This last week has been a little bit rough, as I've had a hard time keeping food down. Today was the worst day, in particular. I'm now completely convinced that my being sick is directly correlated to weird sleeping patterns! Last night, I had a hard time staying asleep. I woke up with a lot of pain in my back and left leg (not unusual for me), so I took 1 Tylenol (since my doctor said it was safe for me and baby). It took me 45 minutes to fall asleep, even after that. I was up on and off throughout the night. After work today, I came home and took a 45 minute nap before I had to go up to H&R Block to work my second job. Clearly, it wasn't long enough, and I woke up feeling really yucky. I haven't been able to keep anything down since then, except my dinner salad (so far).
I was relieved to learn that I do not have gestational diabetes a couple of weeks ago (not that it was a concern). I'll find out about the rest of my lab results at my next doctor's appointment on March 8th.
Robert has decided that there is a "no sugar after 5:00pm" rule in our house, in an effort to help me keep food down. Sugar is, for some reason, the biggest trigger of my getting sick. Processed sugar, to be precise. Natural sugars like fruits are fine. Some juices are fine. Everything else - not so fine. So, I've been abiding by the rule, as difficult as it is sometimes. It's super hard being pregnant and having a sweet tooth that I usually don't and being unable to do anything to satisfy it! But I'm trying to just deal, because it won't be too much longer that I have to deal with it.
In other news, I'm totally excited for this Saturday! Keri is coming over, and maybe Barbara, in the morning for some crafting! We have a wedding to attend in the afternoon/ evening, but it's one of the only 3 1/2 days off I have between January through April 15th. Since Robert has a softball meeting that morning, I decided to see if we could have some girl time over here and maybe I could tackle one or two of the DIY Pinterest projects I've been wanting to get underway or finished.
Robert also deserves major credit for helping keep up around the house, and working on some of the pending items on our seemingly forever-long to-do list before Elizabeth arrives. because most of my time has been spent working (I worked 55 hours last week), or sleeping, he's totally picked up the slack around here and then some. It's been such a relief not to have to worry about everything, even though I feel guilty for not being able to keep everything up like I usually can, even during tax season.
Next week I'll be working 4 less hours every week at my second job, by choice. We close an hour earlier, and I had the option to come in and hour earlier, but I decided against it, because I really need the rest and down time. I'm hoping it will give me the opportunity to take a real nap during the day, and maybe catch up on some of my own to-do list.
I'll try to remember to carve out some more time for blogging in the next couple of weeks. :)
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