and the beat goes on...

It's unfortunate that my posts have degraded into little more than quick updates on the state of my affairs.

I'm not gonna do anything about that though.

at least not for awhile. It's hard work growing people and I've really got my hands full these days.

Most everything is going well but there is one aspect that definitely is not. I won't go into it but suffice to say that it weighs on me on the unhappy occasions that I am reminded of it.

In other news, the dog is awesome. we kept her shelter name, Nikki. It seems to suit her. she's really well behaved and pretty calm for a puppy. She's settling in nicely. The cats don't seem to mind her either.

school starts wednesday. I'm excited and also a little nervous.

Shawn is good but I'd like to see more of him.

I guess that's all for now...

and the winner is...

so...

It's a girl!

yup.  we were really hoping for a boy but I'm not gonna throw her back or anything.

as far as updates in other news...

hot water heater is finally fixed after they tried to charge us an xtra $1350 on top of the $850 we were already paying them.

kudos to shawn for getting the guy to come back on his own time to install it under the table. it only ended up costing us about $60 more than the original estimate instead of our first born.

we got the dog!  got the call back on tuesday.  we can pick her up next week after she gets spade.  (see pic from 2 posts back)

still really busy, in reality though I think it's busier in my head than it is in the really real world.  in time though they'll be one and the same...

the not-so-great escape attempt

when I woke up this morning it felt like my demon spawn was literally trying to rip it's way out of my midsection with its soft, flexy fingernails.

this lovely overture lasted from 5am until around 10 when I went to the ER.  from there, it stopped, waited until right before they did my 2nd sonogram and then... wait for it... steady... ATTACK!

ugh.

it hurt like a bitch but baby's fine (of course).  dr. thinks it's mostly caused by all my scar tissue from all my surgeries.  skin, organs, etc are trying to move/stretch and won't!  or rather, it will but not without bitching about it and trying to drag me to hell first.  

the good news it that this will continue to happen as long as baby continues to grow so thank god for that.

they offered me percocet for the pain but nah.  tylenol is fine.  and they kept me for-fucking-ever so I was ready to eat my foot or digest my baby or resort to the half melted atkins bar in my purse.

It was awful, haha.

so after half portions of the following:

chile relleno burrito

pint of ben & jerry's americone dream

flan

can of rootbeer

and a nap

I am starting to feel like a person again.

The lab tech told me the sex of the baby but I want to confirm with my appt. in ucsf before I repeat the verdict so... stay tuned.

oh!  while I was at the hospital they installed my new sleep number bed and it is the most divine thing ever.  I think we're going to be very very good friends.

dog eat dog world...

sooo...

stuff is crazy around here but despite it all I'm doing fairly well and am pretty happy.  I think my baby is steadily feeding me happy hormones like drugs since I can't have any fun right now...

good baby.

mk so lets see, the hot water heater blew up the other day, promptly thereafter I blew up and now my sister permanently hates my guts and is moving out, we might be getting a dog (refer to picture), we have a new bed coming tomorrow (sleep number!), new water heater coming monday (which is retarded expensive), sonogram on monday (hopefully find out sex!), start school at the end of this month, finished painting the baby room but now sis (the one that doesn't hate me) is painting awesome adorable mural on wall, shopping for a new car and selling truck... anything else?  oh! going to st. louis early next month to meet the rest of shawn's family, starting a cult and declaring myself as the one true saviour... and that's all I can think of right now even though I know there's more, lots more.

whew *wipes brow*

how are you guys doin'?