Monday, April 13, 2009
Damn, Almost Forgot...
The most exciting thing about this weekend is that I got to stop the drug pump! I still have some reglan in pill form in case I start feeling sick, but I'm no longer hooked up to the pump at all. In fact, they're sending someone to pick it up and take it back tomorrow. Hooray!!!!
So Much to Blog About!
It was kind of a busy weekend...lots to talk about!
We got the Wazza, Inc. site up and running! (And when I say "we", I mean mostly Scott). If you know anyone who's looking for videography services, send 'em our way. Scott's been working on this for awhile, so it's nice to have it done and looking good.
I added a couple of tomato plants to my patio garden. They're pre-started, so they're already growing a bit, but there's no fruit on them yet. I'm so looking forward to my own fresh, vine-ripe tomatoes!
We went to Curtis' Shmimprov show Friday night, and as we got out of the show to go to our car there was a freight train stopped at the station that the theatre is across from. As we walked to our car we over heard someone saying that someone had died, so we joined in on the conversation. Turns out, someone had either jumped in front of the train deliberately or been playing chicken and lost. Everyone in the group kind of lamented how sad it was, and then went on their merry way. Scott and I, however, have a different opinion (yes, this is going to turn into a bit of a rant, and I'm sorry for that). I can't really bring myself to feel bad for someone who gets hit by a train. They're either trying to get hit, or pretty damn stupid. I've heard of people getting hit because they have headphones on so loud that they can't hear it; well, number one, walking along tracks that are still in use is damn idiotic in the first place but if you deliberately apply a device that will hinder your ability to hear you're just asking to be removed from the gene pool. And if you're playing chicken for a cheap thrill, again, you're asking for it. And if you're trying to get hit, well, maybe you're right and the world really is better off without you. I just can't feel bad for someone who's dumb enough to get hit by a train.
And now, on a happier note, we had family over for dinner last night, kind of an Easter-y thing, and it was really nice. People brought stuff for food so I didn't have to worry about all of it, and we went down and grilled some nice tri-tip steaks. They were HUGE! But they were very very tasty. It was nice to spend the evening with family; living down in south county while they're up in Whittier makes it difficult to see them as often as we'd like.
We got the Wazza, Inc. site up and running! (And when I say "we", I mean mostly Scott). If you know anyone who's looking for videography services, send 'em our way. Scott's been working on this for awhile, so it's nice to have it done and looking good.
I added a couple of tomato plants to my patio garden. They're pre-started, so they're already growing a bit, but there's no fruit on them yet. I'm so looking forward to my own fresh, vine-ripe tomatoes!
We went to Curtis' Shmimprov show Friday night, and as we got out of the show to go to our car there was a freight train stopped at the station that the theatre is across from. As we walked to our car we over heard someone saying that someone had died, so we joined in on the conversation. Turns out, someone had either jumped in front of the train deliberately or been playing chicken and lost. Everyone in the group kind of lamented how sad it was, and then went on their merry way. Scott and I, however, have a different opinion (yes, this is going to turn into a bit of a rant, and I'm sorry for that). I can't really bring myself to feel bad for someone who gets hit by a train. They're either trying to get hit, or pretty damn stupid. I've heard of people getting hit because they have headphones on so loud that they can't hear it; well, number one, walking along tracks that are still in use is damn idiotic in the first place but if you deliberately apply a device that will hinder your ability to hear you're just asking to be removed from the gene pool. And if you're playing chicken for a cheap thrill, again, you're asking for it. And if you're trying to get hit, well, maybe you're right and the world really is better off without you. I just can't feel bad for someone who's dumb enough to get hit by a train.
And now, on a happier note, we had family over for dinner last night, kind of an Easter-y thing, and it was really nice. People brought stuff for food so I didn't have to worry about all of it, and we went down and grilled some nice tri-tip steaks. They were HUGE! But they were very very tasty. It was nice to spend the evening with family; living down in south county while they're up in Whittier makes it difficult to see them as often as we'd like.
Wednesday, April 8, 2009
16 weeks!
Today marks 16 weeks in my pregnancy. I'm still doing really well with the lowered dosage of reglan, so I'm hopeful that in the next couple of weeks we'll be able to stop the pump altogether. So exciting!
In garden news...I bought trellises for the peas and cucumbers (if the cucumbers sit on the dirt they have a tendency to rot from the bottom up, so I have a trellis in the hopes that they'll get big enough to hang over the trellis without being so big that they fall off the vines). The cucumbers still aren't quite tall enough to reach the bottom tier of the trellis though. The peas, on the other hand, watch out! The peas are already starting to attach themselves to the trellis and getting taller by the day. I can't wait for them to start sprouting peas. The lettuce isn't growing quite as quickly, but it's getting there. It may just be that they're not going to grow as tall. Speaking of lettuce, that reminds me of my tip for if you're going to start your own garden: don't use clay pots! I know a lot of people love clay pots because they're heavier and all, but in reality, they're more prone to breakage and they absorb the water pretty quickly. I have one of my lettuce plants in a clay pot that I happened to have before I started the garden, and I have to water it about twice as often as the other plants and it's still not growing as well as the other lettuces, which are in a glazed porcelain pot that doesn't absorb the water. The plants that are doing the best, however, are the ones that I have in these huge plastic pots that I got. I think it has to do with having more room for their roots to grow.
In garden news...I bought trellises for the peas and cucumbers (if the cucumbers sit on the dirt they have a tendency to rot from the bottom up, so I have a trellis in the hopes that they'll get big enough to hang over the trellis without being so big that they fall off the vines). The cucumbers still aren't quite tall enough to reach the bottom tier of the trellis though. The peas, on the other hand, watch out! The peas are already starting to attach themselves to the trellis and getting taller by the day. I can't wait for them to start sprouting peas. The lettuce isn't growing quite as quickly, but it's getting there. It may just be that they're not going to grow as tall. Speaking of lettuce, that reminds me of my tip for if you're going to start your own garden: don't use clay pots! I know a lot of people love clay pots because they're heavier and all, but in reality, they're more prone to breakage and they absorb the water pretty quickly. I have one of my lettuce plants in a clay pot that I happened to have before I started the garden, and I have to water it about twice as often as the other plants and it's still not growing as well as the other lettuces, which are in a glazed porcelain pot that doesn't absorb the water. The plants that are doing the best, however, are the ones that I have in these huge plastic pots that I got. I think it has to do with having more room for their roots to grow.
Tuesday, April 7, 2009
As The Belly Expands...
I haven't blogged in awhile. Not necessarily because there hasn't been anything to blog, but partially because I've been busy and partially because every time I get some time to myself I feel like sleeping instead of typing. I'm still on the reglan pump and the zofran, both of which make me sleepy. Plus being pregnant makes you sleepy in general. Good news on that front though...my reglan level has been lowered twice and I'm still doing pretty good on it, so it's looking like I can be off of that within the next two weeks (I know, I've been saying that for over a month, but this time it's looking like it could become a reality). I've gotten back up to my pre-pregnancy weight (I lost about 10 pounds during the morning sickness phase), so that's also a good thing. I'm growing out of my old blouses VERY fast. I was a little worried about a boob falling out while I was at the chiropractor yesterday. And the most exciting thing (to me, at least), you can almost tell from the front that I'm pregnant. It's been apparent from the side for a few weeks, but now it's almost obvious from the front.
I'm now having trouble concentrating (and typing...) so I think I'm off to take a nap.
I'm now having trouble concentrating (and typing...) so I think I'm off to take a nap.
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