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Getting Personal

Just popping in for a quick update . . .

I haven't been doing so well lately to be honest. I found out yesterday that I have gestational diabetes, so I have to take a class on Monday to learn how to manage it. They'll give me a meter and teach me how to check my blood sugar 4 times a day-- something I'm not looking forward to. My blood sugar was really high and the nurse yelled at me, asking me what the heck I'd been eating. I haven't gone crazy with the sweets, but I do love my carbs. She was really stern with me and I almost cried right there in the office. My midwife was nicer about it, but also very serious in her instructions. I don't know yet if I need insulin. I'm actually starting to wonder if I had it when I had Olivia. I still have never passed sugar in my urine and I only scored 2 points higher on the first glucose test this time than I did the last time, so I just scraped by when I was pregnant with Olivia. This time, I assumed since I was just barely over the limit with the first test, that I probably didn't have it, but obviously, that's not true. I'm really bummed out.

My leg is healing ok, but the stupid dr's office hasn't returned my calls still about the MRSA results. I'm hoping since it's healing (but still nasty) that I don't have it.

The move has been hard. I miss my parents' house like crazy, which James doesn't get. I've been down a lot lately (hormones, stress, pain, etc) and it felt so good to have my mom there taking care of me and Olivia. I felt like a kid again, and right now, I really need that. James isn't always as sensitive as I'd like. He tries, but he doesn't get the whole crazy pregnant hormonal thing. Last night was our first night in the new house, and all I could do is sit on the couch and cry like a stupid baby missing my mom.

I'm freaking out about having another child to take care of soon, and I'm feeling really guilty about taking my attention away from Olivia. I just feel resentment about the whole pregnancy, almost like I'm blaming the baby for my diabetes and recent depression. I know it's not right, but I can't help it. I know I'll love him, but right now, everything seems overwhelming.

Crap.

I'm still alive, but I think I'm losing my mind. Things with the house are nuts. We want to move in this Saturday as planned, but we're not sure that's going to happen. The AC system isn't currently working, and although it was agreed it would be fixed when we closed, there's a lot more wrong than we thought. We're having to go through our realtor to see who is going to cover it and how. Our home warranty might, but the previous owners have some responsibility, but we also think it might still be under a manufacturer's warranty considering the house is only 3 years old. It's a mess.

On a good note, the fence is up, the house is almost totally painted in all the colors we love, and the carpet is nearly done. Let's just say, money is getting tight with all that we're doing, but when all is said and done, everything is going to feel so fresh and new.

Ok, now more bad news. I failed my glucose test. I had a bad feeling I would since I barely made it last time. My midwife really doubts I have gestational diabetes, but I still have to spend Monday morning (after a crazy weekend of moving) and the doctor's for nearly 4 hours. I just hope Olivia is ok since she'll be feeling out of place in the new home and would rather be with Mommy than Daddy.

The other bad news is that I might have MRSA. I have a welt on my thigh the size of silver dollar and it's one of the more painful things I've ever experienced. It was cultured on Monday, but we won't know the results until next week. The drugs they gave me aren't working either, which isn't making it look too good. Please keep me in your prayers. If I do indeed have MRSA, it's a dangerous thing when you're pregnant because the drugs that are best for it are harmful to the baby.

I'm trying to take deep breaths. Anyone want to come over and massage my feet?

New Address

We'll be moving in our new house next week. If you need our new address, please leave a comment or e-mail me. :-)

Thanks!

UPDATE

Things are better, I suppose. I feel like I still haven't quite come out of my funk from all the stress, but I'm trying to be positive.

We closed on the house this morning. That's the important part. The people had the jacuzzi tub in the master bathroom fixed last night, and the airconditioning people were out fixing the AC this morning, and were finishing as we closed. Things with the house are good as far as we can tell.

Our realtor handled the issue with the window at our old house. I don't know how it was resolved, and I'm not going to ask. All I know is that we didn't get stuck with it. Chas is right, they'll learn. Sometimes it's not cheaper to cut corners. They should have brought their inspector to the final walk-thru. I really liked the girl that moved in, and although all the trouble occured between our realtors, I doubt we'll be mixing business with pleasure. Too akward.

The bank people are idiots. The bank manager actually sided with the teller, saying that I had given her my checking account number instead of my savings. That's possible, but I verbally said that it was from my savings account. Besides, why would she withdraw thousands of dollars from an account with insufficient funds? That doesn't sound right. I've argued with them several times today, and they finally said they'd remove all of the overdraft fees as a courtesy. Courtesy? HA! I'm glad they are, but I made sure I told them that they would've been doing that anyway since they had a large part in the error, if not sole responsibility for it. Jerks. The next time I check my account, it had better be right! I'm not one to be messed with today because I've had just about enough of dealing with idiots.

