-Madeleine L’Engle
The story of Wednesday:
The alarm went off this morning (and every morning) at 6:00 am. Rob was long gone to work, so I took advantage of the quiet, dark house and hit the snooze button for another 9 minutes of respite. Although my goal was to actually snooze, I found myself awake with three minutes to spare. I rolled over and grabbed my phone from the nightstand. I did a quick check on my inbox, just reading the subject lines and not actually opening the emails and then scrolled through my Facebook and Instagram feeds, browsing what had been posted since the night before. Today the feeds seemed endless, and by the time I got to the "end," I was running a few minutes behind schedule. So I popped out of bed and headed for the shower, wondering what awaited me today.
While putting on my make-up, I was able to finish my assigned reading for Sunday School (chapters 2 and 3 of Why by Adam Hamilton), so I browsed Pinterest on the Nook while I blew my hair dry. I found myself just scrolling through the pins, nothing actually caught my interest enough to repin this morning.
Sometimes I feel like a "bag lady" as I head out for the day. Today
I definitely had my hands and shoulders full! In my purse, I carried my
wallet, phone, lipstick pouch, and keys, as well as my Nikon
sDLR camera. I also had my exercise bag slung over my shoulder, holding a
change of clothes and shoes, as well my laptop and power cord. In my
hands I held my lunch bag packed with a frozen meal for lunch and snacks
for the afternoon, as well as my Tervis Tumbler filled with ice water. I
can't imagine adding a diaper bag to this pile in a few months!
I caught the most beautiful sunrise on the way to the mailbox this morning. Two different flocks of geese flew over my head as I trekked down the driveway. I had two Netflix dvd envelopes to send out. However, our mailman seems to be getting pretty lax; when I got home from work, I realized that he delivered the mail, but didn't actually take the mail that was left for pick up.
I've been driving my 2014 Mazda CX-5 for just over a year now. One
of the things that I love about it is that it gets great gas mileage for
a small SUV... usually 28 or 29 mpg. However, after our trip this past
weekend, the tank was drained; when I got in this morning, the dashboard
showed 12 miles until an empty tank. On the way to work, I took a
detour to run by the Shell gas station. [Years ago Rob asked my
grandfather, a petroleum geologist, which brand of gas was best, and
ever since then we've been dedicated to the Shell brand.] I filled up 12.371
gallons for $33.88, and of course, I recorded this data in my AutoCare
iPhone app, so that I can track my car maintenance... that is, if I
actually cared enough to crunch the numbers later.
Only in the last few days have I really noticed the leaves changing color here in South Carolina. Fall has arrived. While we had a few chilly days last week, this week has been relatively mild... mostly in the 70's, no jacket needed. Although I heard rumors that the temperature was supposed to drop again this weekend.
Too many tabs open this morning... both on my computer and in my mind.
- Posting videos from yesterday's lab
- Troubleshooting why the videos won't play (realized that you can't use an ampersand in the file name)
- Looking for inspiration for Christmas Eve service postcard invitations
- Reading blogs
- Making a list of additional stories to capture this week
- Checking in on both work and personal email
- Trying to record the week's stories in Evernote before they're forgotten
I try to make a point to get out of the office during the lunch hour a couple of times during the week. It helps break up the monotony of the day. While sometimes I just go out just to browse, today I had a goal in mind. I headed to Jo-Ann's fabric store to get the supplies to finish my Halloween costume and to experiment with a triangle garland for the nursery. And, of course, while I was out, I ran through the drive-through at Burger King for a medium Coke Icee... one of the only things that I've "craved" while pregnant.
Before I got pregnant, I had established a really great exercise
schedule, running regularly and attending boot camp classes several days
a week. Unfortunately though, I've really had to scale back over the
last couple of months because I was afraid I would push myself too hard.
As an alternative, I returned to Zumba classes (which was the gateway
drug to my previous fitness routine). Every Wednesday night I would head
to Excel Fitness for a $5 Zumba class with Cassie. As my belly has
grown, I have noticed that my flexibility and stamina has decreased...
while everybody else is doing jumping jacks, I'm just tapping my toes
out to either side. So a few weeks ago, I set the goal to finish out my
second trimester, which made tonight's class my last class until after Baby B
is born.
When
I arrived at the gym, I learned that the class schedule is changing
next week, and it was Cassie's last Zumba class to teach as well. Some
of her original "Fitness Divas" (girls that attended class back when I
started in 2011) showed up to wish her well. It was so much fun to have a
full class with so much personality pulsing through the room. She
pulled out all of the favorite songs and routines, and as is tradition,
we finished the night with a group picture.
Earlier in the week, Rob offered to take me out for dinner to celebrate my last fitness class for a while. Unfortunately there are not many restaurant options on our side of town. Because it was already dark (and therefore late, in my opinion) and we were both still in sweaty workout clothes, we decided that a run to Taco Bell would do the trick. It wasn't the quickest fast food drive-through I've ever been to, but my three beef fresco tacos sure did hit the spot.
At one of my first OB appointments, the doctor suggested that I take three Tums a day to counterbalance the fact that I rarely, if ever drink milk. And, with the amount of heartburn I've had the last few weeks, I'm more than willing to pop these like candy before bed.
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