Wednesday, December 12, 2012

Don't really need to pay attention to the alarm...wake up slow

I don't understand people that just perpetuate bad moods. It's really annoying, and has the tendency to put me in a bad one. I'm really not a fan.

Anyways, what's up guys?

I've had a decent day so far. Work is incredibly slow... I'm basically blogging to stay awake.

Yesterday T and I decided it was time for us to be more "grown-up." We need to start getting on a better schedule so we will be able to put Riley on one as well. Today was day one and it went surprisingly well! T has to be at work at 9, so I started waking him up at 6. We both have the same problem...which is staying in bed until the last possible second. I told him we just had to start "waking up slow." Jack Johnson would be so proud.

First alarm went off at 6, we snoozed it twice. After that I told him he had to sit up and I turned the tv on. I got us both some coffee, and made him eggs and toast. He made it to the gym, and had a good 45 minutes to work out. He came back, showered, and got ready for work.

He left with plenty of time to make it to work, and even remarked how much better he felt! I think we found what works! I just have to make him....well, us...stick to it. :)

Not gonna lie...since I didn't have to be at work til 11 today, I totally went back to sleep.

On my lunch break I finally cleaned my car. Still can't get the pickle smell out of it... moving sucks! I want it to look nice for our road trip to Auburn this weekend. It's time for me to be a 7 month pregnant bridesmaid.... I can't WAIT to see how these pictures turn out... :)

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

That's what she said...

So it's been a stressful couple of weeks. I feel like I've been stretched in 1,000 different directions. Finally I've got a half a second to catch up on blogging.

Tony's birthday was last week. We had a really good time having dinner with both of our families at one of our favorite Italian restaurants. It was nice to be with everyone and celebrate. It was, however, right in the middle of us moving out of our apartment.

I can't tell you how ready I was to get the hell out of that dump. I know, I know... I will always have a soft spot in my heart for Country Club, but my God...by the end of it I was just ready to blow it up.

We ended up having so many problems in that place! The mold, the leaks, the  bugs, the brown water, the broken toilet...just....everything. I had such a weight lifted off of my shoulders when I dropped the key in the box for the last time. I don't think I could have taken it another month.

I'm in the process of writing up a review on the place...it's not going to be entirely positive.

Since T had to work all last week, I did most of the packing and arranging the move. I ended up making myself sick over it...missed 2 days of work. I was just SO exhausted by 5 pm Saturday. We ended up having to rent 2 uhauls to get everything done.

I will say this for my baby, he would kick it into gear when he got home from work. He did all of the heavy lifting and moving to storage. He's amazing.
We sold a lot of the furniture and stuff we had acquired over the last year. I wasn't broken hearted to see it go. We still got a storage unit...and it's full. I can't believe how much stuff we accumulated in the last year. Good grief.

So far it's been relatively stress free living with my parents. We're just all so cramped in that apartment. The good news is that my mom and I found a house that we can all comfortably live in and it's much more comparable to how they were living before the fire! It's a 3 bedroom, 2.5 bath garage house with a $370k price tag. The guy is willing to lease it to my folks for $2500 a month, which is actually cheaper than what they are paying in that stupid apartment.

Ya know, I've lived in some crappy apartments in my day. Hell, that's what college is all about! You would think with a $2600 price tag that this place would be amazing.....uh, no. It's awful! They have more of a noise problem than I have ever had anywhere I lived. It's not ideal to say the least.

Anyways, the lease has a buy-out option at the end of the year, so if my parents want to make it their permanent home all they have to do is sign! It makes it convenient...they have a year to live there and decide if it is something they would want to permanently pursue. We can decide what to keep, what to change with no rush. It's a much better situation than what's going on now. We move in January 1. The day before my birthday. :)

I feel so awful for everything my parents have had to go through in the last few months. Hell, the last two years have been no picnic for the Greer's. Needless to say, I'm ready for 2013 and a fresh start. Bring it!

Wednesday, December 5, 2012

My vagina has disappeared

So it's official, I can't see my vagina anymore. I. Am. So. Pregnant.

My hormones are WAY out of whack. I'm tired 99.99999% of the time. My hips are KILLING me. I'm being a raging bitch.

Ah the joys of pregnancy.... -____-

On top of all of this, we're moving this week. THAT'S tons of fun... Always.

We're actually being smart about it this time and selling most of the crap we were donated in the first place (after the tornado). We are gonna want new stuff anyway so there's no point in storing it.

We have to be out Saturday afternoon, and I'm only off on Thursday to get everything done. Tony is working. I'm probably just going to hire someone to come and get all the stuff we are keeping to put in storage. I obviously can't move anything....

I am sad to leave our first place, but we're both so ready to leave the apartment itself. It's literally falling apart. I'm so sick of it. I don't even give a shit about cleaning it at this point.