The people are going to be out of the house Friday. I would've liked for them to be out earlier, but at least I have a date. They already set up for the utilities to be removed that morning, so I'm confident they'll really be out.

And that's it for updates. I wish I was jumping for joy right now since we have a gorgeous house that's only 3 years old and has everything we wanted, but for some reason, I feel like a total grump. I think I'm waiting for something else to go wrong. At least our house payment is nearly $150 less than we thought it would be. That's certainly something to smile about. :-)

All hell's breaking loose

Well, we are less than a day away from closing and things are going wrong left and right. Everytime my phone rings, I think, WHAT NOW???

First, and this isn't the biggest problem by far, the people were supposed to be out this weekend, but they didn't get their stuff out in time, so now I've had to schedule all the work people (fence, carpet, paint, etc) for later. Now, everything won't be done in time for us to move in.

There's a problem with our old house that already closed. When the buyers had their inspector come through, he found a window that needed to be replaced but wasn't clear which one when he wrote it down, and then the guy we hired to fix it fixed the wrong one. It's one of those things that isn't really anyone's fault because the inspector wrote down the left window and the repair guy thought it was the left one facing the house, and it was the left one if you're inside. You get it. Well, the buyers chose not to have the repairs re-inspected during closing to save money and therefore waived their right to make sure things were fixed before closing, but they want us to pay for the correct window which they didn't catch during their final walk-thru. It was an obvious enough mistake that they noticed it on their own yesterday. NOT MY PROBLEM. I already paid to have one replaced.

The people didn't fix the repairs in our new house that the inspector found. They tried to do the fixes themselves and made them worse. Apparently, they think they are plumbers and electricians. they actually cut tons of wires in the attic instead of repairing them????? And instead of fixing the leaking motor in the jacuzzi, they unplugged it. Idiots. We close tomorrow and the house needs lots of work. Much more than it would've had they hired professionals to begin with.

When I went to get my cashier's check for the closing tomorrow, I withdrew the money from savings since that's where it was being held. The stupid lady withdrew the money from my checking, severely overdrafting my account (and bouncing several things) and now there's a freaking hold on my checking and nothing I can do about it until tomorrow. I need money tonight to pick up the paint. I guess that's what credit cards are for.

GRRRR.........

New stuff for the house!

We're pretty much done buying and picking out everything for the house. Yesterday, we ordered Olivia's dresser, picked paint colors, and bought an area rug. Earlier in the week, I bought Olivia a lamp, bed, shelves, toy box, mattress, and some new throw pillows for the couch. I know I'll think of more stuff I need though. :-) I've been taking advantage of sales when I can, and I've gotten some really great deals.

Here's the rug we bought yesterday for the dining room. I had been googling more traditional looking rugs, but when we went to look yesterday, James really liked this one. I was worried it's too modern (the pattern is "gravity seashore"), but when I pictured it with our furniture and tried to imagine us sitting at the table with friends over, I found that I liked it too. :-) I also have to add that we got an awesome deal on it. When I searched for a picture on the internet, it was $369 everywhere I looked. We got it on sale for $149 at a local store! WOO-HOOOO!

For Olivia's room, we're painting it a VERY pale pink, almost whitish-pink, and she has a white dresser, and white-rimmed mirror for her wall, and then a pink and white toddler bed which she will hopefully actually be sleeping in. There's a canopy that goes with the bed with Disney Princesses on it, and it matches the other furniture. I was going to go with Hello Kitty, but Olivia said she wanted "Sleeping Booty" so there you go. :-)

Here's the set. It's VERY pink, which is why we toned down everything else in the room.

This is the bedding we chose to go with it, but is a lighter pink than it seems in this picture:

I'm a girl who likes to play it safe, so we never had any colorful walls in our old house. Everything was an almond color, so this time, we actually chose some colors. I know I've pulled James out of his comfort zone, but luckily my sister was there to reassure him (and me) that our house will look better with color! Olivia's room will be a pale pink, Baby Boy's room will be light yellow, our room will be a very pale blue, and the office, living room, kitchen and dining room will be a tan color, which is supposedly very popular right now. With the white chair rail in the dining room, I think the colors will look really nice together. I wanted to do even more color variations, but since James likes more neutral, our decision was a compromise.

BTW, don't know if I mentioned it, but the people are moving out earlier than they originally said. In fact, they are supposed to be out today, but we don't close until Wednesday. They were going to initially stay until a week from today, so we'll have more time to paint and maybe even get new carpet (we're considering it), and we'll still move in on the 22nd as planned.

I'm actually feeling sad about leaving my parents' house. I feel almost like a kid again, but I'll blog about that later.

True or False?

Deciding you want everything ordered and hopefully delivered BEFORE you move in your new house makes you completely OCD.

Everytime I do something for the house-- go shopping for a lamp shade, or browse the internet for area rugs, James tells me, "It doesn't have to be done now."

