Day in the life - Wednesday, February 15

Once again, I just couldn't resist the urge to overdocument my life with another one of these! I was hoping maybe I'd go into labor to make it extra exciting, but alas, this pretty much was a typical day - which I guess is the whole point :) So here you have it - a glimpse into my life at 38 weeks, 3 days pregnant. As usual, it was Laura over at Navigating the Mothership that inspired me! If you are bored, check out my other days in the life. Looking back, I used to get up way earlier. Guess I'll have to return to that once I have a baby to nurse before going to work - fun! :)

1:30am - Up to pee. Need to race downstairs so I don't explode, then trudge back up the stairs. Always feel pretty much amazing after this endeavor.

6:00am - Wake up again needing to pee, but don't want to get up yet. Was just having a dream where I was biking home from the cabin, but I forgot something, so I had to turn around and go back. I was angry because I was already in Nisswa when I needed to turn back. In my dream I was biking SUPER SLOW (as I would be in real life too) and was panting. I'll bet I was snoring during this too, Ben tells me I snore horribly right now. Whenever he tells me this I am just happy to hear that at some point during the night, I was sleeping soundly enough to snore.

6:48am - Finally get up (alarm goes off at 6:30, 6:39, and then usually the 6:48 one is what does it), go downstairs to shower and get ready.

7:08am - I get a text from Jamie asking if I'm still "up for" doing meals on wheels today - which is code for "are you in labor?" :) I also hear Ben getting up at this point, he comes downstairs and starts to make smoothies. I go upstairs after doing my makeup and hair to find an outfit that I can still fit into right now, which is becoming challenging. Thank heavens for extra long tanks from Old Navy!

7:20am - Start my car from the house - best Christmas present EVER (last year).

I look at the video monitor, because we haven't heard anything from Annie yet - she's sitting up silently on her bed so I go in to get her up and this is the scene. (The noise in the background is Ben blending the smoothies, so you can't really hear her but oh well)

She's in a very, very good mood this morning - 90% of the mornings there are tantrums about one thing or another, but she was all smiles and giggles today which was awesome. She jumps around on the bed a bit and has no problem getting up on the changing pad to get dressed.

I get her dressed and then am on my merry way after kisses for Annie and Ben. Ben always tells me to "be careful" every single day.

Ben reads Annie a book to get her to drink her smoothie quickly :)

7:31am - Backing out of the driveway, on my way to work while drinking my smoothie. It takes me an annoying amount of time (maybe 2 minutes) to make a left turn at a road near our house and some dude honks at me which puts me in a bad mood. Also, The Current is doing their STUPID member drive, so I am forced to listen to the annoying DJs and commercials on other stations. They are talking about some app for your phone where you can get updates from daycare every time your baby poops or drinks a bottle, and get pics all day. Sounds weird to me, but then again I've never once even called to check in on Annie at daycare. Also, Sue doesn't have a computer OR a cell phone, so this is pretty out there to me :) Miraculously, remember to park in the other ramp for meals on wheels today (so I can have in and out rights without paying twice), and walk the 2.5 blocks to my building.

8:00am - Elevator up to my office - there is an annoying talky jokester on the elevator, who gets off at the 3rd floor from 2, which always annoys me (not sure why, since I often do the same thing, but I am currently 9 months pregnant so give myself a pass), especially on these elevators which are literally RIGHT by a stairwell if you know where to look. At least he doesn't work for my company I guess. I get to my desk and some dude from IT is there fixing my phone. I start up my computer, which typically takes about 15 minutes to actually work from when I log on, and go to prepare my coffee.

My coffee is cold press which Ben gets for me in a growler from Dunn Bros, with half and half and homemade vanilla syrup, made by Ben. I heat it all up in the microwave for about a minute, then fill the rest of my mug with hot water (since cold press is much stronger than normal coffee). Tastes ALMOST as good as a vanilla latte :)

8:17am - My computer is finally operating, and I start work - the IT dude is still trying to figure out my phone. Later we will find out that the entire phone system is down. Fun, especially since I have a phone appointment with someone at 9am. I get to work.

