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My Life Thus Far
I'm Moving With It
I've gotten so much sleep the past 20 hours. I feel like I
could use a lot more, but the delirium that comes with
sleep-deprivation has eased some. That's always a good
thing.
Snookums ended up getting home around 11:30am yesterday.
We spent a little time going over Annie's report card and
tests (Snookums was equally as pleased as I was), then we
met up with Gen to have coffee and lunch. Snookums loves
nothing more when he first gets home (from any length
cruise) than to hit up Kings Wok (buffet). Who could
begrudge him that? Although, he did say they had more
choices in the galley than they've had in the past. Maybe
the new CO has done something nice for them, since he
makes them spend so much more time on the ship.
When we got home yesterday, it was a little past nap time
(for me and Kiki). She decided not to take a nap, she
wanted to spend time with daddy, but I had to go to sleep.
I remember falling asleep sometime before 5pm and I woke
up around 8pm. The kids were already in bed. Snookums
bought me McDonald's for dinner (not the best food choice,
but once in awhile is okay) and then we went back to
sleep. I didn't think I'd be able to fall back to sleep,
but I did and I slept all the way through the night and
into the morning. I finally woke up around 10:30am. So, I
made up for the sleep I lost this past week. That's all
I've got to do. Go a week without sleep, then I'll sleep
through the night! I'm not sure how tonight will go, but I
feel like I'm ready for nap time right now.
Snookums wanted to give me a break from the girls and do
something with Annie, so they aren't here right now. They
left about 2 hours ago. He took them to the mall and I
think Coldstone. Which is just as much for him as it is
them. I'm happy to stay here. It's not often I get to be
totally, 100% alone.
You won't believe who I just got off the phone with...Ron.
Last night he called to see how I was doing, which I
thought was really sweet. Snookums didn't think so, but
that's understandable, I guess. I thought the timing was
kind of ironic. I haven't talk to Ron since early
December, not on the phone at least. So, I wasn't
expecting a phone call. Least of all the same day Jason
gets home from a cruise. I had some explaining to do, but
Jason believed me when I said I hadn't seen hide nor hair
of Ron. I haven't. At this point if I had, I would have
written about it. So, we talked for a little over an hour.
He's doing okay. Him and Nicole are still together, which
is great. He can do better, but being alone sucks and I
wouldn't wish that on my worst enemy. Unless they wanted
to be alone, but that's a different story. It wasn't the
least bit weird or awkward talking to him. It didn't
rekindle any buried feelings or memories. I think it's
safe to say that that period in my life is long over and
there is no revisiting it. Life moves on. We either choose
to move with it, or we get dragged along. I'm moving with
it. No sense in fighting the inevitable. I've got my
husband and my growing family. My lot has been set.
Illicit romance is fun, though :)
I've officially moved on to 3rd trimester pregnancy
complaints. Yesterday my feet and ankles were more swollen
than I've seen them since I was pregnant with Kiki. Even
after being off them for 20 hours, they're still swollen.
I think they're planning on staying that way. It makes
sense. The rest of me is swollen. Face, fingers, legs. I'm
a bloated mess. If I poke myself in the leg, I leave a
dent. Even my knees are swollen. I've decided that the
chest pain, trouble breathing and cough are probably due
to pertussis. Since it's been over a month and Snookums
still has it. Now I have it, but the girls are untouched.
They're still protected by immunizations, but we're not.
Immunity runs out around the age of 12. You have to get a
booster or if you don't get re-vaccinated you have to
catch it naturally and build immunity. So, it's not the
end of the world, but Snookums and I need to have it taken
care of before the baby is born if it doesn't go away
soon. Pertussis (aka whooping cough) can be deadly in
newborns. Antibiotics will make us not contagious in 5
days if it doesn't go away in the next 6 weeks. They're
calling it the Stennis cough on the ship because everyone
seems to have it. Wonderful. Because I really needed ONE
MORE THING.
I'm sleepy. It's nap time. Ciao until later.
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