She lives!

Yes I'm still alive!  Wow, I have been so insanely busy!  I can't even tell you!  I had a wonderful time reading new blogs for ICLW and then I basically vanished!  I hope my new visitors stuck around!

Quick updates:

• I leave for California on a business trip on Monday.  I'm excited and nervous.  I hate being away from my boys.  Traveling can be stressful.  But it's California and I'm looking forward to the experience!
• The trend of illnesses and injury continues!  The family was stricken by a horribly nasty stomach flu bug AGAIN!  Yes we just had one in February/March.  UNFAIR!  This wasn't the throwing up kind (thankfully) and both kids were spared the worst of it.  Mom and I both had it pretty badly, complete with awful fever, body aches, and an extreme attachment to the bathroom.  Good times.  Then poor Mom broke her big toe yesterday, thanks to Tyler's hot wheels.  Not good.
• I turned 31 last Tuesday.  Hooray for another year older!  Happy birthday to Twin, too!
• We traded in our gas guzzler for a Ford Focus.  Hopefully it will save some money and it's much newer and more reliable so yay for that!
• I have been beyond swamped at work, thus leaving me no brain cells for writing in the evenings.  Plans to return to the book progress soon!  Going to have to set a deadline if I'm going to make any marked progress I think!

More to come soon, I promise!  I'll have a full CA report soon!  And I have had several posts in mind, just no time to write them!

Time flies...sometimes!

17 weeks pregnant!  In some ways I can't believe that!  My pregnancy is almost half over.  This week baby is the size of an onion (you missed lemon in week 15 and avocado last week).  I still don't feel anything in there and I'm starting to get really anxious for a few of those fun little flutters!

I saw my doctor last week and everything is good.  She found the baby's heartbeat right away this time, hanging out around my belly button.  She also scheduled me for the BIG ultrasound on May 18th.  Time is NOT flying to that date!

Also speaking of time flying...I am 30 years old today.  That's sort of mind-blowing.  I don't have big hang ups about 30, but it is something of a milestone.  In a lot of ways, I am where I want to be.

One more thing....HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWIN!!!!  Thanks for sharing your bday with me, since I shared mom's uterus with you!  Love you much!

Another year older

I am officially 29 years old as of yesterday.  On the one hand, I don't have any major hang ups about getting older or closer to 30 or whatever.  On the other hand, a part of who I have always been is "young". Does that make any sense?  I've been the young one at work for five years, but now there are younger people.  My son is 2, I have been married almost 7 years.  I'm feeling the affects of adulthood for sure. That's not a negative comment, just something rolling around in my head.  I've had to be pretty mature for my age in a lot of ways, again, not a negative thing.  It's who I am.  So here's to another year older, and hopefully wiser, and many more!

Oh and also, HAPPY BIRTHDAY TWIN!  I love you and I wouldn't be me if not for you!

Memories

Yesterday I had to go to a local college to do an errand for my mom. The grounds were pretty deserted, as it was pretty early. I parked my car and started walking. It brought back memories of my college days and I realized how much I liked college. It was the most independent time of my life. I lived at home the first couple of years, but I had a car and that allowed me more independence than I'd ever known. I worked on campus during most of my time in school, so I spent most of my time there.

It was a time where I was able to truly be my own boss, funnily enough. I could skip class to do something fun if I wanted to. I could buy a coffee and chat on my cell phone and feel so very adult.

It sounds silly to say these things, it's sort of trivial, but those feelings came back to me for a few minutes walking around there. I met some great people in college, two of my best friends. I grew up, which I imagine is common. I had my heart broken for the first time. I met my husband while in college. I learned to lead, rather than to just follow.

It was nice to be reminded of that feeling. I learned a lot of responsibility and yet it was still a pretty simple time. I could stretch my wings and still have someone there to catch me. These days I feel like I do more catching than stretching!

This is like my fourth serious post in a row! I'll try to bring some funny next time! Thanks to all my readers! I actually have a few now :)

Disbelief

My baby turned 1 yesterday. In my twin's words, I did not authorize that. Where does the time go?

CURSED I TELL YOU!!!

It's official. I am cursed. Bad things happen. To me. A lot. And usually, like now, at the absolute worst possible moment.

I'm moving this weekend. To a new house. Hooray for that.

So the problem? I finally got in for that injection I wrote about before, thinking that it would actually be good to have it done before moving, as it is exactly the kind of thing that really make me hurt. I got all of the information, heard all the side effects, weighted my options and went for it. Needless to say, it wasn't very pleasant but I've been through worse, so I thought, no problem.

Then I went home and about an hour later my upper back started to hurt. A different kind of hurt that my neck pain.

Yeah and it hurts. Still. And I'm supposed to move this weekend. I'll be useless. Nobody mentioned any potential side effects like this.

Why does my body hate me?

Birthday Bomb

I've never had very good luck on my birthday. Hell, before it was even officially my birthday I had bad luck. That is to say that my older sister was buried on my birthday, although I was still around -7 years old, but still, it's a little bit of a damper on the day. Usually it's something minor, like having a head cold or something. But I've had a few birthdays from hell. The worst one was probably my 19th. My appendix ruptured and I had emergency surgery followed by four days in the hospital. Fun. This year wasn't great though. My parents had to go to court about their impending divorce and whether my dad had to pay spousal support. So no fun there at all. But at least I only had to work a half day. It could be worse...right? Oh yeah and my back is all screwed up cause, like the jack ass I obviously am, I decided to try some of my old skating moves while hanging out with friends for a pre bday bash with my twin and fell hard. I'm only 25? Why do I feel 125???