This week has been busy trying to wrap things up at school. While I have felt fried for a while, and I know my kids have felt the same way, we all managed to rise to the occasion this week and get it done. It was a busy week of stuffing in the last of new material and wrapping up the school year. While the past few weeks have felt filled with distraction, for me and them, this week we were all on task. Yesterday was the last day of classes and today was the first day of finals. I have graded all of my finals from today, so I can have a nice relaxing weekend. It sort of feels like summer already, even if there are 4 more workdays. I'm really ready to be done, but I know I have a busy summer ahead.
Along with wrapping things up at school, the weather has not been in my favor, and therefore I have had an off week for my fitness. It started on Saturday when it was just too hot to run after proctoring SATs. More of the same Sunday, so Sanders and I went for a hike instead. Monday was the third hot day in a row, so I decided to get up and run before school. That didn't go overly well - Sanders is NOT and early morning runner and ran out of gas after a mile. We had to walk a mile home and by then it was too late for me to do anything else. I did manage to get a swim in Monday afternoon and that was my last workout of the week. Tuesday and Wednesday, I was just too exhausted and yesterday, I had a full day with no room for a run. Not to mention I had a migraine and probably wouldn't have run anyway. Today is a miserable day, weather-wise, but maybe I can drag myself into the basement for a quick workout. It's ok...I'll get back to it over the weekend.
Monday was a big day! We went for our Level II ultrasound, also known as an anatomy scan. This is an hour-long ultrasound where they look at every part of the baby to make sure she is developing ok. Amazing to get to sit there and look at her for an hour. She looks perfect and the doctor had nothing but good things to say. However, our daughter was being stubborn and was hiding her heart, so the doctor couldn't see everything he wanted to see, so we have to go back. This means another afternoon at the hospital, but on the bright side, it is another opportunity to look at the baby.
Sadly, I will be forever affected by infertility. The doctor wanting us to come back automatically sent me into a tailspin wondering if there was something wrong that they weren't telling us. I know this is not why we have to come back, but my brain automatically jumps to conclusions. This pregnancy has been so trouble-free (I wanted to say easy, but there is nothing easy about pregnancy, even if I am loving it), that I just am waiting for something to go wrong (or to wake up from a wonderful dream).
I am getting bigger - not big enough for strangers to ask when I am due or touch my belly yet, but certainly big enough for people to notice. Several co-workers have told me I am starting to pop. I still feel kind of fat, but I do love my belly. I am thankful for each week that passes, as it is one more week closer to delivering a healthy baby. In a few weeks, we'll reach viability - this is such a huge milestone! Then a few weeks after that - third trimester. I hate to count the weeks, as I'm loving being pregnant, but with each week that passes, it becomes a little more real.
Finally, I need to share a fortune I got in a Dove chocolate the other day, because I really feel like it sums up where I am right now. A friend told me I need to save this for the baby book....I think she's right.
little baby looks beautiful, as do you Molly!!! It looks like she was smiling :)
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