Category: Job Hunt/Work

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.

…to be at work this early. I had a much better night of sleep last night, with Alaethia only waking up once and waking up myself only once because I was freezing and turned the fan off (at which time I heard Jaylen mumbling and complaining about something in his bedroom; he was sleep-talking).

I plan to do nothing but veg out today and help the boys with their homework, of course. So far I have nothing planned after work/school, so I hope I can fulfill my plan.

I’m still not sure about coming in half a day tomorrow or not, since I have a sonogram for my upper right side, where I’ve been getting pains lately. The doctor thought it might be my gallbladder and set up and appointment with a specialist. But I haven’t been feeling the pain much anymore. In the last week I only felt it briefly this morning. I really don’t want to waste a half-day (or money) on something that might just be related to the pregnancy and isn’t cause for alarm.

Anyway. I’ve got some news about Mario and still have to update my baby log and all that stuff, so I’ll hopefully see you guys soon.

Yup, I am, believe it or not. I thought I’d post something since I’ve gone so long without posting anything. I should be in bed already but since I stayed up late most of my 3-day weekend I’m not sleepy at all, surprisingly.

So it’s back to work in the morning. Although I love my job and my co-workers, I will never get used to waking up at 5:20. And neither will Alaethia. She still wakes up at least once a night for a drink of either water or milk. I’m hoping my awful cold is gone by tomorrow; I’ve been chugging down orange juice like crazy and I think it actually sped up the recovery process. Knock on wood that I don’t end up with another 3-day sinus headache. That was awful.

Had a doctor’s appointment this past Wednesday, so I’ll post about that hopefully tomorrow and I got my scanner out of storage so I can upload the sono pics. I’m going to finally take a belly pic too. I seem to have grown muchly over the past weekend!

Welp, I’d love to continue but I must force myself to sleep. Goodnight, all 10 of you that still read :).