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Sonya · Guru

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kris · Guru

Hi my friend!

Wow, 5 years ago this month. Well, as you know I was pretty pregnant! We were scheduling baby showers with my family and another with my co-worker girlfriends.

I think we were also finalizing some plans for the big room addition on our house which would move Little John from his bedroom and open that up for Jake.

I'm certain I was burning up Babies R Us on a frequent basis!

I should get out my 2005 calendar and see what I was doing!!!

happylib · Guru

Good morning!

Five years ago, I was swollen, wondering if E was going to turn head down, watching my ds prepare and take his finals in his junior year in hs, enjyoing a newly laid hardwood floor, and still trying to come up with a girl's name.

supergrover · Guru

5 years ago this month, wow.

I was still job searching after my position was one of 20 cut from the college. This month I opted to take a "demotion" at the same college and a major pay cut just so I wouldn't have to keep job searching a million months pregnant (in the end, I actually kept my rate of pay and was promoted less than 6 months later to another open position but I didn't know that 5 years ago during this month).

The change in positions meant we had to move across campus, which doesn't sound that big a deal, but the stress of job searching, then moving landed me smack on bed rest with high blood pressure. I was on and off bedrest for the rest of the pregnancy.

I couldn't wait to meet Koda, but at the same time was pretty miserable. I was taking Travis's amazement at how huge I was pretty personally, and had just taken over our finanaces and realized what a mountain we had to climb out of debt.

Geesh, that is stressful just reading, lol ;)

Three years ago you can nearly rinse and repeat the above only I was willingly leaving my job, moving from Ohio to Maine.

Maybe getting pregnant would help our job prospects, lol.

supergrover · Guru

oh, and I was SO SWOLLEN I couldn't fit in any shoes at all. Even my Tevas couldn't be closed. It was insanity.

supergrover · Guru

This weekend was awesome. We got the garden ready at my inlaws. It was perfect weather, the boys had a great time, and it was just an awesome distaction.

I'm not nearly as anxious about Travis's job prospects. If it miraculously happens, great. If it doesn't, we have a whole year to search before we have to leave here. And our worse case scenario is moving to my inlaws farm for a time. That worse case isn't so bad :)

kris · Guru

oh yea - and we were debating heavily between naming him Jake or Jacob!!

kris · Guru

confession:

um, I'm wearing a nursing tank under my sweater today. I haven't nursed a baby in nearly 2 years!

kris · Guru

another confession:

my DH's alarm clock is going to meet an untimely demise if it continues to go off at 5:00 a.m. when both he and it know he will not roll outta the bed until at least 6:30 furious

kris · Guru

maybe I should start an I confess thread.

I have a lot of stuff to get off my chest (which is currently compressed by a nursing tank top over top of my bra).

I needed a something white under my sweater okay?

-- Edited by kris on Monday 17th of May 2010 09:44:44 AM

Sonya · Guru

Good morning girls!

I'm home today - maybe sick? I feel good then bad. (sore throat and a sometimes runny nose).

I'm working in between bouts of resting.

I think I'm just going to take the afternoon off.

I can't decide about going to Moncton tomorrow or not (for my weekly trip).

supergrover · Guru

kris wrote:

confession:

um, I'm wearing a nursing tank under my sweater today. I haven't nursed a baby in nearly 2 years!

My favorite night-time tank is a maternity one.

My favorite long sleeve shirts to wear under clothes like t shirts in the winter are the Liz Lang maternity ones from Target.

I buy them every fall.
Yup, every fall, including not pregnant, lmao.

supergrover · Guru

i have to go into central office today for a lunch meeting. I've been avoiding that place like nothing else for the past week. My boss wants a final decision on next year, and I can't give it to her. I'm crossing every finger that she happens to not be in when I meet my committee.

Sonya · Guru

5 yrs ago this month I was still traveling for work.

I was huge and I loved being huge. I still had multiple things to wear (not the one pink dress that I could wear in the end). lol.

I didn't know if we were having a boy or a girl.

Mike had his interview with the university and it went poorly (and he still got the job).

I had a babyshower with friends that was really fun and found out that one of my best friends was also pregnant.

kris · Guru

Sonya wrote:

Good morning girls!

I'm home today - maybe sick? I feel good then bad. (sore throat and a sometimes runny nose).

I'm working in between bouts of resting.

I think I'm just going to take the afternoon off.

I can't decide about going to Moncton tomorrow or not (for my weekly trip).

I say go and have a peaceful meal and a goodnight's rest!!!

kris · Guru

supergrover wrote:

i have to go into central office today for a lunch meeting. I've been avoiding that place like nothing else for the past week. My boss wants a final decision on next year, and I can't give it to her. I'm crossing every finger that she happens to not be in when I meet my committee.

that would be stressful to have her hounding you when you don't even know what the future holds yet!!

Boots and Bananas · Guru

5 years ago this month was when my blood pressure went wonky and I was put on bed rest.

I have Lucas's kindergarten PPT in an hour and now I am even sadder then I was LOL. He however has been dressed since 9 and asking me every 5 minutes when we get to go to kindergarten.

My day started at 8:05 getting a text message from 5 telling me to have a great day off, which doesn't sound like much but given the threats Nikki and I have been dealing with all weekend I decided it was time to call the police and ask some questions/get this issue on record. He really needs to grow up and leave me the hell alone.

Sonya · Guru

kris wrote:

Sonya wrote:

Good morning girls!

I'm home today - maybe sick? I feel good then bad. (sore throat and a sometimes runny nose).

I'm working in between bouts of resting.

I think I'm just going to take the afternoon off.

I can't decide about going to Moncton tomorrow or not (for my weekly trip).

I say go and have a peaceful meal and a goodnight's rest!!!

It does sound like the best option. I'm not sure my co-worker wants to trap himself in the car with me and cold (or my constant chattering, lmao)

Sonya · Guru

LL, man, you have enough to deal with without 5's craziness.

How stressful.

I'd start keeping a good record and I think talking to the police is the right thing to do at this point.

Be strong. You are an amazing woman and you can't let that crazy man hurt you anymore.

How old is Nikki now?

Boots and Bananas · Guru

Also can someone explain why my mom feels the need to constantly make me feel worse??

One of the things 5 is threatening Nikki with is to call DCF and tell them she is in an unsafe environment because I have a boyfriend who sleeps here and is moving in soon. My mom thought it best to bring up the fact that boys and girls are not allowed to share a room (Nikki and Lucas do) and that Joey and I sleep in the living room with a teenage girl in the house and that in their eyes it may not be setting a good example for her. Um we sleep fully clothes and are usually up when she is. Seriously mom thanks for adding weight to my mind and feel free to give me the money for a three bedroom house.