sleepy and moody

Holla!

I have been ever so blessed not having any sickness during the first 6 weeks of my pregnancy (fingers crossed that continues). I think I would have a melt down if I felt nauseous constantly - you all know this girl loves to eat!

What I have been dealt is EXTREME tiredness and I'm a little moodier than normal.
The extreme tiredness probably has something to do with teaching Pilates and working, but the tough part is Pilates gives me energy after I'm doing it, just not inbetween.
I've been so pooped that I've been getting into bed as soon as I get home (usually between 8:00 and 9:00 p.m.) and reading until I pass out. I then sleep through my alarm and wake up at 7:45 a.m. and have 30 minutes to get out of the house. GOOD TIMES!! LOL. I also left work early one day to go home and nap. I just couldn't bare another 5 hours at work! It also helped that Alex had that day off and we'd gone to get an ultrasound that morning (we saw the heart beat and a bunch of weird sacks like the yolk sac - creepy).

The moodiness thankfully has mostly been aimed at my co-workers and more specifically in team meetings when everyone is bantering back and forth about something that is easily fixed. Let me tell you - pregnant women do not like nonsense - get to the point and get to it NOW!!!!!

I had a bit of an outburst at my last team meeting where after 10 minutes of people yacking I finally said something along the lines of "So to get back to the point of the conversation, wouldn't everything be fixed if we just all did this (no need to explain the issue) rather than complaining about it for 10 minute and not getting anywhere?" my boss then said "is everyone ok with that?" and everyone else said "umm..ya, that would work" and shut-up.
HA!

I felt great as soon as I released the beast that had been boiling up inside me but when I looked up I could see some hurt/puzzled faces amongst the group.

Did I care at the time? Not at all.
Did I care a little later on? Yes.
Did I apologize? Hell, no.

I figure once I tell people that I'm expecting they'll all go "ohhhhhh" about my recent behaviour.
I hope so anyways..or they're going to think I turned into so bia-tch.

xo
Jenn

It's official....we're pregnant!

Creepy picture eh? I sure hope the teeth don't look like that - all knarled and what not.
But mostly, YAY!

So here's how it went down:

For about a two weeks I'd been getting cramps but no period. I thought I was getting my period and it was late. No one ever told me that your uterus hurts and that the first signs of pregnancy are pretty much the same as the ones that you get just before your period i.e. - sore boobs, hungry, cramps, sleepy.

My Gramma Viv gave me a dollar store pregnancy test that her girlfriends bought her as a gag for her 75th birthday. On Thursday, October 14 in the a.m. before I left for my school visits Alex and I pulled out that test and followed the directions. It was supposed to take 1-3 minutes for the second line to show up on the test if it was "positive". After about 5 minutes it showed up, so Alex and I took it as a maybe and decided to try again on Monday, October 18 before work.
Alex was convinced I was pregnant but I just thought I'd know and that I'd be able to feel it somehow because I'd heard that people who are in tune with their bodies "just know" when they are and I thought I'd be one of those people.

Anywho, on Saturday we had an engagement party for Scotty and Jenna in London, ON and while the boys were in picking up beer Jolene and I decided that when we went into Loblaws to get their congratulations on your engagement cards, that we should also pick up an official test so that if it was negative I could still participate in the party and if it was positive I wouldn't be torn on how to behave that night.

So long storey short after a quick pee in the London Loblaws washroom it was official! When Jo and I got back into the car I pulled the test out and passed it to Alex in the back of the car acting like it was the card for him to sign - he got a huge grin on his face and was super excited and so was I.

Note: In the future I will not be peeing on sticks in Loblaws...I will do it at home with Alex because it wasn't very nice that he found out after Jo.

So now it's Monday, October 18 and I've called and made an appointment to have the first blood work done and then I guess I'll find out what happens next. I think the first day of my last period was September 9 so that would mean I'll be due at the end of June 2011. Anything born before June 19 is a Gemini and anything after a Cancer. So that means I'm about 5 weeks pregnant (or in my 6th week)!

I've also been hunting on the internet and know the following about the baby:

• It is the size of an orange seed and mostly resembles a tad pole (including a tail)


• There are "buds" where the arms and legs will be;


• The major organs are being developed;


• Facial features could already be forming;


• The heart will start to beat this week but won't be detectable for another 2 or so;


• It is 75% likely the baby will have green eyes and 25% likely it'll have blue ones;


• The next 5 weeks are the most critical in the babies development; and


• I can't do too many of my Pilates moves and I'm going to have to start cueing and walking around rather than demonstrating.

Lastly, Alex and I talked about it and we're not finding out what we're having until he or she pops out it's way more fun to have a surprise!!

Don't worry - I won't be having a shower until after the baby is born so everything won't be yellow and green. :-)

xo Jenn

17 days til Christmas!

Can you believe it?

On Sunday morning we got most of our Chirstmas shopping done and only have a few straggling gifts to buy.