I think I have a doctors appointment tomorrow...? I'm so scatterbrained that I literally have no idea. I'll call them later.

I need a nap, y'all.

Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Nausea, heartburn, indigestion...

I've been such a slacker on this thing lately. My bad, my bad.

Things are going as smoothly as possible. Third trimester...WOO! Home stretch! I can't believe how quickly the time has gone by! We're gonna be parents soon! Holy crap....

The nausea and heartburn are back full force. I've actually thrown up a few times. Not cool. Get ready for a t.m.i. moment... I had my first hemorrhoid. OMG! It was awful. I felt like a dog, wanting to rub my ass across the carpet.

I told you it was going to be t.m.i.!

We're getting ready to move out of our townhouse, and into my parent's apartment. We're not exactly thrilled about this... I just keep telling myself it's only temporary and it is going to help us save a RIDICULOUS amount of money....but I'm just not thrilled about it. I know that once Riley gets here, we can't have sex for something like 6 weeks....but it might as well start the day we move in there. I guess that's what hotel's are for! ;)

I am grateful that my parents are willing to help us, though. It's such a blessing.

They should be knocking (what's left of) their house down sometime in the next week. It's bittersweet. I mean....I can hardly stand the thought of a wrecking ball taking out our home...but at the same time I just want it all over and done with. I want mom and dad to move on to something so much better. Right now it's just so hard to see them in that apartment that they hate... It's gonna be even more difficult once we're in there with them.

That being said we are considering saving up a few thousand and getting another apartment or something rent-to-own. Neither one of us wants to be a burden on them. With the way things are going, once I get my promotion my income will double. This will make it much easier for us to save for a down payment even having to pay rent. Our goal is to have $5000 in savings, no debt, and save up a down payment (separate from the 5k). I guess we'll reevaluate the way everything is going after the first of the year, and really get a solid plan in motion.

Tony left his second job. It was getting a little too arduous. We are 99% out of debt, and we've got some money saved up. It definitely helped us out but we need to enjoy the little time we have left with just us two. I'm looking forward to having our weekends back!

Well, football season is coming to an end. Alabama is playing Georgia in the SEC Championship this weekend! I WISH I COULD BE THERE!!!!!! I love that game. The 2009 match-up where we beat Florida (and made Tebow cry like a little bitch) was one of the best days of my life. I know, I know. I'm a super huge dork...but when you are raised with Crimson Tide football like I was, you know how special that game (and really that whole season) meant to the fans of our team. Roll tide. :)

Work has been going great! I'm just waiting on the day I get my promotion...waiting, and waiting....and waiting...... it's on the way though. I ran the property myself last week. Everything went awesome! Kicked some people out, checked some new ones in! I think the property was better off in the end of my week than it was when it started.

Tony and I are both off tomorrow for the first time in.....good lord.... I don't know how long. We're SLEEPING IN! Ahhhhh. I love that. We're going to go to his sister's house at some point. They have been collecting some baby stuff for us, so we're gonna go pick that up.

I hope everyone is doing as well as we are! Sorry for being absent lately...I promise, I'll do better. :)

Wednesday, November 14, 2012

I get by with a little help from my friends.

Hey guys, what up?

Not too much to report here. I've been super busy lately with work and just general life stuff.

Thanksgiving is right around the corner! I'm so excited to get cooking! We're having the dinner at my brother and sister-in-law's house this year. We're gonna have over 20 people there. Holy cow! It's gonna be a blast though. Can't wait to watch Christmas Vacation with the fam. It's my favorite tradition.

Well, Alabama lost to Texas A&M last Saturday. Gotta say, it hurt. I'm too emotionally invested in football, I know. It's my thing and I don't apologize for it. Roll tide!

I will say that A&M outplayed us the ENTIRE game. That QB they've got is FIERCE. He really deserves to win the Heisman. He's that good.

One thing that pissed me off more than losing the game...the comments other team's fans (particularly Auburn) were posting on facebook. Really? You're gonna laugh at US losing ONE GAME when you've only won TWO the ENTIRE SEASON? One being an OT win to a nothing school, the other being a close game to a non-conference opponent? Grow up. It's sad when the highlight of their season is us losing one game.

We lost one last season, too. Look how bad that turned out....national champs.

Anyways, I'm ranting. My bad.

I had "the crud" all last week. I'm feeling much better. Tomorrow I'm going to stop back by my doctor's office and get my flu shot. I'm also going with mom to ServPro.

They finished cleaning and repairing the contents of our house, and mom wants me there with her. It's going to be emotional to say the least. Maybe I can get a pedicure out of it? :)

Everything else is going extremely well. Work is good, and it's looking like *fingers crossed* my promotion will be coming sooner than later! God, that's such good news. I really, really hope and pray it all works out. We really need this to come through.

