Sunday, July 25, 2010
Weekend Getaway!
Our 2nd annual anniversary getaway weekend was a success!!
We decided to go to Columbus - not sure how we came to that decision, but we wanted to get away to a hotel for a weekend without any obligations one last time before the baby is born. Katy Cronin graciously took Sammi for the weekend - but we missed her - isn't that crazy!?!? We left for Columbus after work on Friday which ended up being like 6:30...had to take 2 cars since I have to stay down here for work this week, so the drive was pretty boring but made decent time until we got here. Our hotel was in the Arena District - The Lofts. Well neither of us have done much in Columbus to know the area and so we had to drive around the Arena District for a little while before finding the hotel - it's a really neat area!! Turns out it was hard to find because it's such a small hotel - just 44 rooms - it was pretty awesome though - old renovated lofts - exposed brick, high ceilings, etc. really neat. We thought we'd walk down to the area where more restaurants were to eat dinner but when we got a few blocks I realized I wasn't feeling up to treking it for the evening, so we went back and ate at the Max and Erma's in our hotel. Saturday we slept in a bit, watched a bit of the Tour de France and then headed to Easton for a little shopping. It was hot hot hot, so we tried to stay in the AC for the most part and plus I again wasn't up for as much walking as I hoped to - getting wiped out pretty quickly these days. But we had a great day shopping and went to see Inception at the movie theater there -- very good movie -- and eventually headed back to the hotel and dinner at a nice seafood restaurant by our hotel (again not up for walking towards the action haha). Sunday we slept in but ordered breakfast room service so ate breakfast in bed! Had to check out at noon, and headed up to Polaris area where my hotel is for my work week. Luckily were able to check in here early, then headed over to Polaris Mall for a little more spending :) Olive Garden for Lunch, lazy all day watching TV, Panera for dinner and then AJ headed home. Now I am bored. haha. A weekend full of all those things we won't get to do for a while. Including being bored :) This week I have clinical manager training for work so I am still in Columbus. I don't like being here by myself being so super pregnant, but I am assuring myself I still have 5 weeks and everything will be fine. Just in case, my mom is coming to stay with me on Tuesday :) I am hoping/not hoping - not really sure what I hope -- But Annual State Survey is expected to show up at work any day. Probably in the next 2 weeks...so if they do show up this week, we're not sure if they'll send me back to help out or if they'll have me stay to get my orientation done. So in a way I want them to show up and send me home so I can be at home, but as AJ reminded me, I'll have to do this eventually so I should get it done with now before there is a baby at home that I would have to leave - which is a good point!! So I kind of hope State comes but I get to stay here. Either way I want State to come because we are all sick of waiting for it!! Hmm I think I am blabbering. I guess I'll go back to watching pointless TV until it gets late enough that I feel I might actually fall asleep :) Here's to a good - I HOPE - week and a safe return home to the long haul of my FINAL month of pregnancy :) CANNOT WAIT TO MEET HER!!!!!!!!
We decided to go to Columbus - not sure how we came to that decision, but we wanted to get away to a hotel for a weekend without any obligations one last time before the baby is born. Katy Cronin graciously took Sammi for the weekend - but we missed her - isn't that crazy!?!? We left for Columbus after work on Friday which ended up being like 6:30...had to take 2 cars since I have to stay down here for work this week, so the drive was pretty boring but made decent time until we got here. Our hotel was in the Arena District - The Lofts. Well neither of us have done much in Columbus to know the area and so we had to drive around the Arena District for a little while before finding the hotel - it's a really neat area!! Turns out it was hard to find because it's such a small hotel - just 44 rooms - it was pretty awesome though - old renovated lofts - exposed brick, high ceilings, etc. really neat. We thought we'd walk down to the area where more restaurants were to eat dinner but when we got a few blocks I realized I wasn't feeling up to treking it for the evening, so we went back and ate at the Max and Erma's in our hotel. Saturday we slept in a bit, watched a bit of the Tour de France and then headed to Easton for a little shopping. It was hot hot hot, so we tried to stay in the AC for the most part and plus I again wasn't up for as much walking as I hoped to - getting wiped out pretty quickly these days. But we had a great day shopping and went to see Inception at the movie theater there -- very good movie -- and eventually headed back to the hotel and dinner at a nice seafood restaurant by our hotel (again not up for walking towards the action haha). Sunday we slept in but ordered breakfast room service so ate breakfast in bed! Had to check out at noon, and headed up to Polaris area where my hotel is for my work week. Luckily were able to check in here early, then headed over to Polaris Mall for a little more spending :) Olive Garden for Lunch, lazy all day watching TV, Panera for dinner and then AJ headed home. Now I am bored. haha. A weekend full of all those things we won't get to do for a while. Including being bored :) This week I have clinical manager training for work so I am still in Columbus. I don't like being here by myself being so super pregnant, but I am assuring myself I still have 5 weeks and everything will be fine. Just in case, my mom is coming to stay with me on Tuesday :) I am hoping/not hoping - not really sure what I hope -- But Annual State Survey is expected to show up at work any day. Probably in the next 2 weeks...so if they do show up this week, we're not sure if they'll send me back to help out or if they'll have me stay to get my orientation done. So in a way I want them to show up and send me home so I can be at home, but as AJ reminded me, I'll have to do this eventually so I should get it done with now before there is a baby at home that I would have to leave - which is a good point!! So I kind of hope State comes but I get to stay here. Either way I want State to come because we are all sick of waiting for it!! Hmm I think I am blabbering. I guess I'll go back to watching pointless TV until it gets late enough that I feel I might actually fall asleep :) Here's to a good - I HOPE - week and a safe return home to the long haul of my FINAL month of pregnancy :) CANNOT WAIT TO MEET HER!!!!!!!!
