DESPERATE TIMES CALL FOR DESPERATE MEASURES

EXPECTANT MOM TAKES MATTERS INTO HER OWN HANDS

I'm back! Albeit a little late but I'm here! I quickly realized that Wednesday posts are probably not going to work for me. Well at least this past Wednesday surely didn't. I sat at my computer for almost 10 hours straight (with breaks here and there) reconciling the books for our business where 2 transactions were off. If you know anything about me, you know I wasn't going to rest until I found them - which I did! Needless to say, by the time I was done, the next thing I wanted to see was the darkness from under my closed eyelids! And so after I was all caught up there, the next couple of days were spent catching up on all that was neglected on Wednesday. Yes, I would say Sunday afternoon is probably the best bet for me.

Last Wednesday, I turned 16 weeks. Prior to that, I spent much of my time, fighting the outbreaks on my face that seems to be magnified with pregnancy. Pimples everywhere and to top it off, I had a canker sore - or fever blister as we used to call them back in the day. YUCK! I felt so terribly unattractive and spent much of my time trying to find home remedies to get it gone like yesterday. I was familiar with some medications but as a first time pregnant lady, I am cautious about everything... Was I supposed to eat that, drink that, ooh no... Is my baby ok I ate that apple TWICE today! LOL Ok the apple was an exaggeration but you get what I mean. So I asked the pharmacist at the nearby Walgreens what I could take/use - because you know, I'm pregnant. (HAHA) So she tells me Abreva is good and it's topical so it won't harm your baby. GREAT! Where can I find that? Last aisle up against the wall. SUPER! Thanks. So I stroll over to get the Abreva and go on my merry way to fast healing of this "beauty blemish". Hmmmmmm Abreva.... Found it.. Great.. wait a minute ...TWENTY BUCKS???????? Are you insane??? Where is the CARMEX??? It's topical.. doesn't that have medication in it somewhere? So I quickly put the Abreva BACK on the shelf and start perusing the knock offs! Hmph- I have used Camphophenique years ago... Yeah... Let's go with that AND a thing of Carmex for good measure!

Other than that, I am still doing well. I did throw up maybe twice the last week or so. That darn sinus drainage has reared its ugly head again. I still haven't felt the baby yet, though I do keep looking out for it. It may be moving and I am just totally oblivious (which seems to be what my mom thinks) but I truly am waiting, sitting still, lying still, all the still I can be, I have been.. so far not so much.. You'll be the first to know when I feel it. Well maybe somewhere in the 1st line up.

For those of you who aren't in Nashville, it is HOT here.. Not even the first day of Summer yet and we are already hitting the late 90s. I'm told it is supposed to be 100 tomorrow. While the heat doesn't completely turn me off like some people (since I grew up in GA, this is Spring compared to there), I have never been hot and pregnant. THIS is going to be different. I had come to terms with how I would manage everything until it came to my hair. What will I do with this all summer and on top of that, when the baby comes?? The in between stage was not my friend and braids were not in my budget. Putting heat on it to curl it and keep it straight sounded HOT and trying to twist it every night sounded tiring. I was almost at a lost and getting desperate but old faithful stays in my back pocket. Yes everyone... It's gone! Bye Bye, See ya later, chop chop!! The Friday before last I had my barber of 11 years come to my house and cut my hair off (Thanks Mike). Yes I said 11 years. The first time I went "natural" He cut my hair and has been cutting it ever since. "Don't ever cheat on your barber" Ezra says. I learned that lesson the hard way one Valentines day - but that is for a different blog. But yes, its gone and I'm free and LOVE it (as I always do when I cut it). So I'll leave you with a few photos of my hair and the beginnings of Baby G poking through :-) See ya next week - Probably on Sunday to be safe.