I'm at the point with this company that it's shit-or-get-off-the-pot time. If I don't have the promotion, or a definite date for it by the time Riley gets here, I'm going to have to start looking for something else.

The thing of it is, I do like my job. It's very rarely stressful, and I already know 99% of what the promotion will entail. When it is stressful, it's nothing I can't handle. Plus with the promotion, I will be full-time. That means if I get burned out, I can take a vacay! That will make all the difference in the world. Plus my pay will more than double, so I can't be mad at that.

It's just time for everything to go our way. We've had so much stuff go "not as planned," we could really use some positive karma.

At this point, only time will tell.

Thursday, November 8, 2012

It's just one of those days...

I feel like complete dog's ass. I am so freaking sick it's ridiculous. I've got the crud. Blahh. I was taking Tylenol cold and sinus and it wasn't doing crap.

Thankfully I had a doctor's appointment today and they informed me that I CAN take sudifed and mucinex! THANK GOD! I may be able to salvage my day after all.

Riley is developing perfectly, says Dr. Bolton. She's sitting high and in front, which is apparently what you want. Her heart rate is 156. Can't beat that!
I have gained about 15 pounds. Blahhhh. I only wanted to gain 10 and I'm probably going to gain more. That. Sucks. Oh well, it's all about keeping the baby healthy so whatever works.

I was supposed to get a flu shot today, but with me having they crud, they want me to wait and stop by sometime next week and have one. I've never had a flu shot before. I'm not a fan of them. I mentioned that and Dr. Bolton said it would be detrimental to the health of the baby if I do get the flu, so I'll just suck it up and get the shot.

Next month, when I'll be in my 3rd trimester (holy crap!), I'll have tests run to check my glucose levels (to make sure I don't have gestational diabetes) and my iron checked. Mom had GD with me, so there is a chance I could have it. The doctor said since I'm not gaining a lot of weight, there is little to no chance I'll have it.

I have to tell on myself. My nipples were hurting to badly that I bought a manual breast pump to get the milk out. I was helping with the pain. Apparently I need to stop that RIGHT NOW because it can cause contractions. Consider it stopped. She said to just find little ways to make the pain less severe- like wearing sports bras, taking showers, blah blah blah. Nothing, I mean NOTHING helps. I'm just gonna have to suck it up and deal with it.

Wahhhhh.

Monday, November 5, 2012

25 things that don't suck about being pregnant

Okay, okay. Enough with the negative, I suppose. Let's list some of the positive things about being knocked up. I'm not promising I'll get to 50, but we'll try. :)

1. The sympathy. It's the BEST. I can blame anything on being pregnant, and get away with it! I try not to take this for granted.

2. I can eat whatever I want, whenever I want it and not get crap for it. Not saying I'm overeating (it only takes 300 extra calories a day to grow a healthy baby), but it's nice to eat cereal for dinner, followed by rainbow sherbet.

3. Feeling her kick. It's amazing to know that's our daughter in there. It's an amazing feeling.

4. Looking and buying all the cute baby gear. I'm addicted to it already!

5. The random gifts! I blogged about this a few weeks ago. It's AWESOME to get random gifts at random times. I'm definitely a fan!

6. Excited friends and family.

7. Seeing my body change.

8. Talking to my daughter and feeling her move when I do.

9. Having a legitimate excuse to get out of ANYTHING.

10. Not having to lift heavy things.

11. Having a future husband who is willing to give me massages whenever I want or need them. He's amazing!

12. My hair is growing super fast!

13. I'm much closer to Tony's family now. We were close before, don't get me wrong, but we have a bond tying us all together now. It's pretty special!

14. The look on Tony's face the first time he saw his baby on the ultrasound monitor.

15. How cute Tony is when he talks to Riley.

16. Deciding how to decorate her (future) room. Pink and grey looks to be the idea!

17. Not being concerned about my weight as much as before. I'm pregnant, it's not the time to be dieting.

18. Coming up with names was SO much fun. I think we came up with the perfect name for our lil peanut.

19. Planning future adventures for our lil family...we're saving our pennies to take Riley to the Macy's Thanksgiving day parade when she's 3. HOW FUN!

20. Deciding what kind of mother I will be. Taking the good and the bad from what Tony and I were both raised with, and deciding what will work best for us.

21. Knowing that no matter what we plan, we're really just going to wing it. I think that's the case with most parents.

22. Being excited that we're still young enough to really have fun with our lil one.

23. Pinning all the cute mommy and baby activities on pinterest. :)

24. Knowing that in a few short months, our lives are going to change forever.

25. Being in love with someone we haven't even met yet <3