Updates....

So things have been so out of whack since coming to the hotel. #1, I got a nasty URI and was feeling pretty crummy for 2 weeks. I had to sleep sitting up and had horrible coughing fits that ended in vomiting. BTW, vomiting at 35-36 weeks preggo is NOT fun! Then I got better for a few days and caught a cold from Riley and was feeling crappy for another 4-5 days. I feel like I've been sick the whole month of May! On a side note, I got a labor inducing massage on Friday....it did NOTHING, but did feel very nice. I am still glad I got it, but also glad that I didn't get my hopes up too high. I get another U/S on Tuesday to measure baby's size and then Tuesday afternoon, providing he is looking good, I will be getting acupuncture to try and induce. I am soo sick of being pregnant it's not funny. Plus, I have a feeling he's pretty big. Last week at my appt, he started measuring big on the outside as well and my doctor just grinned and said he was a big boy....not what I wanted to hear. I'm sure tomorrow will take forever to get through since I'm so anxious for Tuesday and to see what he looks like in there and what he's measuring. I'm also really hoping the acupuncture works. Hopefully tomorrow will be my last day at work until July - I'm hoping I go into labor before my scheduled shift on Wednesday!

House Fire and Aftermath

I haven't posted in a few days, but things have been really crazy. On Thursday night, my house caught on fire. We found out on Friday that we would probably be out of the house for a minimum of 4 weeks (I'm due in 5 weeks). This weekend we just stayed at my mom's house while the insurance company got everything started and we figured out what type of hotel they would put us in. All of the stuff in our house has to be specially cleaned and all of the cloth toys/ stuffed animals have to be trashed since they can't be cleaned well. I've also had a cough that has become increasingly worse and I found out today was an upper respiratory infection and I need antibotics. Joy. I am so stressed out right now - I'm sick, I'm tired, and I can't even go home and curl up in my own bed. The insurance company did put us up in a nice hotel at least. It's pretty new, has 2 seperate rooms (so Riley can sleep before we want to sleep), a full hot breakfast, a drinks and appetizers time every evening, an indoor/outdoor pool, hot tub (I can't use it while preggo), and they allow dogs. It's definitely a lot better than I thought we'd be able to get them to pay for and I'm at least happy about that. My goals for starting writing and jewelry making were put on hold a little bit. I will definitely be working on the jewelry making while here, partially because there is a limited amount of things I can do here and I think it will distract me from thinking about our house. The writing will have to wait, all of my manuscripts have to be cleaned and sanatized since they were all boxed up in the attic (lots of smoke up there). I will write more later, but I am exhausted! Here's some pics of the damage: