I slept through the night last night. That means… no pain, no immobility, no getting up at 3:30 to waddle to the bathroom to go pee. I woke up, absolutely amazed, shortly before 7 and dozed, propped up on my pillow tower, in the same exact position I had assumed while falling asleep.
Oh, sweet bliss.
SOMEONE in our neighborhood has a car horn that plays the first few notes of “La Cucaracha” twice. I ONLY hear this horn before 8 a.m. on Saturdays. That thing is LOUD. Every time I hear it, I want to hunt down the idiot who thinks it’s fun to blast that thing that early on a SATURDAY. Have they no respect for anyone else? It’s the weekend, for crying out loud.
Last night, we had to get out the house (today’s expected high - 87 degrees.. expected in-house temp - close to 100) to avoid the grueling apartment heat. Joshua rented the Mini Cooper! and we drove to the Haight and ate at Burger Joint. There’s one here on Valencia, but they’re cash only, and we wanted to get out of the hood for a while. The burgers were good and the milkshakes were amazing, but they were too much. I was still feeling the shake at 11. Not good.
We had planned to go to Golden Gate, but wanted to make sure we could take the car back in time, so we went to Dolores Park instead. We should do that every day. It’s nice. Great view, great playground, lots of space, very relaxing atmosphere. If I could walk the four uphill blocks to get there and then back, I’d take Judah every day. There’s a free concert there at 2 on Sunday. Call us if you’d like to go. We’ll go early and hopefully stake out some shade and eat some lunch.
I watched some people kicking a soccer ball around up in the air. I was shocked that they could move their legs and their bodies like that. Mine feels so rigid all the time, and I have such limited mobility right now, I couldn’t imagine even being able to move that quickly ever again. I told this to Joshua and he assured me that I would, very soon, be able to get around again. I can barely step out of the tub. I can’t reach things. Getting on and off the bed is a circus feat. I can’t even roll over - I have to get Joshua to pick up my butt and move it.
A few days ago, I was talking to him about how I’m looking forward to not being pregnant any more and being able to hold our baby in our arms and get around with him so much easier. With all the issues I’ve faced, we don’t want to get pregnant again, and we were talking about how this would be the last few days of my ever being pregnant. Joshua told me I should savor these days. Savor, my ass. I wanted to hit him in the face.
Kristen, that “horn” you hear (if it is truly at the same time every day/week) is probably a ‘roach coach’ (a/k/a mobile burrito stand). That’s their signature tune, played from a speaker on the truck.
it’s hard to savor things sometimes.
so do you just eat small meals throughout the day? i dont have nasea, but have headaches and once it had neasea. but taking liquid chlorophil (sp) and i pooped extra strength tylenol and it helped. do you drink coffee or have caffiene? i hear it’s ok to have 2 cups. two small dinky cups.
have you seen any high risk pregnant women?
haha. i didnt poop the tylenol, but popped it.