why being pregnant can suck...

I'm sick. I caught a cold the other day. Actually I was all fine and dandy, but woke up the next day (Friday) sick. It started with a scratchy throat and now I have a cough and sore throat and chest congestion. YUCK! So far no one else is sick, but it is only a matter of time.

Now being sick is bad enough, but add in being pregnant, too--and it really sucks. Because my throat is so sore and scratchy all I have wanted to do today is drink cold liquids, like all the time. Just over the last couple of hours I have had 1 glass of OJ and about 5 glasses of water (these are 12oz glasses). So as a consequence I have had to get up and pee 4 times in the last hour. It SUCKS!!!!! No sooner do I sit back down and I feel I have to go again and with in a few minutes my bladder is full and the baby is kicking it and I feel like I might pee my pants.

I remember when I was pregnant with Owen it was even worse. I had edema really bad (that's swelling for those that don't know) so the best advice was to drink more and stay off my feet--yeah right. Drink more? I know that is what you should do for edema but how can you stay off your feet then. I remember one day I went to the bathroom 5 times in a half hour. It was actually about 5 minutes in between each trip. I was never off of my feet. And I sure couldn't take care of Meagan, who was 14 months old at the time. It was crazy. Needlesstosay the swelling just kept getting worse. The day I went to have him I couldn't get my socks on (they were too tight around the ankles) and I couldn't tie my shoes. I had to let out the laces about 3 holes to have just enought to tie a small knot to keep them on. My sandals also didn't fit. The straps just weren't long enough. My pant legs were even tight around my legs. I couldn't wait to have him. But the swelling didn't go down until weeks after he was born. I never swelled that bad with the girls.

Those are the two things that suck most about being pregnant. Oh, that and my hips. If I'm on my feet for too long (especially if I'm bending down a lot--like cleaning) I end up in so much pain I can't move the rest of the day. My hips feel like they are coming out of their sockets. It can be awful. Then they lock up and I can't get off the floor or out of my chair. Which makes the bathroom trips all the more difficult.

Well, it looks like it's time to make another trip down the hall to the bathroom. Then I'm going to collect by blanket and pillows and heating pad from my room and lay down to watch TV. I took some Tylenol PM to help my sore throat and I think the PM part is starting to hit me. I feel sleepy and a little loopy. Toodles for now.

TV show time changes

It really irks me to no end when the powers that be decide to change the TV lineup. I haven't really watched a lot of prime time TV in the last few years (mostly because I hate reality shows and that is all that seemed to be on). But this year I have found some great shows to get into and had a nice schedule that rearely conflicted with dh's TV veiwing (namely wrestling on Mondays and Fridays).

Mondays we watched King of Queens and the other shows that follow it (I had never watched any of them but dh must have started watching at work--I'm starting to get into them). Then dh watches some of wrestling before he falls asleep.

Tuesdays were my day. I watched Bones and House. Dh also likes Bones but usually still hangs out on the computer and only listens while I watch.

Wednesdays were also mine with That 70s Show at 8 and Veronica Mars at 9.

Thursdays we would kind of find whatever to watch. Dh used to watch wrestling but they moved that to Fridays.

On Fridays dh watches some of his wrestling and tries to stay awake for Numbers at 10. I have gotten hooked on that show and now watch it each week (along with a House repeat on USA afterwards).

Now the programming shuffle starts. That 70s show moved to Thursday which isn't bad since we really didn't watch anything that day. But Bones moved to Wed at 9 which greatly conflicts with my Veronica Mars viewing. Luckily here in PA we get to watch the new episode of Veronica reaired on Sundays at 7. But I still hate to miss the original airing. But I guess I'm lucky that I get to watch it at all.

I'll be glad when American Idol goes to it's normal schedule so I can go back to watching House. Idol is the stupidst show out there. Most reality shows are. At least the ones involving contests of some sort. I kind of enjoy the ones they have on A&E and other cable channels. Like Airline (which, of course, we love because it is about SW Airlines where dh works and he gets to see people he worked with in Chicago all the time). Growing up Gotti is always good for a laugh and I sometimes watch Miami Ink. I like the shows that are more like documentaries and just follow people around to see what they are doing. Right now I'm watching Animal Cops Houston which is really a "Cops" style reality show.

I guess I'm done ranting about TV for now. I'll get used to the new schedule eventually. When House is back on I will pretty much have something to watch each day. NASCAR will be starting soon giving me something to watch Sunday afternoons until Veronica is on.