Hello 29. The birthday of a hormonal pregnant woman

My birthday was yesterday. Hello 29. The day started off not so good, however. I won't go into details, but basically my personal laptop is dead...again. Please don't ever buy a Gateway. I had just taken "belly shots" and uploaded them to my computer. So, until my info can get off the computer, you are all left hanging. I don't shower and ask my husband to take pictures every day, ya know.

Second, I decided that since it was going to be rainy weather all weekend long that Tyler and I would drive to Target and buy board games. This was a huge journey for me considering I had not gone further than Tyler's preschool in 2 weeks. We bought Elefun because he's seen that commercial and always mentions that he wants it. I thought we had come home without the butterflies that are supposed to fly out of the elephant's trunk. I was pissed and crying. But my husband reminded me to actually look IN the elephant's trunk for them. Smart man. Have I mentioned how patient he is with me?

Third, I had called the day before because I noticed that my Zofran prescription was running out, and I'd run out before the weekend was over. It required Dr authorization for more refills. I waited anxiously all day Friday before I heard back that it was called in and approved. So, I called yesterday morning to CVS to confirm that the prescription was there. It was. But there was a "small" issue. My insurance wouldn't pay for it until Tuesday. Zofran is insanely expensive. Like $300 without insurance. I pretty much broke down at that point claiming this was the worst birthday to date. (Gotta love pregnancy hormones). I found a way to get nausea medicine for Sunday and Monday during the day that I won't discuss on here. So, that crisis was temporarily resolved. The reason my insurance wouldn't pay (I'm assuming) is because my prescription is for 4mg even though the dr has authorized me to take 8mg. So, I'm using the prescription much faster than intended.

Fourth, when I finally realized that I had all the parts of Elefun and Josh went out to buy the batteries I forgot to purchase, we played the game. And it lasted under 30 secs. Tyler grew old of it after two times. And, frankly I don't blame him. Hello, this is the worst game invented ever. The butterflies either don't fly out, or when they do they fly out, they all come out at the same time leaving my redhead scrambling to catch them in the net. Do not buy this game. Ours is most definitely going back. I also bought High Ho Cherry Oh. It's ok. Very simple.

Fifth, our dog is a night dog. I can ask all day long if he needs to go out, and he will run away from the door. But at night, he rules the neighborhood. I let him out at around 7:30. Keep in mind that we have a neighborhood where the dogs just roam. At 9:00 I was ready to go to bed but realized Toby had not come back. He has been known to roam for hours, but he always comes back. I called him some. I can't whistle, and this is a problem. He didn't come back. So, I crawled into bed and knew I'd hear him when he came back because he'd bark at the door. I work up at midnight and realized he hadn't come back. Again, I woke up at 1:15 and called Josh, who was working, to tell him. Josh came home around 3:15 and searched our neighborhood for Toby. I had visions in my head of our dog dead in the woods somewhere. I was already trying to figure out how to tell Tyler. Finally, about 30 mins later I heard Josh's voice and Toby's collar rattling. I jumped out of bed and learned that Toby had spent the evening and early morning trapped in our neighbor's garage. They didn't realize he was in there when they closed it. Our dog, who is never allowed to sleep on our bed with us, snoozed and cuddled in the king sized bed soaking up all the sympathy he could get. I'm exhaused.

So, who's ready for some good news?

I don't blame you.

The good news is that I received an awesome Samsung camcorder from my boys. I've wanted one for a while that I could video and then upload to the computer. This one has a lot of extra features that I'm excited to use!

The other good news is that I managed not to throw up at all yesterday! Of course, I ate safe foods all day long, including 4 pieces of cheese toast, 2 grilled cheeses, 2 cans of fruit, 2 icy pops, and chicken noodle soup. Normal staple foods, ya know. I was still nauseous, but it was controllable. I pray that this is the start of feeling better. I can't see how it can get worse than it was.

So, at least I ended on positive news.