Taking the Scenic Route

I just returned from the 3 hour glucose party.  I had to drink orange stuff for this test and MAN it was NAS-TAY!  At the 1-hour mark, when I expressed my concern that my stomach was not handling it well, they let me stay in an exam room for the other two hours.  That was nice because I wasn’t sitting in a waiting room with nice carpeting, 2 doors away from the nearest trash can or toilet.  I also got to lay down in a darkened room, which was much nicer.  I did keep it down.  (thank goodness…I did not want to have to repeat the test).

I also had a great deal of appreciation today that I was there just taking a test.  I overheard that there was a woman 27 weeks pregnant (I am 27w 4d) who was coming in because she felt like she was going into preterm labor.  I heard my dr come in for the day shortly after my second blood draw, and soon after a woman sobbing came in from the waiting room.  A few minutes later I didn’t hear either of them, and didn’t hear my dr. come  back the last hour I was there, even though he had appointments at that time.  I suspect they went over to the adjoining hospital.  It was everything I could do to keep from crying for her.  She has to be so scared.

Picture time!

Zach returning from the interviews today.

Note:  It is dark out again.  He was gone from 9:30 am until after 7 pm.  Happy, but tired. 

Zach just called.  He is being taken out to eat by somebody, or a group or something, so he won’t be home for a while yet.  He felt good about the day.  I am sure I will hear more details later, but he needed to go get some coffee before the dinner so he didn’t fall asleep reading the menu.  lol.

On another note, I have seen the “Hathor” strip linked on other parenting boards I lurk at and just feel like doing a little happy dance and yelling “Hey!  That was me!”  hee hee.  Just feels sort of cool.  You don’t get feedback as a SAHM like you do at a job, so I am stoked just being on the fringes right now.

Now I have to go try yet again to wake Zane up from his nap.  He woke up with us this morning (unexpected) after only 5 hours of sleep.  He wouldn’t go down for a nap until 1:30, and had a hard time getting to sleep.  Now he doesn’t want to wake back up.  I sit him up and he falls asleep sitting.  lol.  Should make for an interesting evening.  Luckily, Zach doesn’t go to school of Fridays, so he can make up for lost sleep in the morning.  I, however, have to be out of here by 7:30am or so to get to the Glucose test tomorrow morning.  I can’t eat anything after 8pm tonight, so I hope Zach gets back home in time to bring me some hamburger or something so I can get a good protein load before the cut-off.  I could fill up on carbs, but that is really going to give me a headache and make my cravings insane by morning.  I am probably going to have to go to bed early tonight just to keep from eating.  lol.

from La Leche League’s site…  (bold emphasis mine)

LLLI Responds to AAP Policy Statement on Sudden Infant Death Syndrome

The interview day has begun!

He left for his interviews this morning.  He has one at 10am with the Dean (or maybe the Assistant Dean, not sure) of the College.  Then he will have approximately an hour break, then will meet with the head of the CS department for an hour, then a 2 hour session with all the faculty, including and hour of Q&A and a 50 minute lecture.  Then, he goes and teaches his UNIX class.  I suspect he will be wiped out after that, at least once the adrenaline wears out.

He looks all spiffy in his new sports coat, shirt & tie.  (thank you mom for loaning us the money!)  I did end up giving him a haircut at around 1am, right after he finished writing his lecture.  It went a lot smoother than usual because he was distracted by a phone call from Robert while I was cutting it.  Much less nerve wracking for both of us.  Then a back rub before he went to sleep so he can turn his head to the left without wincing.  I hope the muscle spasm doesn’t bother him today because that can be miserable.  I made him take an Ibuprofin before I would give him a back rub so it would help any inflammation go down.  He hates taking any meds (I am the same way), but in this case I felt like it was necessary.

I had to run to the store last night because he made the last pot of coffee and would need more this morning, so I checked in the frozen foods section to see if there was something easy and reasonably nutritious for breakfast.  I found some Jimmy Dean skillet meals…hash browns, sausage & vegetables that you add eggs to…perfect for him.  I didn’t want him to have to stop by fast food and get one of those breakfast sandwiches, there wasn’t much he would be thrilled about eating around here that wasn’t time consuming to make, and I was hoping for something with some protein and not excessive carbs or grease. 

