Category: Health

Sun., Oct. 12th – We woke up and got ready to meet Pete and Sally at Le Peep for breakfast. I’d never heard of that restaurant but it quickly became a fave. Think Denny’s but much cuter, modern and much cleaner.

Mario and I had the Hawaiian Hazelnut Coffee and I had an omelet. It had cream cheese in the middle, along with everything else, but it was surprisingly good. Pete and Sally took lil’ Quentin with them He’s so cute! Next time we’ll brave it and take Alaethia along, too. We don’t take her to restaurants often because she likes to leave little piles of food on either side of her high chair on the floor, but we’ll try it again.

Not only was it great food, it was great conversation, too. It’s always great to hang out with another set of parents and talking about parenting and everything else. When it comes to parenting, I think Pete and Sally are most like us, so it’s easy to talk about everything. Plus they’ve been my friends forever so it’s awesome.

They treated us that morning which totally surprised me! I told them they didn’t have to but they insisted. Next time it’s our treat. After we’d gotten Alaethia’s bassinet back from them (Quentin doesn’t use it anymore), we said our see-you-laters. Mario and I went to Target and had a lil’ shopping spree; we got a toy each for the boys for having perfect attendance, good behavior and making the A Honor Roll. Eenan’s really into Lego’s right now and Jaylen’s into Bakuran. We got a book and clippies for Aly. She’s finally into books which is amazing and a relief to me. I thought she’d never like them. The boys loved stories by now but she’s still getting the hang of it.

We got a runner for the living room and some red fleece-like throw pillows. When we got home Noelia was over and later all the family came over for the game. I chilled out for a while and then Mom, Alaethia and I went to visit Gramma. By the time we got to McAllen it was pouring so only Mom got down to see Gramma. Alaethia was still sick and I didn’t want to make it worse. I read in the car (Family History by Dani Shapiro) and when Mom came back we went to H-E-B to pick up a few groceries. I wanted to stop at Walmart in Mission but it was still pouring. I got home and hung/folded laundry and clean up my bedroom a little. That place seriously needs some TLC. My desk top doesn’t have an inch of visible space and there are boxes of crap piled up everywhere. I remember the good ol’ days when we first remodeled back when I was pregnant with Alaethia, when everything was new and we actually had space!

Aide, Adan and Belle came over. I cleaned up while Aide and I talked. I stayed up so late cleaning and was so exhausted but I of course had to stay awake because Aly wasn’t feeling good again. I stayed up most of the night and then again from 3-4:45. I seriously contemplated just getting up and going to work when the alarm went off but I felt like total crap. So I called in. I figured it was a good time to spend time with Alaethia, get some extra Zzz’s and clean up some more. One good thing about being up all night was that I felt another two kicks!

Mon., Oct. 13th – Mario let me sleep in. I fully intended on waking up and making him a nice breakfast but I couldn’t peel myself off the bed. Aly and I woke up at 10:30. I was really, really craving eggs over easy, and although I probably shouldn’t be eating them, I figured one time was okay. I had them a few times (okay, often) while pregnant with Alaethia. I served her a chopped up one and she ate really well. I had some Hazelnut coffee and read my book. It was heaven.

I washed clothes, which I also hung/folded. We watched Noggin’ and played all afternoon. Well, until Mom showed up. We went to the post office to send Mario’s letter to Border Patrol…and I forgot it was closed for Columbus Day. Mom treated us to some El Pato, which took half an hour to be ready. We ate, chilled out and picked up the boys from school. I helped Jaylen with his homework. Eenan forgot his and so lost all privileges for that day. I’m trying to teach him responsibility at school and forgetting his homework just isn’t cool. I watched Oprah while washing dishes. Mario got home from work and we went straight to the optometrist to pick up his new glasses. We came straight home and I gave him and Big Mario haircuts and then I showered. I got everything ready for the next day (clothes, lunches), made dinner and got a few minutes to add to the collection of entries. I felt much more relaxed throughout the day (because I was home, of course) and got so much done. That’s what I need: a 3-day weekend every week!

Alaethia woke me up at 3:30am for some milk and I couldn’t sleep from the horrible stinging pain in my lower abdomen. I had an immense urge to pee and still, nothing. I didn’t fall asleep till around 4:30. I felt like death warmed over at 5:20 when my alarm went off. I was going to try and tough it out till today, the day of my actual prenatal appointment but no…I felt awful and called in. I couldn’t get any actual sleep since I had to wait till 6am to call Mrs. V. about my absence and then wait till 6:30am to report my absence.

Jaylen woke up before I even went in there to wake him up. He had diarrhea. He said he was too sick to go to school and had stomach cramps…then asked if he could play video games. Um, no. I told him he could stay, but no games since he was to use that time to recover from illness. At the last minute he decides he wants to go to school, so fine. I told him to call if he still felt ill. Mary took them to school and I got to sleep for 30 minutes before Alaethia woke up. Good thing she was in a good mood.

I made chorizo and egg tacos for breakfast and coffee. I woke Mario up, who freaked out because I was still there (he thought I was waking him up at 6 LOL). I got dressed and ate and left to the doctor after Mario left to work.

When I was signing up and saying hello to everyone I asked if I could have my prenatal appointment that day since I was to have it today anyway. They said sure.

