let my fingers do the talkin'

So, yeah, another week has passed and here I am just now making myself write. I log on almost daily and read what y'all have to say, but I need to get better about writing myself.

My birthday party Friday was fabulous. There were lots of old college friends, so it was good to see them. Mark and I decided to share the Peanut News with our friends that night, so it was extra exciting. I got my first few belly rubs too, and oddly enough, I wasn't put off by it...probably because I totally adore the folks who touched. It was funny too-- they rubbed my tummy above my belly button (wouldn't expect them to grab lower), and I said, "That's not Peanut, that's fat. Peanut's down here, but you better watch out-- Mark's here." It got some good laughs and comments about how I'm not fat.....yeah, well, I've lost 20 pounds since getting knocked up....and you can't tell!

I've been sicker than a dog again, which totally sucks. After the basketball game last Wednesday, I knew I was in trouble. I used my sexy phone operator voice to teach classes Thursday and Friday, but by Saturday, I was a mess. My throat has been hurting pretty bad lately, and my ears have been aching too. I finally got in with a general practitioner on Tuesday (stayed home sick from work too due to a low grade fever), and he thinks all I've got is allergies....boooo! Allergic Bronchitis-- there's nothing wrong with my throat and he didn't even look at my ears! I got some new meds, called the OB to make sure they're alright and went about my business.

Despite having absolutely NO voice, I went back to work today. I taught my 8am class at the high school, which was delightful and then managed to get to my 10am class as well. We were almost done with class when I had a coughing attack. I'd already left the class once to refill my water bottle and bum a cough drop or peppermint off the secretary. So, when I started coughing again, I excused myself. Got some more water and then went to the bathroom to cough it out (kinda like "walk it out" but a lot less cool). I had tears running down my face as I coughed my little head silly.....then simultaneously threw up and peed my pants! Uh, yeah-- can't go back to class now. I had the secretary dismiss my class and I made some quick preparations for my final class of the day to be cancelled....what a day!

I got home from work and changed into some comfy pants. In the process, I stepped on Shi-Thead. He yelped and I did all I could to not put weight on his little paw....and fell down. Luckily, the majority of the impact was on my hip/butt area, but I was still a bit shaken by falling on Peanut's poor noggin'. I know Peanut is protected in there and all, but I hate to have shaken baby syndrome before the child is even born!

There are days when you should just go back to bed, pull up the covers and try again. I think today was one of those days....I'm going to carve out some time in the next few days to write about some of my friends. The deserve a shout-out even though they don't know this blog exists.