Val and
Sheryl--Thanks for saying I look like a skinny pregnant woman...lmao b/c I'm truly not. I envy those women who look like they have a basketball under their shirts. I still think to most people I just look fat.
I didn't let you see all of my face b/c I hated the way it looked in all the pics David took.
It just looked fat and bloated to me--must've been the pigging out I did xmas day.
Btw Sheryl, I weigh 231lbs atm. I've gained 13.5lbs so far, so I'm fairly pleased about that.
On to the real estate. Well, the closing I was supposed to have on Fri will not be happening until next week b/c of the seller (bank-owned foreclosure). Ironically, they made my buyers sign an addendum (typical of banks) saying if the closing was delayed due to the buyers, that they would pay the bank $100 per day beyond the closing date. So I said to the listing agent, "So does that mean the bank is going to pay my clients $100 per day like they would've had to do if they had caused the delay?" His response, "No, it doesn't work like that." "Yeah, I didn't think so," I replied, knowing full well it would be a cold day in hell before that happened. God I hate banks! They really piss me off. Oh well, each day the closing's delayed means they have to give my buyers more money towards the property tax credit, so at least there's something.
Now onto Henry....he had a vet appt this afternoon so I tried to get a urine sample out of him like they wanted. This involved removing his current cat litter and putting in these non-absorbant pellet-type things instead. Then I had to suck up the urine with a syringe. Well, Henry didn't care for the new litter (probably b/c there was very little of it for one thing), so he peed on two rugs instead. Lovely. I took him to the vet and he doesn't have a temp, and she said he looks really healthy, but really needed a urine sample to definitively rule out a urinary tract infection. She tried to get some out of him, but he wouldn't cooperate..lol. So I took him back home and shortly thereafter he went and peed in his litter box (the urine sample litter) much to my surprise and delight. So I got the urine sample and will take it in tomorrow to have it tested. She's pretty sure it's behavioral, though, that he's stressed by the move. She also said getting him fixed should fix that.
Anyway, I spent a good portion of the late afternoon washing rugs and mopping floors to get rid of the cat pee smell which is soooo lovely.
Thank God we put in laminate wood floors instead of carpet!!
Now onto my midwife appt earlier today...blood pressure was the lowest it's been in months--huge, pleasant surprise. It was 108/80. Baby's heart rate was in the high 130s, so possibly a boy? My college gf in Milwaukee always predicts the baby's sex by touching the belly or looking at a pic. She thinks it's a boy, but felt like a girl before she saw the pic. The midwife told me that she has had 100% success with the dangling of the string with a ring attached over the belly. If it goes in a circle it's a girl, if back and forth a boy. Also, she said to get some Drano crystals, put them in a paper cup and add some of my urine. If it turns greenish blue it's a girl, if brown, it's a boy. So I bought some of that today to test it out. Haven't done either of them yet, though. I'm curious to see if both tests say the same thing.
Gotta take another glucose test for gestational diabetes. Last time when I was with the OB I had to go to their office and drink the stuff, then sit in their waiting room for an hour and then get my blood drawn. Today she gave me the drink and a list of labs to go get the blood drawn. There is one conveniently located just around the corner from our house, so I can drink it, sit in the comfort of my own home for an hour, then go get the blood drawn. They are also going to check my iron count since it was low the last time (I've been taking iron supplements since), and she said the baby has a big growth spurt around this time, and it often depletes mama's iron.
Sorry this turned out to be such a long post.
