Never a dull moment

Everyday with me is like a new adventure. You just never know what to expect. Hubby and I have discussed finding a church to start attending since we moved a year and a half ago. We visited one and hated it, and have not attempted to visit another one until last Sunday. We ironed our clothes on Saturday night and had everything ready for Sunday morning. We got up and got dressed and I must admit, we do clean up nicely! We got there and things were going fine, the church seemed nice enough. We sung a few songs, listened to a few announcements. Things were going great, and then the pastor got up and announced that it was a baptism service. Awe how wonderful, someone is going to be baptized. The family goes up there and it isn't just someone it is a baby and a child of maybe about 3 or 4. So the pastor goes on to ask the questions that they ask and I am tearing up. Yeah hormones going full blast, not a good thing! So after the pastor is done he brings the children down the aisle of the church to show them to the congregation. Well seeing that sweet baby was just more than I could handle. All these things are going through my mind, pregnancy does that to you. It also hit me at that very minute that I am really having a baby. Anywho the pastor gets about 2 rows from us with the baby and I feel it, the real tears are coming. You know you can only silently cry for a little bit before it turns into sobbing. Well it turned into sobbing, one big horrendous noise escaped my body before I could shove my hubby out of the pew and out the door. It was so quiet in the church that you could have heard a pin drop, but instead they heard me sobbing as I ran for the door. We got outside and I think my hubby was in shock, I was still sobbing, I could not catch my breath, I thought I was gonna throw up. Then he starts laughing at me. I eventually calm down and blow my nose and regain my composure, and I started laughing too. We did not go back into the church, we left and got some lunch instead. I think we may try to go back next week, but only if there isn't a baptism on the bulletin. You see I told you never a dull moment with me.

Thursday tidbits

Updates...let's see where do I begin? I went to the doctor yesterday for my 16 week (4 month) check up. All seems to be well with me and baby. The heartbeat sounds great. I have not gained anymore weight, which is really good! I am feeling alright most days. I still have some times when I am extremely nauseated and gag at the least little thing, like when I brush my teeth. For the most part though I am feeling better. I have more energy than I did a month ago and I am able to stay awake past 9:00. Next month is the big sonogram! I can't wait to find out if the baby is a girl or a boy.

The office assistant search is over, you can stop sending the resumes. I was very relieved last week when a former employee called to see about filing the position. We worked out everything and she was to start on Wednesday. Okay she has worked here before so she knows how our boss is about things. He hates tardiness! He fired one of the assistants for always being late, and she knows this. I got here yesterday right at 8:30 and she wasn't here yet. I was a little worried, but I knew there had to be a good explanation. I tried calling her house to make sure that she had not overslept or something, no answer. The boss kept calling me asking if I had heard from her, well of course I had not. She comes in at 9:15 like it is no big deal that she is 45 minutes late and didn't bother to call on her first day of work! So I had to fire her, yeah that was not pleasant. I don't make the rules, I just try my best to follow them and if the boss says send her home, then I have to. It was really hard because not only is she a former co-worker, she is a friend of mine, but there was no excuse for her not to call and let us know she was going to be late. So then I was back at square one, with no assistant. Keep in mind that I have been running the ofice by myself all week, which means that most of my work has not been getting done. There was one girl left that I had interviewed that seemed to have her wits about her. She starts tomorrow, so here I go again having to train a newby! I hate training people, I just pray that she catches on and it doesn't take me long to train her on the basics.

I trust everyone was on the edge of their seats last night to see who would be crowned the next Amreican Idol. I know I was! NOT! I did watch it this season though, for the first time. I really liked Kerry and Bo, so I didn't care who won. Now I am a little sad because I don't have anything to watch on Tuesdays and Wednesdays. I guess it means that I can get off the sofa and do something.

One last thing, just want to tell my bestest friend Happy Anniversary today! She has been married 5 years. I was gonna send you a card, but hey, I can't remember every freakin' thing okay? I hope you have fun on your little get a way this weekend.

I think that about covers everything that has been going on with me, if I left anything out, leave it in comments and I will get back to you.

Ewwweee...gag........

