Yesterday went pretty well. The move in went fine, and the only one who freaked about the mess (but just to his mom, not to me) was the oldest son, who opted to go stay with his brother for a few days. That's fine. I don't really feel too bad about it cuz hey the kid is 19, so as far as I'm concerned, once a kid is out of high school, unless they are going to college or some other type of post secondary education, then they really shouldn't be getting a free ride and can be on their own anyway. My 20 year old is a full time student, yet pretty much self supporting and living away from home. So I don't feel really obligated to try to make things "acceptable" for this kid. I'm sorry the basement half bath is gross, but they are all welcome to use the better bathroom upstairs, and I'm not gonna go down into the musty basement and try to get rid of all the yuck in that bathroom, esp cuz there are no windows or ventilation, and I would need to use some pretty strong cleaners to get rid of all the build up and stuff. Not a great idea for a pregnant woman who has allergies that tend to get worse when expecting.
Those of us who were here, 9, all together, at dinner time ate together. Making dinner was an ordeal to me cuz of the heat (We don't have central air) and it just took a while since I made everything from scratch, and my kitchen was both dirty and messy with all our stuff plus the stuff they brought over. It took me about an hour and a half of working pretty much straight through with no breaks! I was sweating like a pig(only pigs don't really sweat). I did ask everyone to pitch in and clean off the table, find plates, cups, silverware, and scrounge up enough seating for everyone, just so I could sit for a couple minutes before putting dinner on the table since I felt overheated and wiped out. I don't think that's unreasonable.
It did feel better eating more like a normal person. I had breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Kept everything to one serving and felt satisfied. I did still have a headache off and on, but not constantly. I also think it helped switching my once a day meds back to first thing after breakfast and being more consistent with the protonix twice a day instead of once and taking the zantac as well (which I wasn't always doing). I had WAY less heartburn, and it didn't wake me up last night either. Of course, I did still have to get up to pee, but I was doing that BEFORE I was preggo anyway. LOL! This is gonna get very interesting toward the end when baby decides to use my bladder as a trampoline.
I feel much better now that I have the hair on my head touched up and trimmed and the excess on my face (mainly eyebrows) waxed.
I decided that I'm not going to sit around in grungy clothes with ratty hair and no makeup all day long, even if I'm not going anywhere. So after I had breakfast today, I did all my grooming/ hygiene stuff and put on fresh clothes and makeup and am doing my hair. I'm going to try to look my best each day, even if I don't feel so great physically or emotionally (which sometimes happens to me, esp when I'm gestating).
And yesterday and today I made my bed. Granted, in the sea of mess and chaos, a made bed is a tiny island, but it's something. It's a start. It's a task I can do that's not overwhelming. And believe it or not, even though everything else was still a mess, Jim noticed and appreciated that I made our bed! I also had the girls make their beds. James(my little guy) has his bed down in the basement, but he never sleeps in it. He's scared to be by himself, so he always ends up sleeping with the girls. So I'm thinking for now we should move his bed into the girls' room since he sleeps there anyway. I'm not gonna do it ,just cuz I don't do a lot of lifting when pregnant. But the girls volunteered. I love my girls! They can be such good helpers! Then I will show James how to make his bed. And we will all make that a morning habit.
So that's three things anyway. Regular meals and made beds and looking my best each day. Today I have to take James to OT and PT (occupational and physical therapy). He has some challenges with gross and fine motor, and Kelley has a dr appt. Jim and I have a Tues night group we go to out toward Minneapolis, and I still have to get dinner made. But if I can, I will try to add something else in to work on today for my "getting life in order and living like a normal person" project. We will just have to see how it goes.
Dinner tonight will be a pork butt roast (My kids find that quite humorous), baked potatoes, and tomatoes tossed with dressing. Pretty simple stuff. Takes a while to cook but nothing putzy about it, so it should be a less tiring venture than last night's meal.
Time to take my curlers out and start dinner. It needs to cook for several hours, but once it's in the oven, there's nothing else I have to do except cut up the tomatoes right before we eat and toss them with the dressing and herbs. So , off I go for today's adventures!
Annette
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