Thursday, July 22, 2010
One year later...
Oops. Okay, so I must say, once I got close, I decided to just wait so it would really be one year later haha. AJ and I celebrated our 3rd wedding anniversary yesterday. Crazy how much has changed since last year!! Did not get in the trip to South Bass Island again like we had hoped to, but we'll spend a relaxing weekend (I hope) in Columbus this weekend instead. Let's see. Since last year, my job changed - I am now the rehab manager at the Laurels of Canton - no longer the Arbors, we got a dog - a wonderful black lab mix named Sammi who keeps us VERY busy, and oh yeah, I'm 35 weeks pregnant!! I cannot wait to see what the next year brings!
My daily routine is getting up around 7, work 8-5 (at least), come home and take Sammi for a walk - exercise for me, and it will also assure that she will then pass out for about an hour on the kitchen floor, eat dinner, watch tv for a bit, and then head for bed around 9:30. Then I toss and turn for anywhere from 1-3 hours. Ha. No laughing matter really - it's making me a little crazy!!
I always thought I would be this certain type of pregnant person - I would exercise and stay in shape, eat only the healthiest of foods and love my big pregnant body. Wow I couldn't have been more wrong. I did exercise regularly for about a month around my 22 week mark which really was good for me at that time, right when I started getting big. Then I kind of quit that until the past few weeks when I've started taking Sammi for walks daily or at least 5 days a week. Food - hmm I pretty much eat whatever whenever. My appetite was small in the beginning - not terribly sick, but did have some nausea, then HUGE - mom made fun of me that I would eat anything that was put in front of me and most things that weren't. Now my appetite has somewhat normalized, but bottom line is, at no point did I look at what I was eating and think, hm is this healthy?! haha. And finally, it's not that I hate being pregnant but I sure don't love it like I thought I would. It's much more BIZARRE than I ever thought it would be!! How strange that I have a small human being just hanging out inside of me! Well, back flipping and swimming is more what it feels like. It's really crazy. I'm starting to get uncomfortable - I won't say miserable yet, but uncomfortable. The nights are the worst part - VERY uncomfortable and cannot sleep. Waking up several times a night to pee and usually awake for a while each time. I know it's just mother nature's way of preparing me for the next year of my life, but COME ON, I'm sure I'll get the hang of it when it's really here - bless me with some shut eye in the meantime!!!
So I have 5 weeks to go til we meet our little girl. (It's a girl!!) I have a strong feeling she's going to come early, but that may just be wishful thinking. It just doesn't seem like she can get much bigger - or that I can get much bigger. If she does take her time and wait 5 more weeks, I am betting I will get to the miserable point!!
Regardless of the discomfort, I cannot WAIT to meet her and become a mom. I can't wait to start this next chapter of my life and to face my biggest challenge so far :)
My daily routine is getting up around 7, work 8-5 (at least), come home and take Sammi for a walk - exercise for me, and it will also assure that she will then pass out for about an hour on the kitchen floor, eat dinner, watch tv for a bit, and then head for bed around 9:30. Then I toss and turn for anywhere from 1-3 hours. Ha. No laughing matter really - it's making me a little crazy!!
I always thought I would be this certain type of pregnant person - I would exercise and stay in shape, eat only the healthiest of foods and love my big pregnant body. Wow I couldn't have been more wrong. I did exercise regularly for about a month around my 22 week mark which really was good for me at that time, right when I started getting big. Then I kind of quit that until the past few weeks when I've started taking Sammi for walks daily or at least 5 days a week. Food - hmm I pretty much eat whatever whenever. My appetite was small in the beginning - not terribly sick, but did have some nausea, then HUGE - mom made fun of me that I would eat anything that was put in front of me and most things that weren't. Now my appetite has somewhat normalized, but bottom line is, at no point did I look at what I was eating and think, hm is this healthy?! haha. And finally, it's not that I hate being pregnant but I sure don't love it like I thought I would. It's much more BIZARRE than I ever thought it would be!! How strange that I have a small human being just hanging out inside of me! Well, back flipping and swimming is more what it feels like. It's really crazy. I'm starting to get uncomfortable - I won't say miserable yet, but uncomfortable. The nights are the worst part - VERY uncomfortable and cannot sleep. Waking up several times a night to pee and usually awake for a while each time. I know it's just mother nature's way of preparing me for the next year of my life, but COME ON, I'm sure I'll get the hang of it when it's really here - bless me with some shut eye in the meantime!!!
So I have 5 weeks to go til we meet our little girl. (It's a girl!!) I have a strong feeling she's going to come early, but that may just be wishful thinking. It just doesn't seem like she can get much bigger - or that I can get much bigger. If she does take her time and wait 5 more weeks, I am betting I will get to the miserable point!!
Regardless of the discomfort, I cannot WAIT to meet her and become a mom. I can't wait to start this next chapter of my life and to face my biggest challenge so far :)
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