and then "whamo!" I jump and everyone looks at me and I smile. They think it's just a cute little kick that I'm overreacting about. Little did they know that I just got ass punched.
Oh and we've 99% decided on a name "Noah Alexander Orval Powell" meaning - "Peaceful, Warrior, Spear-Strength, Eminent". Pretty awesome and I think a nice mix of tough guy and sweetie pie. Just what we want in a man! Alexander is obviously Alex's name and is also his Grandad's name who we both love and respect a ton. Grandad was in both World Wars, was drafted to the Leaf's as a goalie, loves mini-Mac's (think Big Mac toppings on a cheeseburger), he is a man of few words but when he says something you can be sure it's something you'll want to hear. He is a beautiful man! Orval is my grandpa's name (Dad's Dad) who was one of my very favourite men that every roamed this Earth. He was a lover of fruits and vegetables, puttering, apple pie with cheese, practical jokes, laughing until he cried and being outside. The man was a gem and someone all men should aspire to be like!
Ok, so I think that's enough now! I'm also really happy that I know of 3 other ladies that are pregnant so I'm not the only one now. I'm the only one who will be giving birth in approx. 70 days but at least I've got some other maternity leave friends. :-) OHHHHHH and speaking of maternity - I have a super sweet deal. I'm off from June 17, 2011 until September 4, 2012.
BAM!
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