Took an hour and a half for them to call me in, but I didn’t mind too much since I was reading. I had to squeeze my legs together from the pain though; I still felt as bad as the night before.

They called me in and I got weighed (133.4 *gulp*) and gave them a urine sample. When the doctor came in to see me he said I must barely be getting the infection because hardly anything came up in the specimen! Shoot, if that’s how it feels when it’s barely starting out, I don’t even want to know what a full-blown UTI feels like! I only ever get them when I’m pregnant, and never have they felt like this!

I took out my camera to take video of the ultrasound—because today was the day I’d find out the gender!! The doctor starts rolling the wand around my belly, taking measurements, showing me the beautiful heartbeat and showing me various parts of the little body. And yes! He starts looking for the privates; every which way he’d move the wand, trying to get a view from every angle. But Baby wouldn’t let us see! Dr. C. even went as far as jiggling my stomach back and forth with the wand to wake up the baby, but nope, nothing worked! He said we’d check again in two weeks when they do the AFP.

They gave me my antibiotic prescription and let me know they were moving offices by my next appointment…to MISSION!!! Not cool. I hate driving all the way over there and it’s going to be so inconvenient; I’m going to have to call in half a day for every appointment! I’m going to test it out my next appointment and see if I get there on time (by 4:00) after picking the boys up at 3:20. It takes about 20 minutes to drive over there…no, maybe around 25. I might just make it.

On the way to the pharmacy I call Mario and let him know how his baby wants to keep us in suspense. I call Mary to tell her the same (I didn’t call Mom because she won’t hear me over the phone; would rather tell her in person). 5 minutes into our conversation she asks if Jaylen’s called. I tell her no, he hasn’t, and then the other line beeps. It’s Jaylen’s school nurse; she’s got him in the office because he feels sick again. I told her I’d be right there.

After I pick Jaylen up and we park in the drive way I get a phone call. It says District of Colombia. WTF? I answer and it’s the Border Patrol investigator trying to get ahold of Mario. I give him Mario’s cell number.

I’d spoken to Sally the day before and we’d made plans so that she could come over and pick up Bobo, Jose’s goose who will now be Sally’s, and we made a date to meet at Olive Garden. Mario promptly calls me back after speaking to the investigator asking for a favor: ironed clothes dropped off at his job site because he was meeting with him in person. I ironed his clothes, quickly ate lunch, and unfortunately had to cancel plans with Sally since I was going to be driving back and forth all over the place. We decided Sunday would probably be better.

Jaylen went along with me and he fell asleep on the way. I think that’s why he likes to be in the car…it helps him sleep. We dropped Mario’s stuff off and he and Jorge showed us the massive house that’s their current project: a 5 bedroom house on two lots in a fancy subdivision. I’d love to see it complete! We went back home and chilled out for a little bit and then picked up Eenan.

I didn’t get to rest at all, but I was feeling much better by the end of the day. Poor Mom and Mary had both caught Jaylen’s 24-hour bug, so they weren’t doing too good. When Mario got home he told me how the investigator said it’ll be another 5 days of the background check and then a month or less till they call him to the Academy. I’m so nervous!!

I did not want to get up in the morning. I lay in bed after the alarm went off and then I threw myself on the couch and vegged out there for a while. I was dragging. I even made some coffee that morning. At least breakfast was already ready: barbacoa left over from the breakfast Mom treated us to the day before. I miraculously got into my truck right on time, at least.

I get to work and realize I’m still wearing my stinky, dirty house flip-flops. OMG! My first thought is that Mrs. V’s going to send me home to change. When we were still located at Nellie I’d done the same thing and she’d sent me home (not meanly) to change without clocking out since I lived so nearby. Not this time though!

As I’m walking my pants are rolling under my belly uncomfortably because either my belly’s shrinking or my Belly Band stretched out (I was wearing my pre-pregnancy pants). At least I managed to clock in on time.

I walk into the library, turn to my left to turn on the lights and…the air conditioning’s not working–again. IT literally feels like a sauna. Ugh.

Three of my students came in and helped me take the chairs off the tables (since they weigh about 50 lbs. each and are too heavy for me to lift). I tell them its okay, to stop because it’s super hot in there. One of them already had drops of sweat on his forehead. They said they were fine. I seriously felt like I’d pass out. I decided that if the air wasn’t fixed by 10:30 (our half-day) I was going home.

I tried not to move at all. The boys that were helping me had propped the doors open with chairs, so it started to get a tad cooler. I read for a little bit and just monitored the kids who were checking out. The air was fixed by 9:22. And it was raining out (the hallway was beginning to flood—eek) and we had a slight cold front. It instantly put me in a better mood. I mostly checked out dictionaries to the ELA teachers and thankfully some substitutes helped me wheel them out. The day went by very quickly thankfully.

Mario got home late and told me parts of his day were pretty shitty, too. I think it was the weather.

I went to sleep feeling an uncomfortable pain in my lower abdomen. I knew it wasn’t round ligament pain because I know what that feels like, and this was nothing like it. It was sharp, burning and sort of in my bladder area and I had this incredible urge to pee every 5 minutes…but it would only trickle out. I had a darn UTI, I knew it. Sorry if that’s TMI.