Lately the least little stinky smell makes me want to vomit. It is really awful. I am one of those people that hate to throw up, not that I really know anyone who admittedly likes to throw up, but you know what I mean. Although lately I find myself gagging at the least little thing. My hubby farted in the car Sunday and I had to hang my head out the window as I was gagging. I know it made him feel bad, but honestly I can't help it. So I get here to work this morning and when I get to the top of the stairs it hits me, the smell! Now I don't exactly know what the smell was, but it wasn't pleasant. After I had been here about an hour a co-worker came into my office and asked if I had smelled the stinch. Well of course I had, it nearly made me sick. She then informs me that it was her trash can. Okay how could you not smell that funk in your tiny little office? She has scrubbed her trash can now and I think the smell is gone. I have ran through the office with a can of air freshner to at least momentarily cover the funky odor and hopefully prevent anymore gagging on my part. Is there a remedy for the gagging at the least little funky smell?

Taking some time off

I have decided to take part of the day off today. No I am not sick or anything, I just have some things to do. Oh and no one else knows that I am taking this time off. You see, I am here at work. As a matter of fact I am even at my desk. I was running late this morning so I did not have time to put on my face. I also had to leave my house a little early this morning to run by Burger King and get a croissant-wich, I was really craving one today. So after I got here I remembered that I had bills to pay (today is payday for me!), so I wrote out checks for them and got them ready to be mailed. Then I decided I might as well put my face on. When I was looking in the mirror, I realized that I really needed to pluck my stray brows. So I got out my trusty tweezers and plucked away. Then I put my face on. I think I am going to paint my finger nails next. I don't usually do things like thia at work, unless I am at lunch or something, but you see with my office assistant leaving next week and me having to train the new person, things are guaranteed to be chaotic for a few weeks until the new person catches on. Oh yeah and I basically worked yesterday by myself, my office assistant was off and my boss left early, and I had all my regular job duties as well as hers and I interviewed 6 people. So I think I deserve a break today. I am sure that I will get to work soon, as soon as my nails are dry. I wish I had the day off today. My hubby is off at field day with his child and my best friend (Well Fed Pheonix) is in town getting her hair done and shopping. I am having lunch with her, so I have that to look forward to. I hope everyone has a nice relaxing Friday and a great weekend.

Driving a car

Am I the only one left still driving a car in a SUV world? I am the only person at work who still drives a car. When we go to my child's school or ball games ours is the only car there usually. Most people either have a SUV or a mini-van. I really don't want a SUV or mini-van. I have always swore that I would never be that mom. You know that mom that drives her kids and everyone else's everywhere in the mini-van. You know your typical soccer mom. If you are that mom I apologize to you up front. A mini-van has never been a dream car for me. I know they are practical when you have a basketball team of children, but we all know that I am not a practical person. I am about somethings, but not about a freakin' van. Now there are some SUV's that I would not mind owning, if someone gave them to me. You see the thing is my car is paid for and I love my car. We have been through 2 marriages, a divorce, 6 neices, so much together. My car is a great car, we have many miles left to travel together! One of the downsides to having a car now is that you can't see around the larger than life SUV or van in front of you in traffic. I think they should have a special lane on the freeway for cars and only cars. No SUVs or vans allowed. Another thing about a SUV or van is the gas mileage. With gas more than 2 bucks a gallon who can afford to drive them? Well I know there are people who get paid more than peanuts, but still, you have to admit that 8 mpg is not a good thing! I feel like I am becoming one of a dying breed, a car driver.

Help wanted

My office assistant informed me last week that she was leaving. She is moving back to her home town to help her parents. They are in their late 70s or early 80s and need someone to check in on them and help them with tasks such as grocery shopping and cooking, you know those pesky things that we must all do. So the last full week of this month will be her last week. She gave me a nice big notice and for that I am grateful. Now comes the really hard part, finding a replacement. The ad for the job was in the paper yesterday and it is posted on Career Builder on the web, so I have been skimming through resumes all day today. You would not believe how many people do not proofread their resume. I am sorry but I am not going to hire someone who can't use the spell check or make complete sentences. Just because you put a period at the end of a phrase does not make it a sentence. I was going to post some examples on here, but knowing my luck they would find this post and sue me or something. Just know that it is bad, very bad. It is so bad that my head is hurting. It hurts like I want to rest my head on my desk and start over.

