Just Random Musings

Friday I cleaned and organized my house like a demon. I also had a obstetric appointment with another doctor, and I literally waited forever. Like over an hour. It was so crowded and the place was busier than I have ever seen! The highlight of my wait was when the woman across from me came out, said, 'baby lets go,' leaned down and kissed her husband and said in nothing close to a whisper, 'he says we can have lots of wild sex now!' I had to contain my laughter for sure. The doctor was a tiny, cute woman with red hair in a pixie cut. The appointment took all of about 5 minutes (being generous) and she checked the heart rate, measured me, told me baby had dropped (I can see it now in the shape of my belly) and asked about contractions. She said the increasing frequency had no predictive value and it all depended on what my cervix was doing. Done and done. Either way, I have had more contractions, and am down a pound for some reason. Nothing interesting to report here... He is still inside me. I also headed to a bank appointment to sort out some things, and that took longer than I would have liked. Aside from that and my house work I got no school related work done.

Yesterday one of my friends from class who is also in a sorority on campus facebooked me to tell me midterm marks and some announcements were up and class Tuesday is cancelled. I went to check and I was so nervous, until I saw I got 98% and the highest mark in the class! And I earned every percent of that between my studying with back aches and dragging myself to classes exhausted. I need 86% to get my A, so I am really pleased. DM did kind of want to wring my neck when I told him I was upset I was half a mark away from 100%, which made me realize that getting obsessive might not be in my best interest.

But that feeling! Its moments like this where I remember why I want to do more school, why I don't want to just have a business and make money, and why I put myself through the things I do, and why I love being a student. Nothing beats the feeling of success! I mentioned this in my last post, but I thought this law school thing was a development post marriage. A few days ago I found out that DM had told a little white lie when we were engaged, but I was still pretty upset about it. Considering it wasn't something I wanted to talk to anyone about, and DM didn't know I had found out, I was in a turmoil and went and unearthed my old diary. Reading snippets of old entries were so eye opening and showed how much has happened in the last few year. My last entry was the night DM proposed to me. Imagine my surprise when I found a entry from 2008 where I talk about not being content with the direction of my schooling and maybe I should really consider changing my life path to law. 2008! Its amazing how selective our memories are, but I guess I didn't just wake up one day after marriage and decide to go to law school...

As for the white lie, DM woke up on a weekend at 9:00 a.m. to find me out of bed (unheard of!) and writing in my diary, and he knew right away something was up. He dragged me back to bed and cuddled me until finally told him what was up. He was so good about it, apologized, explained, and we had one of those talks that are essential in the first few years of marriage. It just reminds me every time why he is my perfect match.

Yesterday we went to a festival taking place in our city. It was so nice to be out with people in the nice sunny weather, but I got hot, sweaty, tired and very bitchy very quickly. Poor DM! Then DM and I just came home and lay in bed and watched Abduction and did absolutely nothing. At night we met up with some friends K&Michael who were visiting from across the country for dinner and dessert (pizza and gelato- yum!) They have a adorable little boy they had almost a year ago - I think I posted about their baby shower- and she was full of great advice. It was such a great night despite the intermittent downpour! A great way to mark our 37 Week milestone!

Today DM made me do my citations and finish my paper while he left me to go off to the driving range. Thank god he did. Its done now and a huge burden is off my shoulders. I now only have two classes left, and I may or not make it to the final exam, but either way I need to start studying for it! It doesn't help the upcoming days are full of BBQ's in the park, dates, and dinners! Time management will be hard! We just got back from a walk to the corner store where I had my first slurpee in almost a decade. How did I forget they were so good?!? But of course anything pure sugar and color is! He is working out now and this calorie tracking thing is seriously paying off for him, but I know the second he gets off the bike he is going to make me pack my hospital bag. I have been putting it off...

I worry that my professor cancelled another class. Two more classes to cover four chapters? I have my doubts...

xoxo