Normally, I'd be delighted......

....to be told that I have lost 10 lbs. Who wouldn't?! Pregnant mammas, thats who. Sigh. This nausea had better go away soon, because if I don't start gaining weight before my next visit, my fabulous Dr. is gonna kick my butt :) She's given me strict orders to eat something every 2 hours, but thats rather difficult. Especially the rule about eating something for breakfast within two hours of waking...I'm at my most nauseated then. I had a single small glass of juice before my appt. today, and of course that came flying back up as we are trying to walk out the door. This sucks. On a better note, my Dr. is FAB FAB FAB! I totally love her. I actually requested to push the date of my next appt back a week so I could have her again! That being said, I'm still not going to be seen for 6 weeks. I swear, the Navy does things so retarded sometimes. But she did tell me if I had ANY problems at all, or continued to lose weight, to call her immediately and come right into the clinic. Fantastic. This is all I wanted all along, someone to listen to me and check me out! So besides throwing up several times as a result of trying to eat a little more (ugh) this has been one happy day! Lets think some calorie-rich thoughts folks...(never thought I'd say that!)

ER visit..

Silly Gabe swallowed a metal ball from his Magnetix set last night! Which puzzled me at first, because he NEVER puts anything in his mouth! But we did just have unexpected house guests for a week (looooong story) and one boy was always putting stuff in his mouth..I think Gabe picked it up from him. So, this overprotective mama ran him to the ER to make sure it wasn't stuck anywhere. Thankfully it's in his stomach, and we have to have follow up xrays tomorrow to make sure it's passing properly. Gabe was understandably nervous about going to the ER, but he was SO good and grown up about it. And now he'll never put anything in his mouth again! :)

Celtic Woman

Was fabulous! Mal and I had an absolute BLAST! We had excellent seats- in the balcony, 6 rows up and dead center. We could see everything! The girls all sang beautifully, and the fiddle player was beyond words! That girl took off her shoes, and was leaping around the stage while playing, and got the whole crowd into her songs! I overheard an older woman in the bathroom call her a "little sprite" and I think that fits perfectly! She's a little tiny blonde thing :) And the drummers..Oh, the drummers! They were soooo good! I was totally blown away by the whole experience, and I would love to see them again. Mal and I tried to go to Applebees for dinner afterwards, but we got there 15 minutes before they closed :( So, not wanting to grab fast food and waste a perfectly good outfit and fab hairdo *lol* we ran to IHOP. Not the fanciest place to be sure, but their salads were pretty good. A most fabulous evening :)

D and I are getting ready to go get my new ID card made...I hadn't paid much attention to it, and apparently it expired last November! The nice guards at the hospital gate were kind enough to let me know that, as they confiscated it last week *lol* So now I get a new one. I hate taking pictures like this....Oh well, at least I'll be able to get on base and go to the commisary again! I'm sooo ready for my doctors appt next Weds. Let's hope I actually get seen by a doc this time! I'm hoping D's chief lets him off so he can come with me...fingers crossed!

I forgot to add..I've been having some crazy dreams lately (lots about pregnancy!) but had a rather nice one last night where I got to meet Lynlee in person! And girl, you were just as fabulous as I knew you would be :)

03/17/06

Happy St. Patricks Day!

Great news!

I hesitate to call it a 100% success since I've only tried it once, but...ginger ale totally got rid of my nausea today! HOW FREAKIN FANTASTIC IS THAT?!?!?!?! What a wonderful feeling! I could gush for hours! But D is coming home from his 3 week deployment today, so I have to go finish getting ready.

No calls :)

Happy Saturday!

Having a pretty good weekend so far..only threw up twice today! Mom and Dad stopped by for about an hour, they came to drop off Mal's car on their way to DC. I've been crocheting up a storm getting ready to list a few things with my design group on Monday. I hope I get to finish in time! I made tater tot casserole for dinner...so simple it's ridiculous, but sometimes the simplest things taste the best! Mal and I are watching a show on the National Geographic channel called "In the Womb". Totally cool. Gotta go watch the rest now. Have a great weekend!

Doctors Appointment....

Anyone wanna go for me? I have this TOTAL freakish aversion to needles, and I have to get buttloads of bloodwork done today. Seriously, if they don't let me lay down while they're doing it, I pass out. Every time. Since I was a kid! I usually barf too, but thats so common place for me now, I don't even think anything of it. On that topic, did you know that cocoa puffs taste exactly the same coming up as they did going down? I take some perverse pleasure in that fact. Updates when I get home...I'm off to cry like a baby and finish straightening my hair!

UPDATE:

That was a TOTAL FREAKIN WASTE OF TIME. Did I get seen by a doc? NO! Did I get to hear a heartbeat? NO! Did I get my blood pressure taken? NO! The only thing was WAS accomplished was my nasty 8 vials of bloodwork. I'm rather proud of myself for only puking before and after, not during! And no passing out :) So- the Portsmouth Naval Hospital sucks monkey balls. I got to sit in a nurses office- no exam room, just her office- and watch her type my information into the computer for a half hour. Thats it. Then she made me an appointment for the clinic thats closer to my house (for the 29th) and told me thats the earliest I can be seen. HELLO! I'm already 15 weeks along, and these freaks and geeks have been stringing me along for almost 2 months now. I JUST WANT TO SEE A FREAKIN DOCTOR!

I'm pissed. I need some lovin.

HEY!

Have you had your Harry Potter today?!?!?! We're watching The Goblet of Fire right now :)

A little more info....

On the Celtic Woman experience can be found here:

Celtic Woman

16 days and counting :o)

Sunday...

Took a journey to Mt. Trashmore today (ex-landfill turned fabulous park and recreation area). We had a fabulous picnic lunch and the monsters played to their little hearts content. Only one incident- I was acosted by a 4 year old! Little shit was throwing sand onto one of the slides, and I asked him nicely to stop since Gabe and Natalie were waiting to slide down. He of course refused as most 4 year olds are wont to do..so I wiped it off myself and stood in front of him. That little brat threw sand at my ass and told me he hated me! What a snot. Anywhoo, we all just ignored him and went about our sliding business :) Since there was no audience for his antics, he gave up. It just angers me that there are kids that young with that much disrespect for adults. It's sad. Oh well, I know I'm raising mine right! I'll have pictures for ya tomorrow, my camera is too far away right now :)

Guess what...

Celtic Woman is coming to Norfolk next month!

********HUGE GIRLY SCREAM*********

Mal and I are buying our tickets tomorrow :)

One more girly scream for effect!!!!

..........

Ever vomit so violently that you lost bladder control?

Yeah.

What can brown do for you?

Driving Mal to her training class today, I passed 72 UPS trucks. Kinda freaky. I totally love this: http://www.crochetville.org/forum/showthread.php?t=23342

Baby is still making me ill every morning...afternoon...evening...and so on. This totally sucks. D left yesterday for another 3ish weeks of nonsense out at sea. So now I'm all by my lonesome *sniff* And thats about all I can think of for now.... pregnancy is robbing much brain function today :)