I hate trying to hire a new person, especially now. I need someone really fast because my boss will be on vacation next month and I will be on vacation in July. Oh yeah and the whole maternity leave thing,, yeah this whole hiring a newby is stressing me out. Not only do I have to interview and find just the right person, I have to hire them and then train them. I think I have weeded out a few decent resumes to call for interviews. Something else I hate, interviewing... Yeah it sucks, big time. As much as a person hates to be interviewed, I hate to interview them. I am probably more nervous than they are about the interview. My interview lasts about 15 minutes, because really I don't care about most of the shit that they ask in interviews. I just want to know if they mind coming to work and putting in 8 hours and then going home. You can't ask some of the more important questions because they are considered discrimination or some crap. Wish me luck in finding a new office assistant, I certainly need it!

I hope everyone had a great mother's day, even if you aren't a mother. I know I did. I went to my mom's for lunch. She cooked homemade Lasagna. One word---YUMMY! I got to see 2 of my sisters and 5 of my 6 nieces, oh yeah and my Granny, let's not leave her out.. My mom has a new little kitten and it is so adorable. I had a good visit with my family. My hubby went to church with his mom and then to lunch with her.

I met up with them in the afternoon and we went to see "Monster-in-law". What a great way to spend mother's day. The movie was good. My hubby was bored with it, but his mom and I enjoyed it and isn't that really what counts. After the movie, we went to see his Grandmother. Then we went home, finally! All in all it was a great ending to a good weekend!

Let's talk about sex!

I think I need to have sex. I was awakened this morning by an orgasm. I had a very erotic dream and actually had an orgasm, without being touched! After I woke up I was left wondering was it real or not. Well the orgasm was real, but the dream unfortunately wasn't. My hubby and I have a good sex life, I think we do it more than the average married couple. Since I have gotten pregnant, things have just been different in our sex life. For one I am constantly tired and nauseated. I am asleep most nights by nine or ten o'clock. If we don't have sex as soon as I get home from work during the week, it just ain't gonna happen. There is no waiting until after supper or after we take the child back home. We have the child on Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays and every other weekend, so that only leaves a few days open for sex. It is bad that our lives have gotten so busy that we have to schedule sex, but hey if it works, do it. We do have sex at random other times, but not as much as we would like. Hubby has also been tired and cranky since I have gotten pregnant. He has been doing most of the household chores, as well as grocery shopping and stuff like that. So he is tired too. He also thinks that I am too tired to have sex so he doesn't even try. I have told him to at least try, he will not be disappointed. Sometimes I am too tired to initiate it, but not too tired to take part in it. Does that make sense? Anyway back to my original thought, I think I need to have some sex. All I have to say is hubby better look out, because here I come!!!

Breathless moments

Do things like this only happen to me?

I had to call tech support for our software system this morning. As I am sitting on the phone waiting for this guy to fix our problem, which by the way took like 20 minutes or so, he is breathing into the phone. I thought I was in a wind tunnell or something. It was so annoying. Could he not hear himself in the phone? Has he never heard of taking his mouth away from the phone when he is just breathing? I just wanted to scream. If his breathing was sexy, maybe I would not have minded so much, but it was just like holding the phone in front of a fan on high. Do they not teach phone ettiquette in tech support classes?

Sword swallowers and court jesters

Welcome to Monday. I am tired, my tummy hurts, and I really feel like whining. Although I won't whine too much. I did have a great lunch today with my best friend. Thanks Well-Fed Pheonix for lunch and wonderful company. So far that has been the best part of my day. It has all been down hill from there, but what do you expect it is Monday.