My response: Why the heck not? If I can get it done now, I'd much rather have it all ready to be set up when we move in. James thinks he's somehow protecting me from stress by telling me to do things gradually, but to me, stress is having a bunch of things hanging over my head and a baby on its way.

Quotable

The pictures are coming, promise. I'll have more of the new house in a few days, so I'll just do a big picture post. In the meantime . . .

The other morning as I sipped coffee:

Olivia: I need some Mommy's coffee (she says "toffee")
Hannah: Only mommy's drink coffee.
Olivia: When I get older, I drink coffee, too!

Now tell me that isn't smart! I laughed and told her that she was very clever, so now she uses this quote for everything. "When Gracie (the dog) gets older, she can have some cookies." and then the other day, "this dolly not talk. When she gets older, she can talk." Ha! Soooo funny!

6 Things . . .

I don't usually do memes, but I got tagged and though, what the heck? So, here you go. Six totally random things about me.

1. I have my nose pierced. I got it done when I was 18 and have had it ever since. I love it!

2. I hate the way my stomach is shaped when I'm pregnant. It's not nice and round like most women-- it has a flat spot around my belly button and it annoys me.

3. I have repetitive dreams a lot. A couple I often have are that my teeth or falling out or that I'm still in college and I've forgotten to go to class or turn something in. I'm sure they mean something, I just don't know what! Weird, I know.

4. If I had to describe "my type" I think I'd have to say that I like smart, nerdy guys. LOL! Not weird or unattractive (we're not talking total geeks here). If you've met my husband James, you know that he's rather conservative and computer nerd-ish. Love it!

5. I love exotic cuisines: Indian, Thai, Korean, etc.

6. I have become somewhat "crunchy" since I became a mom. I cloth diaper, buy organic (when it's not insanely expensive), I nursed my daughter until she was 18 months and self-weaned, I use non-toxic cleaning products, and I am obsessive about recycling. I need to add though that I'm not judgmental or pushy about these things. I think some people tend to be extremists, and I'm not. :-)

Moving Up and Growing Out

Yesterday, was somewhat of a "Moving Up" moment for me. We got to go back to the old house and see all the changes. BTW, in case you haven't seen "Moving Up" on HGTV, there are 3 sets of people who sell their houses (or something like that) and they all go back and see how much their old houses have changed. I was excited to see it because I knew the people wanted to paint all the rooms in colors other than the beige we'd had.

I left my cell phone number with the girl who moved into our house (I think it's funny I call people my age "girls" instead of "women") and she called to tell me that they had some mail for us that didn't forward, and also a plate of Olivia's that was in a cabinet, and also some dish towels that were way back in a drawer, so she asked if we wanted to come over and get them. It felt odd driving back through our old neighborhood and even weirder knocking on my own door. I was shocked to see dark green walls in the living room (the color, according to the girl, was "Avocado") and the dining room was dark red. I thought it looked good. It was awesome to see my house in colors I never would've been bold enough to try. We talked for a while, and invited her to join my moms' group. We've always chatted away each time we've seen each other (closing, on the phone, and then yesterday) so I wouldn't be surprised if I saw her again. They have a toddler and are expecting another one, just like us, so it's weird to see a family in there that so closely resembles us.

Olivia has settled down. She keeps asking questions to reassure herself that they'll be some consistency in her life. Whenever we leave to go somewhere, she asks, "I come back to Grammie's house?" and this morning, she told me, "This my bed. This my pillow." We've had to make a time-out corner here at my parents', and it's been used more here than ever at home, but I think having the same rules here helps give Olivia the same structure she's used to.

I need to transfer some pictures onto this computer so you can see my ever-growing belly. My sister told me that I'm as big as some full-term women she sees at the hospital. I'm already outgrowing my maternity clothes because I am so freaking huge. And I have 3 months to go. I am miserably uncomfortable, so I am thinking of scheduling a massage next week. Last week, I got my hair cut after something like 7 months, so I'm trying to take care of myself a little more. I love my new cut BTW! I went to a new guy recommended by a friend, and he told me I had sexy hair. :-)

Oh, forgot to mention that we did end up with the side-by-side fridge. I'm still worried about having enough room, but our old fridge, which is plenty big, is going in the garage, so we'll have extra room if we need it. We also bought our new bedroom suit, dining room table and china cabinet, and also a coffee table/end tables. This afternoon, I'm going to get stuff for Olivia's "big girl" room, but something tells me she'll still be sleeping with us for a while, which is fine. I don't want anymore big changes for her right now, which is why I backed off when she decided she wanted to stop going in the big girl potty. It's likely she'd revert back anyway with the little guy coming, so we can resume potty training when the time is right.

Well, off to go shopping. I'll try and get some pictures up later.