Well, since it seems like I am rambling about minutia, I will go find someplace else to put my nervous energy.  lol

Please keep praying for him. 

Ok, Start Praying for us

Zach finally got a call last night.  He has an INTERVIEW!  This is for the instructor position at the University.  This would be such a great job for him, and us.  It would mean decent pay, health insurance, the stability of a State job, and, most importantly, a job Zach loves and thrives on.  He really loves teaching as a Grad student and this would be such a good thing for him.

So….prayers, good thought, positive vibes are all welcome. 

Oh…and a few good thoughts for me as I attempt to cut his hair today. 

HOLY COW!

Err, COW GODDESS…

HATHOR THE COW GODDESS

She wrote ME!   She used the research I did on this blog entry for her strip today!

(click to enlarge photo….read what is on the paper.  If you can’t read it, go to the original, it is more clear)

Oh, and the really cool part?!?  This is the message I found in my xanga mail.  (which I almost never check, so I was pretty shocked):

ok…I feel the need for a few more of these.

Blood Sugar Bummer

I failed my 1-hour blood glucose/gestational diabetes test, so I am going back on Friday to do the fasting + 3 hour one.

They want me there at 8 am, not having eaten for 12 hours, and nothing to drink but water.  This should be interesting.  I am SOOOOOOOO not a morning person and 8pm is 5-7 hours before I usually go to bed.  (unless I stay up late of course).  Ugggghhh. 

I am going by myself because there is no way I want to deal with entertaining Zane for over 3 hours, nor am I asking anybody else to do it.  There is only so much you can do in a dr’s office waiting room.  I’ll just be packing some food with me so I can get some protein in me before getting back in the car for the drive home.  Friday is going to stink!

I am not overly worried though.  I failed the 1-hour with Zane and was fine on the 3-hour.  I have had blood sugar problems (hypoglycemia – low blood sugar, other side of the coin to diabetes) in the past, so failing it isn’t a big surprise.  I hope if I fail it I don’t have to deal with insulin.  The poking myself all the time is bad enough, I hope I can just deal with it with diet, since I do that anyway and it is already fairly natural for me.  (I became very hypoglycemic after starting Danizol (similar to steroids) for Endometriosis.  After becoming educated about hypoglycemia, I realized I have always had a mild version of it, so I am pretty in touch with how my blood sugar is doing and eat accordingly to avoid problems)

How you know you are married to a nerd:

One of our local channels is often having problems in the middle of the night.  It is the one where they flash the school menus and community events and such in a powerpoint type format.  When it is having problems, you flip past it and see the output that goes to the computer monitor.

Last night, it had evidently crashed and was starting back up again.  Instead of flipping past it like a normal person, dh stops and watches the computers boot back up and he and Robert were commenting on the size of the various components of the system (reading the start up screens).  They did this for a good 20 minutes. 

Dr. appointment today.  All went well.  Sort of a boring appointment, but that is much preferred to anxiety filled exciting appointment, so I will take it.  I did the Gestational Diabetes test today.  BTW, if you have a choice, the Fruit Punch is about a million times less disgusting than the orange stuff.  I hope it comes out alright…I have had blood sugar issues in the past so this test is an important one for me.

My weight is finally going up, which is good.  They were starting to get concerned.  I think I am still a pound short of my 5 week appointment, but at least I am not losing any more.  It is helping that the rate of losing my lunch is decreasing.  I wish it would go away entirely, but at least it isn’t an every single day thing any more.  I also finally gained an appetite the last week or two, so that is sort of new.  I still don’t eat a lot, but certainly more than I was.

I got to go to Dr. B today, my long-time dr., because his partner (who is doing the OB stuff now) got married and was on his honeymoon.  It was really nice to see him again.  I always walk away from appointments with him feeling like I understand what is going on completely, usually learning something new, and pretty much always feeling a little better about life.  He is a rare soul.  Couldn’t talk him into a ‘quick peek’ to see whether to buy pink or blue though.  I think it is driving Zach a lot more nuts than me though.