The test is good....etc.

So my glucose test went well. I didn't vomit that nasty stuff they make you drink and hopefully the results of that won't get back to me. No news is good news so if they don't call, that means everything is good. I've still only gained the 10 pounds and made the nurses station erupt into bawdy laughter when my response to the number on the scale was a loud, distressed, not-thought-out "Well, shit." I hadn't meant to really say that out loud. Either way, things are still measuring right on schedule and the little fartface is flipping like a trout so she's not worried. Or at least, she wasn't worried once she verified that I eat. More than once a day. Seriously. Long talk about what I had eaten in the past few days. She was satisfied both with the quantity and the quality of the food I eat and I told her that I had stopped taking walks since it was so freaking hot outside and had instead been using my exercise ball for about 30 minutes in the afternoon and she was fine with that. In any case, it seems things are going well and normally. I will have to have another ultrasound to see if the placenta has moved off my c-section scar and we are really keeping our fingers crossed for that one! If it hasn't that makes this ballgame quite a bit more complicated because if I ended up having to have another c-sec instead of the vbac I'm hoping for the insicion would have to go somewhere else. Ug, I don't even like to think about it. Anyway, nothing of interest going on in my world. Going to work, going home, hiding from the heat. Slowly working to get things prepared at home and trying to keep up on all the regular duties we have. Mostly pretty boring. It's all good, I like boring!

So this is my somewhere between 27 and 28 week photo. I didn't realize how big the difference in size is between my belly and my butt until I saw this photo. Since then I've had to check it out in the mirror regularly with some amused confusion. Why don't I fall over more often? It kinda weirds me out and I've decided that it would look more normal if my rear was of a more proportionate size. Not that there's much I can do about this beyond what I'm already doing, but it seems to me that I really do look like an orange on a toothpick. I've come to terms with this, mostly because there isn't much I can do. Deep fried foods kind of make me ill and since fruits and veggies don't help me gain weight I guess I need to resign myself to to being frightfully off balance for awhile. The part that's kind of amusing is that I didn't look as good when I was preggo with my oldest but I felt better. I was more comfortable with my body when it was carrying a much bigger amount of extra weight. I like to think of it as my winter coat, since he was born in January.

I can honestly say that pregnancy is not my favorite state of being. I can agree that it's a miracle, I can agree that it is a wonderful thing. I love babies, I love children, especially mine but I'm not fond of how they get here. Don't get me wrong, I'm extremely grateful to be here. I'm so thankful to God for giving me this gift especially after so much struggle and pain. I'm thankful for the ability to add to our family and to have another beautiful child to love. I just don't enjoy being pregnant. It's certainly not the worst thing in the world or the hardest thing I've been through, it just goes on for so long! Plus, each one is different and very rarely in that "pleasant suprise" kind of way. Ok, enough whining. I'd love to say that I have loads of other interesting, fun things to talk about but I'd be lying through my teeth. At this point I'm sort of floating through my life and seeing all in a passive haze. I'm not really in charge, not really trying to be. I just don't care very much. I'm biding my time and looking to the future. Hopefully nobody asks me to sign any legal documents until after September!

The issue is...

When you haven't had a computer for a while it's really hard to wrest it from your hubby's hands so you can use it. I've still not checked my e-mail because he's been playing with this stupid thing since it was possible to play with it. I generally have no idea what he's been doing but it seems to be work stuff so I can't really complain if I still want to feel good about myself. I can't say that I've been keeping up with all the things going on in the cyber-world that we all enjoy, but I figure the rest of you are so I'm trying to snag the keys whenever I can and keep you all in the know about my lame little life. So, answers to questions. Moving to Eugene probably in late summer or early fall of 2008. Small possibility that it may be sooner but that is the current plan. We will be moving because the hubby will be going to U of O and pursuing a degree in architecture. I have no doubt that he will be able to pull this off without much problem as he is smart, motivated and driven. He is really good at the school thing. Much better than I, actually. I didn't even have to help him much with his writing classes which was a surprise. It's his least favorite subject and the one he tends to struggle with the most. It's usually my best subject and our grades were about the same which I think is due to pure pig-headed tenacity on his part. His grades are wonderful even though he likes to take more credits per term than I ever think he should and he manages to put his studies before fun which I'm not nearly as good at. He has no problem bowing out of a fun evening early so he can tend to his studying. He is just a great student. Plus, he already builds things, does masonry and much artistic talent in ceramics, rock (he carves it) and wood. A most talented guy! I'm not excited about living in Eugene but I'm glad that it isn't too far from home so it will be easy to come and visit and easy for our friends and family to come visit us. I'm trying to find the good things about the area and so far I've found that there is some nice shopping there and the gardening opportunities should be great. There is also a Lutheran church close to where we will probably be living so that helps. I plan to look into job opportunities there that are comparable to what I'm doing now as I really like my job. I don't know that I'll ever be able to find a crew of wonderful people to work with like I have now but I don't think that chance comes around very often. This job is the first I've ever had that plays to all my strengths. The ones that I've earned through experience and the ones I was born with. They appreciate both work ethic and personal ethic. They value their employees for more reasons than any other place I've ever worked. These people are grade A, high class, certifiable good people. Rare, almost unheard of and certainly appreciated. It's not something I want to go the rest of my life without experiencing again. I know I can survive having to move away from all that is comfortable and familiar to me, I've done it before. I just did it before I had kids and that makes me a little nervous. My family is so great with support and help I don't know how I'm going to cope when they are so far away. I know that it'll just be something I get through, something I adjust to over time, but it sounds like it's going to suck. Thank God for technology. I'll be able to call, e-mail or whatever and I'm grateful for that. It's just not the same as being able to go over to their house, pull up a chair and talk. I'm really going to miss that. Even if nobody has anything major to talk about sometimes the few minutes of shooting the breeze makes my day what it should be. And of course, my friends. They are the few that made the cut. Not that I require a lot, just that these people stuck. They stuck to me and I stuck to them. They're great, no other way to say it. Oy, look at me go! I gotta go to bed, got church tomorrow!! Have a good one!

**Update** By the way, I figured I should let you all know that the baby shower thrown by my wonderful, industrious sister-in-law and my equally wonderful pal will be on July 21st and we have indeed managed to get ourselves registered at Target. The registry number is 011000766001258. All are welcome to attend and invitations that include the location will be forthcoming. That is all. ;)

I'm back!!

The computer has been fixed so I should be able to post and comment more often. I've tried to catch up on what everyone has been writing so I'm not so out of the loop. Things are going well here. I have to say that this pregnancy is harder than my last. More uncomfortable and unpredictable. I finally gained some weight so my doctor is happy but I feel as though I have reached capacity and I can't possibly get any bigger. I'm a little concerned that the feeling will only get worse and it will start to seriousy complicate my life. I can handle all the discomforts well at home, it's just a matter of delegating. It's a little harder at work. I really want to work all the way up to the end and I don't want to have to stop early. Obviously, if my doctor says I have a real reason to stop early I will, but I'd like to keep working if for no other reason than to keep busy. Besides, I know that if I were home all the time I'd be scrubbing stuff in my house that doesn't need it and organizing things that have already been organized. It's become an obsession.

Anyway, things to do so I'll come back later and bore you some more!