Martha Stewart

I don't buy MS's magazine that often.

But, I MUST buy her Halloween issue. So I did on my lunch break.

I'm going to delve into it tonight.

It looks wonderful!

the fall

I am ready for it to come.

I don't want to be pregnant any more. I'm just over 30 weeks and my doctor things I'm measuring closer to 33 weeks. U/s next week to check it out.

Sophie finished swimming lessons this week.
It tired me out too (I'm such a complainer). Each day for 2 weeks, I left work at 11am to pick her up at daycare and drive her up to the pool. It was fun to watch her really get into it this year....lots of fundamental skill development happened and her teacher Teresa was a dream. The going back to daycare after swimming was tough every day. Stalling to get dressed in the change room....once she got back to daycare, she settled right down and ate lunch with a HUGE appetite.

I'm proud that she (we) did it. Happy too that we have a whole year before the next session (Salamanders).

I'm not really an outdoor gal

Something about me. Another trait that I've come to accept; I don't like the outdoors. It's not that I don't appreciate nature and its beauty, and I do like going for walks, but I'd rather be inside. Such as:

- in a coffee shop versus sitting around drinking coffee from a tin coffee maker while camping.

- i bless the person who invented air conditioning. truly makes summer life worth living. i don't like the heat. never have. and this is from a child who grew up in a semi-desert area (and I didn't enjoy summer then either).

- i will take a pool over a lake. they are warmer, cleaner and less likely to cut one's feet on glass, rocks, or feel slime on the bottom.

- i don't think you can get clean properly while camping. i need a warm shower each day.

- i also don't think if you are camping you can properly shave one's legs (unless you have access to a shower). i need to do this daily (thanks to my German heritage).

- i hate mosquitos, heat rashes, and dirty feet (there's that clean thing again).

I can do motels, hotels, inns and resorts. Campgrounds -- not so much.

Embracing introversion

I'm an introvert. It took me a long time to realize that that was okay. It's just a personality temperament. For some reason, growing up, extroversion seemed more desirable. Now I know how to accept it.

It means that I need space.
I need time to recharge after a long day.
I especially need time when I've been around people all day (most days since I work in HR).
People tire me out. Not all the time, but if I haven't had some space (to read, think, do my own thing), it exhausts me. I get distant.

It's not that I don't like people. But I have a gas tank that is small. It needs refilling daily.

If Vic says we are visiting with so-and-so right after work or with no advance warning, I get snarky. He knows. He has seen it. My favourite doc blogger talks about it here and another doc blogger here.

Almost 29 weeks...but WHO'S counting?

I am desperately in search of a comfortable position to be upright in that doesn't hurt my low-mid right side of my back. Nothing seems to help except being reclined with a pillow between my knees. Needless to say, this isn't conducive to sitting at my desk at work.

Today was good. I took Sophie to swimming lessons(she is a sea turtle). The two weeks of swimming during our vacation has really helped her confidence. She's coming right along...and I think tomorrow I won't even have to get into my bathing suit and go in the pool with her. That would be oh, so nice since getting into my swim wear midway through the work day is a pain.

I also went to my Monday night fitness class today. It's a step aerobics class and I have been gradually modifying the class, to the point where I'm still moving and "being active" but definately not breaking much more than a light sweat. It's just too much effort and uncomfortable with this big belly in front of me.

29 weeks this Wednesday :)

to do list

I run a to do list mentally in my head everyday.

Today was the first day back to work after 2 weeks of vacation and I had 169 emails to read through (or delete due to spam).

After work:

- pop in a load of laundry
- cuddle with Sophie as she seems to need extra snuggling after being out of her schedule for so long
- eat dinner (thanks Vic)
- get Sophie's lunch ready for tomorrow
- get my gym gear ready for tomorrow and Sophie's bathing suit
- take Sophie to library and return mountain of books
- select new books for Sophie (nothing appealing to me right now)
- buy wedding gift card for one of Sophie's caregivers. Normally I wouldn't buy a gift, but this lady has been with Sophie since she was 1, and she's a sweetheart.
- bath for Sophie
- catch up on blog reading

Tuck in Sophie then I can relax.

the latest

Obviously I’m not updating my blog too well these days.

A quick update:

We have been on holidays in Victoria and other parts of Vancouver Island, Vancouver and finally the Okanagan valley for the past two weeks.

Vacationing with a 3.5 year old (while 27 weeks pregnant) is both tiring and fun.

Other observations:

- Robson Street in Vancouver is getting cheesed out. Too flashy (too many big name stores), too many D and G oversized sunglasses. Not for me.

- Shopping in downtown (old Victoria) is good. I picked up a pair of black sandals at Freedman's, a pair of gauchos/cropped pants from the LuluLemon sister store (can't recall the name) and a maternity bra (Bravado).

- Sophie does not enjoy nor will she eat tapas for dinner. Lesson learned.

- The Constant Princess by Phillippa Gregory makes for excellent reading. Loving it.

- I am never completely detached from work, nor do I think I need to be. It's part of my slightly obsessive personality. Had to check in a couple of times via email to see how a couple of things were shaping up.

- Swimming is bliss for a pregnant body.