We put our tree up on Saturday afternoon and I decorated for a couple of hours and it looked (yes, past tense) FABULOUS! Luckily my side of the family came over for dinner and they got to see it in all it's beautiful, full & twinkling glory. On Monday afternoon that all came to a "crashing" halt.

Sir Winston Stanley Powell was left out for 1 hour (TOPS) while Alex and I went to an appointment. As we were walking back home I mentioned something about wondering the stauts of the tree and Alex doubled his pace and I had to basically run to keep up with him. When we walked up to the house Alex said "the tree is down" I said "Noooooooooooo....." and sure enough, we walked into see a tree on the ground, smashed glass ornaments, a few chewed non-glass ones & a big bright red stain in the middle of the carpet right on top of a white flower and a very, very shameful looking puppy who was cowering and shaking knowing that he was dead meat.

Let's just say I didn't look at him or talk to him for the rest of the night. BRAT!! I do get it though - why play with his boring toys when he can attack a big sparkling stick?

So the tree is a little more bare than I'd like (Alex likes it better) and it's back to the best it can be without starting over from scratch which I was tempted to do. I'm going to try to pick up the last few prezzies this week and start wrapping this weekend and then we're alllll ready!! I think this is a record for me.

1,2,3,4,5,6 - SWITCH!

I'm not going to bore anyone with the details of why I've been bored at work the last couple of weeks (the obvious is lack of work).

My question is, what can I do?

In terms of real work, I've made up projects for myself at work that I've already completed. I've packed for a building move that is 3 weeks away, I've emailed my co-workers to see if anyone has any work they'd like me to do for them and NOTHING.

I can't check my emails when they're already checked, I can't spend my day on Facebook or I'll get fired (I assume), I don't feel like researching anything imparticular on the internet.

I just emailed my boss to see if I could take some lieu time this afternoon and tomorrow afternoon because I'm so bored. What a waste but I honestly can't sit here for much longer twiddling my thumbs.

HELP! Ideas? Anything?!?!?!?!

......

I'm so excited....

And I have to hide it!

You know, you know, you know, you know - I want to tell you, tell you!

I'M SO EXCITED....AND I HAVE TO HIDE IT!

YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW - I WANT TO TELL YOU, TELL YOU!

I love it when the world aligns!

Long time no write!

On Wednesday night after an especially long day at work I snuggled up to Alex before getting ready to go to Pilates and said "How in the world am I going to keep this up until Christmas?". He said "Just quit one place" and I said "I've made a commitment and I'm sticking to it" then I proceeded to get in a huff and go get ready for my class (knowing that's exactly what I'd like to do but also being extremely stubborn as usual).

On Thursday morning when I got into work I had an email from the girl I teach semi-privates to regarding her last session (that night). She told me that she's been sick for 3 days and didn't think she could sit up for an hour let alone get through an hour session. She then went on to say that since I'd made so many accommodations for her schedule in the past to not worry about making up our last session. I of course responded it was no problem and that we could reschedule but she was insistent. One night down - YES!

Then, on Thursday afternoon around 2:00 p.m. I open up my personal email to find this:

Hi Jenn,
As of today we offered Lindy the whole house and she accepted. I will close the studio asap and freelance between traveling to Florida.I want to thank you for all you work in trying to make the studio a success.To grow the business I would have to focus on spending money and time and with the recent change in my personal home life this couldn't be done. Thinking you should contact Lindy to see if Pilates can still be available under Eternal hot yoga. I will notify the clients and refund were needed.
Thanks
Gwen

Can you say...ummmm - WOW?!

Now, I'm not saying I wanted Your Pilates Place to close down by any means - what I wanted to do was teach 1 night a week vs. 3 times a week. I'm most surprised on Gwen's delivery, I mean she was the one who said she didn't want the business to grow rapidly and I thought she was happy. Pretty much everyone we taught bought a package and kept coming..we at least had a good retention rate!

So, now I'm down to teaching 2 times a week until Christmas and then back up to 3 times a week after that...two times over lunch and one evening. Now that's PERFECT! It'll keep me in shape, keep my teaching skills up and not make me so exhausted that I don't even want to get up in the middle of the night to pee!!

WA-FRICKIN'-HOO!!

frost-schmost

Seriously, frost?

The past 2 mornings I've come out of the house gone to get into my car and realized that I'm going to have to sit in my car for at least 5 minutes before I can actually go anywhere because every one of the my windows in the car are completely covered in frost.

Last year, Alex and I commuted together so he went out and started the car 5 minutes before we were going to leave, shoveled the snow off and scraped the windshield. He then waited at the window to make sure a sneaky little high school student on their way to school didn't steal our vehicle while it was warming up.

So now I've got to a) do that on my own - I am seriously dreading it or b) well there is no b.

Which in a nutshell means I need to get up at least 10 minutes earlier (boo!) and also know when I'm going to leave (usually it's an "ooops, it's 8:15 - better run!) and then have the patience to sit at the window and watch the car.

Bah.