6 more weeks.

My ticker says I'm six weeks today. Can I take 6 more weeks of quesiness? Some days....I don't think so.

I've been SUPER tired this time...maybe because I CAN be. With Ali, I was working, so I didn't have time to sleep my first trimester away. With Noel, I was moving from Maine back to Montana...so packing up the house, deep cleaning it to get the deposit back and then driving 12 hours a day across the US to MT! I'm suprised I made it!!

Starting Thursday...the constant motion sickness has kicked in. For those of you who have not experienced first trimester "Morning" sickness...mine is like this: constant car sickness. This icky, bitter taste in your mouth that makes you sick...and the smell of most anything almost sends you to the bathroom. So far, I can't do tomato sauces, garlic, pizza. The only thing I could muster to eat last night was pancakes. I told Trevor..."I'll put a frozen pizza in for you, but the rest of us are eating pancakes." The kids sure enjoyed THAT dinner! Me too. It might be pancakes for the next six weeks. Any thought of dinner food makes me sicker. Although, I might be able to do home made Mac & Cheese tonight...the milder and blaher the dish...the better!

Any other blah dish ideas? I don't feel much like thinking, either....just sleeping...I don't even know if this post makes any sense... :o)

Tests

I haven't taken a test in a couple years, so I was a little nervous yesterday when I had to take one. You know that "pre-test" feeling you get...sweaty palms, nervousness...and racking your brain to make sure you have studied right and know ALL the answers?

I remember back in school that I'd just cram right before the test....not spend days and days studying. Maybe because I didn't think I could retain the information for that long or (more likely) that I was lazy and really didn't care about how the universe was *Bang* and then there all of a sudden. Or how x = 16 and how to find x. Maybe I really DO use that algebra stuff on a daily basis...but maybe not..I usually just ask Trevor if I can't figure out the number thing.

I've never been a really prepared scholar. I remember jumping up and down next to the old dot matrix printer in my college apartment waiting for a paper to print out as I counted down the minutes until the very class I needed it for started. 5 minutes....4 minutes....hurry, hurry, hurry....rip it off the printer...DARN! The ribbon ink is running low and all the words are VERY faint. Oh well...2 minutes to class....jump on my bike and ride 2 blocks to school and then across campus...Whew...at least I made it. Can you believe that I graduated from both High School AND college??? Must have helped that my major was in theatre! :o) I must have learned SOMETHING along the way...!

SO. Back to yesterday's test. YAY! I passed with flying colors! 100% It only took a few minutes to calculate the results....but by around October 12...I'll look something like this:

Big Girl

A couple weeks ago I converted Ali's crib into a toddler bed. She's been doing pretty well with it so far.

When I first changed it, she wasn't able to open the door, so in the morning I would find her laying in front of the door waiting to be let out...but no toys were out of place!

She has since learned to open up her door.

Last Thursday I put her to bed for the night and came downstairs to check my email. Trevor was at worship practice (he runs the A/V equipment). All of a sudden I hear a thundering of footsteps and I turn around and see a beaming 2 year old running at me full blast. That meant that she was able to open the door, navigate through the darkness to the stairs, scoot down the stairs and then RUN to me here at the computer! Boy, was I surprised!!

It ALSO didn't take long for her to discover that she can get up and pull all the books and toys and...shoes. I went up to get her from her nap one day last week and found her like this:

Yup. Those are her black patent leather shoes. Nice outfit, huh? At least she matches!