7/21/10

Brief Hit List

-17 weeks and baby good.

-Had my amnio last week. Hurt just a bit but all went well. Results by EOW, I hope.

-Blood pressure's been a little high - high risk OB now managing me. Averaging around 123/72 which is fine. I worry but do try to remember I can only do so much and all else is out of my hands.

-Visited a daycare today. Loved it. Will give them deposit to hold my spot for a March or April admission date.

-Work's been rough. Crazy ass boss flipped out just before Memorial Day. Sent scathing (and 100% unwarranted) email to her boss telling him how deficient he is (and copied his direct and indirect reports). Not only against code of conduct and grossly unprofessional but shockingly ironic! My boss has a serious alcohol problem (yeah, on the job too) who is rarely in the office or accessible and makes about a buck fifty BASE. Yeah, it's hard for me to believe too. So the fucking audacity of telling off her boss who is, by the way, a really good director and a super smart, nice and ethical guy, was a testament to her insanity at its best. So, her responsibilities were stripped from her (yet she wasn't fired - inexplicably!) and I now have a new boss. We get along and he's actually in every day. Novel concept, having a boss who provides direction, comes in every day, is sober and doesn't explode with sobbing, dramatic fits once a week.

-I love my animals so much. I hope that never changes. Oh, I have established a back-up plan for my beautiful little hairy munchkins in case I have to be admitted to hospital early. What a relief!

-Don't know gender and don't care to be surprised. Just too scared of having a boy to want to hear it now (vs. at delivery). I hate sports, damn it. Really doubt I could be a great mom to a boy - despite my friends telling me just the opposite. That I love camping and hiking and outdoorsy stuff - which is true. But, after all, I'm a chick and a single chick at that. So a girl would just be easier for me to relate to. But, whatever will be will be and if he's healthy, I will consider that fortunate enough.

-Have an appointment with an estate attorney in August. Just really need to get my will together, healthcare directives, power of attorney (for finances and healthcare) and whatever else needs to be in place. Everything WILL be fine. But not being prepared is fucked up and irresponsible for a single woman. I have to make sure long before I'm in the delivery room, all this stuff is settled - JUST as a precaution (and it'll buy me much stress relief as well).

That's it for now.

6 comments:

Michelle said...

Boys rock. My first is a boy and my husband and I BOTH loathe sports. 8-)

lastchanceivf said...

Thanks for the update! I'm glad things are going well and it always feels good to get things checked off.

B and K said...

Sky!
You were a great support to me back in my first days of blogging. I just peeked in to see how you were and saw that you are 17 weeks! AMAZING NEWS. Now I am going to be smiling all day. We are actually pretty much on the exact same timeline (17.5 weeks right now on my end). Here is to December baby (fingers crossed)girls. :)

Lorraine said...

Sounds like you're getting a lot done! And you might as well, while you can - I am soooo behind on everything now that I can't even think about any of it without cringing.See? I just cringed.

Also, might as well find out about gender now. Either you can breathe a sigh of relief or have some time to adjust to the idea of a boy. Believe me, it makes a difference. When I first found out I was having a boy I was in shock, but there is some biological voodoo at work that gets you pretty attached to whoever is in there.

I am not a sportsy person at all. My daughter is on a rock-climbing team, which is just teamy enough to count as organized athletics but mostly the kids race against themselves (their own level and time) anyway so it doesn't get very competitive.

Still holding out hope that he will want to spend his time cooking or composing operettas, but he is SUCH A BOY already, seems unlikely. That said, when he smiles it is charm personified, and I adore him. I am absolutely sure that if you have a boy you will end up thinking it was for the best. And ditto if you have a girl, by the way - it is just too impossible not to get hopelessly attached!

Kami said...

I say be surprised. I love the moment of giving birth and then finding out the sex of the baby. Although it was less than ideal with LBII . . . it took several minutes for someone to tell me since she was wisked away to the warming lights - against my wishes.

May it all continue to go well!

Paige said...

Time is really movin' along! Work sucks and I wish we were all independently wealthy. Sounds like you're getting prepared. And you will be a great mom...boy or girl.