Noteables during the morning are getting the update from Ben on how drop off went (fine, she was still in a good mood), eating pumpkin bread that Aaron and Allison brought to our house the other night as a mid-morning snack, and having a frank discussion with my coworker Jen about her need to work on her gmail inbox, which has 235 items in it. We've discussed inbox zero before, and she was keeping up with it, but clearly it has gotten out of hand again! Time to stage a gmail intervention.

11:00am - Meet Leigh and Jamie to go to Meals on Wheels. Discover once we get to my car that with 2 carseats now in there, there is literally no room for more than one passenger. Oops. Thankfully Jamie is skilled with these things and removes the infant base so Leigh can get in. We get to the church to pick up our meals to deliver, and it turns out our route was double booked and someone already took it - so back to the office we go! Kind of a waste of time, but oh well.

Yeah, that's Jamie's butt.

12:00pm - Coworker Miranda suggests a walk - she's been my primary skyway walking buddy. I need lunch, and she needs something at Target, so we head in that direction. The walk back I am seriously going at a snail's pace because I am so exhausted and also, it feels like it's 1000 degrees. Elect to get lunch at Au Bon Pain because it's easy. I would estimate that this walk in total is a little less than a mile.

Start of our walk

Target! 

Taking a breather in IDS.

ABP

12:30pm - We're back, and I'm eating my grilled chicken avocado wrap at my desk while working. Baby boy is all up in my business every time I'm eating it seems - he must love or hate food - whatever causes him to move like a maniac. I really want to take my sweater off because I am seriously SO HOT, but decide that even though I have a tank top underneath, no one needs to see that at the office.

1:40pm - Decide I need a pick me up, so go get a Coke. Probably too much caffeine, but really, what's the harm at this point? Am kind of shocked to see that it's snowing, given that it was sunny over lunch. Also, overfill my water and decide I need to capture that with my phone, because obviously. Water is very exciting. The second I have ONE sip of Coke, baby boy again goes insane. It seems impossible that it could "hit" him that quickly.

2:00pm - Have a meeting where I know a baby shower is happening for me, but am unsure if this is a surprise or not. I got no meeting notification of said shower, but it was supposed to happen the previous week and was to be moved. Am a bit confused, but just go with it. Sit through the half hour of actual meeting while feeling extremely uncomfortable in the chair and trying to cover up my belly because again, the boy was going insane in there and I feel like everyone must notice.

Finally it is baby shower time! Decide to just ask straight up if this was meant to be a surprise - apparently not, my boss had a calendar invite but forgot to add anyone to it :) Ha! One of my coworkers made blood orange panna cotta as a treat and it is seriously delicious. We all chat and I open a few gifts. Love my coworkers! I am excited to be "off" for 12 weeks, but I will miss them for sure.

GET IT?! Because I WAS the captain of the debate team. Ha :) Thank you, Old Navy! (and Jen, of course!)

4:15pm - Leave work. Feel like I've run a marathon.

4:23pm - Get in my car, just in time to hear Mark Wheat (subbing on The Current for the normal DJ) announce my very favorite part of my afternoon commute, Bob Collins' newscast. Lots of good interaction and laughs between Mark and Bob. Always entertains me for my 15 minute drive, and sadly is the primary way I get any news these days. Get a call from Ben that he has to go back to the grocery store to get black beans for the enchiladas we plan to have tonight - he said he is "internalizing his rage" about this because he was literally just at Target getting an eye exam and picking up groceries but didn't realize we were out.

Get to Sue's and see Sienna and Annie peeking up to watch me come down the stairs. Thankfully Annie is cooperative about leaving - just wants to hold her "sloth" craft. Get away without TOO many awkward comments from Sue about how that baby is coming "any day now!" and how I must be "so excited" - WHAT?!? I had NO IDEA!

