Relaxing on Sunday Afternoon

Happy Sunday!

I'm sitting back watching some X-files with my kitties and enjoying some down time before I finish up the remainder of my laundry and weekend chores.

Physically I'm feeling ok, but I keep going through phases where I feel like complete crap and have to sit/lie down before I hurl. It definitely could be worse, and I'm very happy that I'm not having extreme morning sickness and throwing up all the time. Often after I eat my stomach cramps up and gets really bloated, which is pretty uncomfortable. As awful as I feel sometimes, in a way I'm happy that I'm experiencing symptoms because it reassures me that I'm still pregnant.

This weekend was pretty productive for me. I did some homework, cleaned out the downstairs closet, rearranged and hung up some photos, and organized my desk cords so that they don't look like a tangled mess. There is still a lot that I'd like to get done around here, but it's hard to do anything when you feel like crap 90% of the time.

I haven't made it to the gym since I found out I was pregnant. Part of it is because I'm scared, and the other part is that I haven't really felt up to it. The miscarriage really fucked up my head, but the all of the doctors that I've been to and everything that I've read has said that moderate exercise doesn't cause early miscarriage. I really think that I need to start going back to the gym because I can see my muscle tone disappearing and it's making me sad. All of the hard work I put into getting where I was cannot be in vain! I will have to make more of an effort to exercise, even if it's just walking or doing the elliptical.

I'm starting to feel a little lonely. It really sucks not being able to tell people what's going on with me, and it's making me a little antisocial. There was a show that sounded like a lot of fun this Saturday, and we decided not to go because I've not been feeling well and the bar that it was at is pretty smokey with bad ventilation. Plus we are really strapped for cash this month after buying a dining room table. I'm feeling a little sad that we didn't go, but I know it was for the best. I just can't wait until I can announce this pregnancy to everyone so that I don't have to hide at home and in my head all the time.

I have a bunch of DIY projects I'd like to do in the near future, most having to do with the baby. I want to make salt clay ornaments for the nursery, a calendar countdown shirt for weekly belly pics, and a skeleton shirt for my Halloween costume. Stay tuned, I hope to include guides or at least pictures and links to where I found the tutorials.