Just RK

We call it pregnant brain. Some call it pregnant stupid (yeah, you know who you are). It just means that for many, and I'm one of them, when carrying a parasite of sorts, known as a tummy baby around here, the host loses a great deal of it's thinking capacity, memory, and common sense. I'm sure I'll have plenty of examples for you as the months go on. If any of you other prego buddies wanna share your stories so that I don't feel so silly, please feel free. I have incidents everyday of this fun side effect, but today was a sad first for me. M called before lunch and asked if Braska and I wanted to meet him up by his work in Historic Downtown St. Charles at a new Mexican place he heard about. I'm always up for such an outing, so the girls got dressed and headed out. (Yes, we got dressed just before lunch... it's what we do.) We parked right by the still-slightly-high Missouri River and walked up to cobblestoned Main Street . There was M waiting on a bench fo...

There's been alot of really frustrating and less-than-happy-face-making things that have popped up over the last week or so. I've talked to some of you about some of them, I've kept most to myself, and a few I'm probably in denial about. I'm tired of the frustration and feeling annoyed. So let's turn the corner... Many of you post about things that you are grateful about, and I think that's a great use of a blog, for sure. I find that I haven't been as clear about the many blessings that have come our way in this past few months, especially, so it's time to focus a bit on the good stuff! Can't go wrong there, no way. ~Tomorrow we close on our house in C-U. We loved that house. It held good memories and some painful ones. It was a great place to spend the last 4 years, and it provided well for us and many friends. We're sad to see it go, but we sold a house in this current market in less than 2 months, listing to close. Wonderful! ~M has a job...

Braska's OT and PT have resigned from her team. I think this is really unfortunate, but after hearing from some insiders that I didn't even know I had in my resource pocket (you guys are so sneaky!), it's really for the best all around. They are good therapists and they'll continue to be, but I'm sure we'll find some wonderful new team members. We've decided to take a break for the month of August since we'll be so busy. We'd actually already debated this, prior to this situation, just due to the chaos of moving and such, so it's fine with me. We'll contine with ST in the meantime. Jocelyn is just a peach of a girl, and Braska actually talked for her a little today! Thank you to those who had helpful tips and especially to you therapists from near and far who offered a great, supportive perspective. What a great email response!!! I'm glad to know this is an isolated situation. Don't worry... we'll keep showing off our girl's ...

Thanks to all you little hidden encouragers! You make all the difference! "Go on, now go! Walk out the door.... I've got all my life to live, I've got all my love to give... I will survive!" It's always a good time for Ms. Gaynor . That's what I say. Here's to a GREAT Tuesday... who's with me???

I'm kind of grouchy. I've had a short fuse and been very blah. Maybe it's a phase of the pregnancy hormone train. If so, I hope this trip is very short! I haven't been posting because I don't like to be negative in a format that remains "for all of time....(echo, echo , echo )." And I am so blessed, that what little comes to frustrate me is really piddly in comparison. So I will simply be quiet... In the meantime, here's something that I found this morning that made me smile. If you are anywhere near Falmouth, MA, please go buy a treat for me!

Do you guys take pictures of your therapy sessions? Videos? And if so, do any of you post them on your blogs or websites? Do any of your therapy providers have policies regarding that specifically? I had a situation about this today, which I can't really post about here. I'd like some input. If you're game to help me out, leave me a comment and I'll send you the whole story. For those of you on DownSyn, it's on there too. Thanks, Team!

Today's got-it-done list ... (Psst...Do you cringe when you see a blog post start like this... like who cares what you're doing today on a boring Monday, RK?!? Feel free to move on... but you kinda wonder now, don't ya?) ~Fed a kiddo. (the quick way) ~Called apartment office to request service since our A/C started leaking water everywhere again. ~Scrambled to get dressed when the doorbell rang much sooner than I'd expected. ~Straightened up the place while they worked on the A/C. ~Fed a kiddo (the long and messy way) resulting in both of us being covered in milk and yogurt. ~Gave messy kiddo a bath. Didn't take time for one myself. ~Put clean kiddo to nap. ~Printed, signed, scanned, and emailed back documents to one IL realtor, one lender, and then a second batch to the lender. ~Vacuumed the mess left by the A/C maintenance guys. Did the rest of the apartment since it was out. ~Called new insurance agent to start that tedious process of insuring 2 cars and 1 house...