My weekend was alright. On Saturday me, hubby, child, mother-in-law, and sister-in-law all loaded up in the car to head towards Atlanta to the Renaissance Festival. It rained all the way there! Not just sprinkles of rain, but torrents of rain. Big lightning and thunder accompanied the rain. It was a mess. So we finally got to our destination and it did stop raining. The Renaissance Festival is held outside, of course. So it was a huge mud pit of people dressed in all the fancy Medieval attire. It was not very crowded, which was nice. We really did have a good time. I will spare you the details of all the side shows and the sword swallower. I nearly threw up while we watched the sword swallower, my stomach is much weaker than it was before I got pregnant. This court jester took a liking to my mother-in-law and everytime we saw him he called out to her from where ever he was at and came over and talked to her. It was hilaroius! You would have to know my mother-in-law, all prim and proper, being flirted with by this man in tights and a costume. We always have such a good time. This is the third year that we have gone and we aren't all into Renaissance stuff or anything like that, it is just something different to do.

We walked for miles and miles Saturday, so Sunday I laid my big pregnant ass on the sofa and slept on and off most of the day. I just really vegged out yesterday. I did not even bother to take a shower. I did however manage to paint my nails. They so badly needed it. Even after all the resting yesterday I am still tired today. I need some energy!

How Now Brown Cow

I went to my second Doctor's appointment yesterday. My hubby went with me. We got to hear the baby's heartbeat. It was awesome. I have gained more weight than I should, but I told them that I did not think that was accurate because I had just eaten a HUGE lunch. You know it was Administrative Professionals Day and my boss took me to lunch. Anyway now I feel like a cow. It's not like I am eating food that is bad for me all the time. I have increased my dairy intake (for calcium) and fruits and veggies, just like all the books tell you to do. I have started eating a decent breakfast. I guess I need to stop resting so much and get out and get some exercise. I also found out that I have A+ blood. Even my blood is an overachiever, that was what I was thinking when the doctor told me my blood type. I am also 12 weeks today, which means I have reached the end of the first trimester. The risks for birth defects and miscarriage are greatly reduced now. The doctor said that everything looked fine and the heartbeat sounded great, so I will go back in 4 weeks for another check-up.

Happy Administrative Professional's Day

Happy Administrative Professional's Day! Go ahead have that Margarita at lunch, you deserve it for the crap that you have to put up with at work. I hope every one of you AP's get something good. I don't know what I will get, but I do know that my boss will take me to lunch. I had to remind him yesterday that this day was coming. You see he sometimes forgets things like birthdays, AP's day, etc. I have a nice little gift for my office assistant. I wish I could afford to get her something really good, but hey do I look like I make the big bucks? Afterall, it is the thought that counts and I thought about it so that counts right? No seriously, I think it is fabulous that we get recognized for doing our jobs, after all bosses have bosses day and we all know that the AP's work harder. So take off your shoes, prop your feet up on your desk, turn your radio up loud and enjoy your day!

I need your help...

I have a friend, let's call him C, who is graduating from not one but 2 colleges in a few weeks. He is super smart, worked very hard for it and managed to do double duty in college and graduate from both colleges. I received my invitation the other day and I know I can't go. He lives like 10 hours away from me and I just can't make that trip right now. I would love to go, I haven't seen him in a few years, but it's not gonna happen. Anyway, my dilema, what do I get him. Do I get him a gift and send it to him, do I send money? What do you get for someone who is nearly 30, you haven't seen in a few years, yet you have known since you were 12. HELP!

All apologies...

I am really pissed off right now. I wrote this very long post this morning about my sister and when I got ready to publish it something went wrong and now all my hard work is gone. I don't have it saved anywhere else, stupid me! I am at work so I don't have time to rewrite it. So I am screwed when it comes to a post for today. Maybe I can rewrite it this weekend and post it on Monday. Have a good weekend.

My date with Lance Armstrong

So I have a date with Lance Armstrong this afternoon. Is there anything that you would like for me to tell him for you? Okay so I don't actually have a date with him, but he will be racing right by my office this afternoon. Today is the beginning of the 3rd Tour de Georgia. This is the second year that Lance has graced us with his presence. What a way to get support for your little bike race, have Lance race in it. The racers will speed into town this afternoon sometime around 3 or 4 and the entire downtown area will shutdown until the last racer has passed. It usually takes about 12 minutes or so. That means that I will get an extra 12 minutes outside today (away from my desk) to cheer on the cyclists. Whoo Hoo!!! Yes I am excited, it is a very fun thing to watch those men in those little tight biking outfits go whizzing by. Last year someone had a whole in the rear of his pants. It was extremely funny, well I am sure that it was not funny to him, but to those who delight in others misfortunes it was very funny! Anyway I will scream extra loud for those of you who can't join me at this historic event! Hope you have a fabulous Tuesday.