Annie pulls her chair extra close for me to put her shoes on

This is a 5 minute process every day because she won't ever let me hold her "craft"

4:52 - Leave Sue's, get home 1 minute later and gather up Annie's 2 crafts, Annie herself, and my loaded purse. Feel bruised by the time I get to the house, which is 30 seconds later. Ben is already home from the grocery store, so that's a good sign that his "rage" will have subsided :)

The SECOND I get in the house, I take my coat off, hang it up and go upstairs to put on my yoga pants/Ben's t-shirt combo - AHHHHHHHH. And then take out my contacts - AHHHHHHHHh huge sigh of relief.

Ha - pausing to take a photo before letting Annie down made her ANGRY!!!

The day's craft projects

Times after this point are a bit fuzzy. Annie IMMEDIATELY wants to get down when we get in the door, and takes her coat off and puts it away. She then helps Ben chop vegetables for awhile - I got this extremely thrilling video of her peeling an onion. This was the first time chopping an onion seemed to actually make her eyes water. We are making the enchiladas for our freezer meals, and eating one dinner of them tonight. This takes awhile.

The video gets a bit more exciting toward the end when I have Annie sing a song, and then Ben yells at her for touching the cutting board ;)

Watery eyes :)

Annie is pretty good during this time about playing by herself - she colors for awhile, takes everything out of a basket, and plays in the office playroom with her kitchen. I go in there for awhile and she serves me up some food. I love watching her play and listening to her narration! ("Egg? egg in the bowl? One for daddy too?") At one point before dinner, she takes down all of the tupperwares and gets EXTREMELY angry at Ben for putting them away, even though she wasn't even DOING anything with them.

Not the most flattering photo she's ever had taken :)

After Ben put away the tupperwares - poor Annie, her life is SO HARD! :)

6:20pm - We finally sit down to eat dinner - phew! It was delicious. Annie was fairly calm, mostly choosing to eat straight sour cream. We finished off our dinner with clementines, which Annie loves to peel herself - a great way to keep her focused and calm at the table for longer.

 

The cheery yellow tulips Ben got me for Valentine's Day are still looking good! :)

After dinner, I decide to just make the last item of our freezer stash, banana nut muffins, with Annie's help. She enjoys mashing the bananas greatly. This takes us pretty much up to bedtime.

Ben gets Annie's jammies on while I clean up her toys, then I read Brown Bear (her request every night lately - she can recite it with me now) and Goodnight Moon. Ben then helps her brush her teeth (she gets to brush first, then it's Ben's turn), and then it's in bed. She whines a bit for no reason, but goes to sleep pretty quickly tonight, a nice change from the past few nights where it's taken her nearly an hour to actually sleep.

NO JAMMIES!! WANT TO PLAY! (too bad!)

Thankfully got over it

Also does not want to be carried into the bathroom, wants to WALK!

7:25pm - We close Annie's door and she's in bed.

7:30pm - Muffins are done - I take them out to cool, and then set up my spot on the couch with multiple pillows for support. Then I start downloading all the photos from the day from various cameras to my computer, editing them and uploading them to flickr. (interested in my photo management system? See this post for details :)

8:15pm - Ben goes in to put the blanket on Annie, because she never wants it on initially, and if she does she kicks it off.

Love how she finally cuddles with her bunny now!

8:40pm - I get a bowl of Raisin Bran Crunch - mmm boy. By this point, I think my photos are all ready, so while I'm eating cereal I'm checking google reader, twitter, facebook etc. Once I'm done with the cereal, I get started on writing the freezer meals post, which as you know if you've read it, is epic.

10:00pm - Decide to try to heave myself off the couch to get ready for bed. This is the battle I have every night - don't want to go through the process of getting ready for bed, just want it to happen. My whole body is screaming in pain at this point. Get ready, and then go up to bed where Ben gets me tucked in and we have our nightly chat where I relay again to him how WEIRD it is to know that ONE DAY I'LL JUST HAVE A BABY. Like, very soon, but yet it feels like I'll be pregnant forever, the first person in history. Seriously, I say this to him every night lately. Because it IS, just so weird.

10:43pm - Look at the clock and quickly send Ben away because it is SO LATE! Ben reports that when he came upstairs at about 11:30pm, I was "snoring like a mofo" so I guess I fell asleep fast :)