Just downhill from here!!

So, the other day a guy at work asked me when I'm due and asked if I would be offended if they started a pool. I thought it would be kinda funny- what would be the point? What's the prize? I suggested that the winner gets to buy me a steak dinner. (Even though I really don't like steak, I just thought it would get the point across that I wasn't going to give them a prize...but Mark likes steak dinners, so maybe I can work that in!) This week, I feel like I've received more "when are you due?" questions than before. All of them from strangers, at least 3 this week...and each time I was able to say about 3 1/2 weeks. WOW!! That means only 2 more weeks at work and it's all about over...or just about to start...depending on how you look at it! :0)



It's been a pretty rough work week for me compared to usual because my boss has been out on berievement, so the normally slow, lazy days were packed full of the things that she normally would handle. I even worked over 10 hours straight on Wednesday, and I was super exhausted when I got home. My poor hubby...I don't think he's had a home-cooked meal this week! Yesterday was a pretty busy day at work too, but I actually felt good the whole day. I think that had to do with the fact that I wasn't ever sitting down or standing up long enough for my joints to get sore. I felt energized by the time I got to leave work...and it was to a pleasant night out with my husband.



He suggested that we go shopping for all the things that we still needed to get for Canon. He said, "I realized that there were still things we needed, and it's getting to the point where it could happen any day now! I figured that I'd rather have you with me than you being there in the hospital and I have to go get all this stuff by myself. THAT would be a bad idea! I wouldn't know what stuff to get." It was a good thing we did because now I feel a lot more prepared for our little baby. We finally got a few of the essentials- a diaper pail (and extra refill), a boppy pillow, crib sheets, more bottles, storage bags for pumped milk, nursing bra and tank and pads, and a bunch of other stuff that I really wanted to have. Granted, Mark still doesn't want me to buy another car seat, but we spent about $250+ on other baby supplies...that's after a 10% coupon and a $25 gift card (thanks Aunt Peggy!). I'm sure that there will be more things that I want/need to buy, but I'm just that much closer, and it makes me feel so much better about how close my due date is.



As for my pregnancy, I am now at the point where I have an appointment every week. This past Monday went just fine. I gained 4 lbs in 2 weeks, which puts me at having gained a total of 32 lbs thus far. Now, that quite possibly means that I could gain an entire 40 lbs this pregnancy, which is 5 lbs over the prescribed guideline...but I still feel like I didn't put on much weight that is not the baby, so I'm not concerned. I realize the more I walk around, the better I feel, except my feet and ankles do get pretty puffy by the end of the night. I told my doctor that I felt like I was starting to feel kind of sick over the weekend, and she recommended that I get the flu shot. In fact, she had her nurse call down to the other office and get them ready for me to show up...so I went and got the flu shot. Hey, it's covered by my insurance, and that was really all I cared about. I would like to be immunized for the sake of a little baby who's traveling by plane during the Christmas season and is too little to get a shot for himself. It's perfect timing! As far as I can recall, it's the first flu shot I've ever gotten. (It's quite possible that my mother had me get them when I was young, but I never went to go get one on my own!)