Champions on Ice at the Tea Party and other things...

I have such a busy weekend, I am exhausted just thinking about it. Tonight I am going with my child, mom-in-law, and sister-in-law to see the Champions on Ice. How exciting!!!! Don't you wish you could come too? No seriously it should be a great show, if I can stay awake. You know this whole pregnant thing is really tiring. It makes tasks like staying awake past nine a real challenge.

Tomorrow my child has a 10:15 soccer game. Then immediately after the game we have to rush to a nearby city for my husband's grandmother's 85th birthday party. It is a surprise tea party at the same place my child's party was at in January, so please don't tell her. I was really looking forward to it until I found out a cousin's wife that I don't particularly care for will be there. It will be my first time seeing some of these relatives since we found out that I'm pregnant so that should be fun. I get to answer all the same questions, how far along are you...do you want a boy or a girl...do you have any names picked out yet...when are you due... fun, fun, fun! On top of all that we haven't gotten her a gift yet. I guess I can get my hubby to go pick her out something real nice while I am at the Ice Skating show. What do you get an 85 year old woman that has everything?

In addition to all that my neice is still in the hospital. It is definatley(is that right?) a staph infection. It has decided to also take residence in her lungs so she is coughing up this really pretty stuff. She is still on super strong antibiotics and she will not be able to go home until she is fever-free for 24 hours. The swelling has gone down in her face and she is beginning to look like her self again instead of one of the monkeys from Planet of the Apes. I hope she is well soon. She is really sad that she is missing her softball games and school. So I have to try to find some time this weekend to go visit her in the hospital.

I think I need a longer weekend!!!

Tuesday Trauma

So I am sitting here at work, you know just working and my phone rings. My phone rings quite a bit throughout the day, so I answered it like I normally do. The voice on the other end of the phone was not one that often calls me so I was a little shocked when she started talking. It was my sister M. Usually when she calls, she needs a favor or something along those lines so it kind of annoyed me when I heard her voice.

"This is sunShine, can I help you?"

"Hey, mom wanted me to call you and let you know that J is in the hospital."
J is my 14 year old neice. Immediately I begin to tear up as I listen to her explain to me what they think is wrong. She pleads with me not to cry or get upset, afterall I am pregnant. My mom gets on the phone and I immediately lose it and am sitting here at my desk at work crying my eyes out. I tell them that I will be there as soon as I get off work, but if they need me before then to let me know because I am only 2 blocks from the hospital.

Turns out she has cellulitis in her face, caused by a pimple that she kept picking at and it got a nasty very aggressive infection that attacked her little body. The infection has irritated any scratches or ant bites or any superficial cut on her body and infected them too. It also made her so sick that she has not been able to keep any food down and she was so dehydrated that she had lost 5 lbs in 2 days. It also has made her face swell so bad that she can barely open her eyes. They have ran all kinds of tests and are growing the cultures of the bacteria at this very moment in a lab somewhere to see exactly what it is that attacked her. Good news is that her fever has come way down, it was 104 and when I left the hospital last night it was 100.3. She seems to be responding well to the antibiotics and she was able to keep some food down last night. She seems to be on the road to recovery! Hopefully she will get to go home tomorrow.

It just hurts me so much to think about any of my neices in pain or sick. It is just such a helpless feeling. She looks so small and frail in that big hospital bed hooked to those tubes and machines. I just want to run in and grab her out of the bed and hold her close to me and make it all go away. I guess no matter how much you want to, you can't protect them from everything. Sometimes kids have to go throught things alone and all you can do is stand my them and be there for them.

I was there when J was born. Her dad came out to the waiting room to tell us that she was here and my mom and I rushed back there to see her and my sister. I held that tiny little angel in my arms and my mom uncovered her and we counted her 10 perfect little fingers and 10 perfect little toes. Since that day she has been perfect in my eyes. She spent so much time with me when she was a small child. You know I was the cool aunt. The one with no kids of her own that loved to shop and take them to do fun stuff. She has grown up so much now that she would rather be with her friends and I understand that, but sometimes I miss the little rosy cheeked kid who just wanted to stay with me. She does occassionally take a break from her teenage life and spend the night with me and we order pizza and stay up late watching movies and talking.

