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Guess what.

Finger poking sucks.

Well..

The Red Sox just whipped the Yankees. So there's something.

Today

Today sucked major ass. You wouldn't believe the crap that happened to me. I got up early, made it to my 3 hour glucose appt at 7:40am. A little nauseous, but otherwise fine. They took my fasting blood sample, and then made me wait nearly 45 minutes before giving me the sugary crap to drink. Then my 3 hours started. First poke (fasting) took nearly 20 minutes because they couldn't find a decent vein. Second poke went off without a hitch. I was actually feeling quite proud of myself for not getting sick! Third poke..at this point I already have 5 holes in my arms..so the nurse decides to try it in my hand..which I tell her makes me ill. So she does it, I'm fine until she takes it out. Then the overwhelming urge to vomit appears. I scramble for the bathroom, my wrist bleeding all over me. Of course, out of the two bathrooms, one is in use and the other is being cleaned. I shout to the maintenance guy that I NEED this toilet. He scoots out of the way quick enough, but the damn lightbulb is out. So I vomit and vomit and vomit some more. My bladder looks up at my stomach, decides that expelling its contents looks like fun, and joins in. Yes ladies and gentlemen...I vomited so violently I freakin wet my pants. At the clinic. In the dark bathroom. It takes me at least a half hour to get my pants dried off..because you better believe I was not going to walk back to that crowded waiting room all wet! The nurse has to talk with my doc to make sure the test is still valid (since I vomited up the glucose drink) and thankfully it is..since I only had one stick to go. Last stick goes just fine, and I'm outta there. Then I go to my car.

Which doesn't start.

I want to cry at this point. I'm tired and I just want to go home. But no....I call USAA since I have roadside assistance..they send a dude to jump start my car, since it appears to be a dead battery. This takes an hour or so. He jumps it. It dies again. He leaves, and I call USAA again to get a tow truck. This takes more than an hour. By this time it's almost 3:30 in the afternoon..I haven't had a damn thing to eat all day and I'm tired and sore. Feeling rather whiny. Guy FINALLY shows up, and tows my car home. It's now 4pm. And they think its a major transmission problem.

Someone pass the tissues.

Oh, and this has further ramifications than today...now I probably will not be able to make it to DC this weekend, to meetup with the fabulous Lynlee. I want to punch something.

On a roll...

My days have been getting better and better. How fabulous is that?!? Today I went shopping with Mal, we lunched at Applebees and had a fab waiter. Picked up a pool for the kids- now I just have to mow the jungle that is the backyard *lol* No nausea today *YAY*!! And I got to chat with an old friend online..we haven't spoken in a long time, and it was really good to hear from her, even for just a few minutes. Here's hoping we keep chatting, I rather miss her. Now I'm off to bed..gonna watch Day After Tomorrow until my eyeballs can't stay open anymore!

Happy Mothers Day!

Hope all you moms have a good one :) I woke up to a sweet suprise that Mal helped the kids put together- The coolest coffee mug ever, with a pic of each kiddo inside! Plus three fabulous kinds of tea (sugar free! Go Mal!), a card from each kiddo, and a balloon on a stick! What more could a mom want :) Now I'm trying to convince the kiddos to get dressed, I think I'm gonna surprise them with a trip to Chuck E. Cheeses. Tootles!

Crappy Day.

It's just been one of those days. Hormones on overload..crying over every little thing. Chores piled up. Headache. Vomited up a lung this morning. Irritating email from D. I'm done. I'm going to indulge in some of that retail therapy I heard about from Lynlee.

Shit.

Guess whose doctor just called to schedule the 3 hour glucose test?

Foodie Friday

Ah, crap. I forgot to grab a recipe for today. I'll try to come up with one when I get home, but for now, enjoy one of my favorite recipe sites:

www.meals.com

Baby and Baseball

Whipped the Yankees again last night. At least they played a good game this time- score was 5-3.

Had another doctors appointment this morning. Peanut is doing good, and tried to kick away the doppler when getting his hearbeat done :) They made me sit for my 1 hour glucose today- not really a problem except I wasn't expecting it. So I had nothing to read or crochet..had to sit in a hard ass chair for an hour. Oh well. At least I didn't vomit or pass out while having the blood drawn! This test was different for me- with my other two pregnancies, I had to fast the night before, then they took blood, had me drink the nasty crap, took blood again. This time was no fasting, one stick after drinking the crap. Things have changed! My doc doesn't have you pee in a cup on visits either..unless you feel like you have a UTI or something. It's blowing my mind!

Gonna head out in a wee bit and run some errands...have to pay some bills, and pick up a few things for our trip to DC! D is trying to get leave so we can visit his family in Philly after meeting up with Lynlee. But we'll see if the Navy feels like being generous or not. Daddy might end up staying home :)

Baseball Tonight

Red Sox smear Yankees, 14-3.

:)

Manny got two hits, including a home run. Could he be any sexier?!

Pretty Lace

I'm in search of this book- "Pretty Lace" by Yoko Suzuki. Someone please explain why it's on Amazon for $75, for a used copy? Geesh!!

Red Sox vs. Orioles today. We're kicking ass!

Update:

We WON!! 10-3 :)

Found this article, I wish we had a place like that around here!

Cheap Gas

Happy Cinco De Mayo & Belated Anniversary!

Yeah, so yesterday was my 4th wedding anniversary. Who knew?! I always forget when D is out of town. 4 years..wow. We've been together for about 6.5. I love you baby!! I can't wait for you to get home...

Mal and I made a groovy Mexican themed dinner tonight...Chicken enchiladas, spanish rice, and the before mentioned virgin sangrias. YUM!! It's sooo good :) We're watching Total Recal (well, I'm blogging at the same time, because I've seen it before) and having an all around good evening. Rocky Road ice cream for dessert! The kiddos revolted at the idea of dinner, so I picked up some lunchables for them. Now they're fat and happy, running around upstairs. Peace!

Foodie Friday!

This preggo lady is posting the alcohol free version, although you can certainly google several more "adult" recipes :)

Sangria



Ingredients:
2 cups cranberry juice, chilled
1 (6 oz.) can frozen orange juice concentrate, (prepared according to package directions), or 1 quart store-bought orange juice
2 tablespoons lemon juice
1 quart raspberry or strawberry soda, chilled
1 medium navel orange, sliced
1 lemon, sliced
1 lime, sliced

Instructions:
In a 2 1/2 to 3 quart pitcher, combine cranberry, orange and lemon juices. At serving time add chilled soda and orange, lemon and lime slices.

Serving Suggestion:
Garnish each glass with fruit kabobs (pineapple chunks, maraschino cherries, lemon, lime or orange wedges), if desired.

Makes 2 1/2 quarts.

Red Sox take control late, defeat Yankees 7-3

Who's laughing now, Kat?!

*evil grin*

Can't believe I forgot to post this!

Here is my littlest peanut :)

The fabulous Lynlee strikes again!

You. Totally. Rock. I was feeling ever so crappy and nauseated this morning- when to my suprise, the kindly mailman delivers unto me a package. The mah-velous Lynlee sent me some triple ginger snaps and apple sours to help with the nausea- girl, I ate two of the snaps right away, and I'll be damned if I didn't start to feel better! The monsters ran off with the new colorbooks clutched gleefully in their little fingers, and I can't wait to make a baby hat out of that fanatastic yarn. You totally made my day! I'm gonna have to squeeze the stuffing out of ya next month :)