Weekend Wanderings

I had a good birthday weekend! I got lots of sleep on Friday night and Saturday, which was wonderful. Hubby and I went to the movies with his family on Saturday night and went out to eat. We went to see "Hitch". Have you seen it? It was so funny! We had a great time.

Then on Sunday we worked in the yard. Of course I did not do much. I planted a few seeds and bulbs and pruned the rose bushes. All that yard work that I didn't do has my back hurting this morning. It was worth it, our yard looks so beautiful right now. All the azaleas and dogwoods are blooming. We also have some purple wisteria mixed in the trees that is in full bloom. Now that the grass is cut and the gutters are cleaned it looks great.

We also did something else this weekend. My hubby and I switched sides of the bed. I have slept on the same side of the bed forever. I mean really since I have shared a bed with someone else I have slept on the same side of the bed. We have read that while you are pregnant, especially in the latter months it is better for you and the baby for you to sleep on your left side. Well I want to do everything that I can to keep my little fetus happy so I am trying to learn to sleep on my left side. I wake up during the night and I am on my right side again, of course. So I have to roll over and try to get comfy on my left side. So far it hasn't been too bad being on the opposite side of the bed. The only thing that worries me about being on this side of the bed is that it is closest to the door, which means if someone were to come in during the night they would get me first. We all hope that won't happen, but wouldn't it make you feel better to have your hubby sleeping closest to the door, just in case.

Happy Birthday to me...

My birthday is on Saturday! I will be 29. One year closer to 30. So far I have had 2 parties (and cakes) in my honor and we are having another one today at lunch at work. It is always nice to be honored and celebrated. Although it does make me feel a bit stupid to be the center of everyone singing off key Happy Birthday to me! Birthday parties are always fun, right?. Some part of me has always dreaded my birthday. I nearly have an anxiety attack thinking about being that center of attention. I hate for everyone to be watching me opening my gifts. I have never liked being the center of attention in a crowd. I have always vowed to kill anyone that told the waitress at a restaurant that it was my birthday. How horrible to have the whole freakin' restaurant looking at you singing to you! The thought of that just makes me want to crawl under the table and hide. Yeah, yeah I know I should lighten up and be happy that all those people are singing to me. (rolling my eyes) Deep down I don't know why I dread birthdays so much. I love getting gifts and being pampered, that is what birthdays are all about right? Anyway think about me on Saturday because that will be my birthday.

Driving Miss Daisy

I was waiting in the slow drive thru of a fast food restaurant today at lunch and a song was on the radio that brought back memories. It was a country song about learning to drive. Do you remember when you first learned to drive? I was 10 when I took my first driving lesson. Yes you heard me correctly, 10 years old. I grew up in the country, on a Georgia red dirt road to be exact. My sister had a mint green Camaro, I loved that car. She was way older than me, 11 years to be exact. One day she was at the house visiting and she asked me if I wanted to learn to drive. Well, yeah! What 10 year old doesn't dream of driving. So we got in the car, me seated on a few pillows so I could see over the hood. I cranked the car and put it in drive and away we went. We only drove a few miles but it seemed like a long time to me. I was so scared, everytime we met a car on the road I pulled over to the side to let them drive by me. I still had a lot to learn about driving, heck sometimes I think I still do. I bet I did not drive over about 30 miles an hour that day. I felt so grown up driving! Now it is almost a chore, a must to get from point A to point B. Isn't it funny how a song can spark a memory?

Hello all my blogger friends!

I just wanted to take this time to tell you all hello and to extend apologies for not commenting as often as I should. I do read most of you daily (see Daily Distractions). But lately for whatever reason and I don't know if it is blogger or my fabulous computer but I am having problems leaving comments. So don't think that I have abandoned you, I am here, lurking,, reading, frustrated because I sometimes can't comment. I have received a few emails from people telling me that they are having problems leaving comments for me. So I know that you all are reading me and are also unable to comment. I hope you all have a wonderful day. Thank you for visiting!