I feel like I am committing a sin. I am blogging at school.
Today is the last day of school here in Kermit, although the kids are being released at 12:00. We have to work until 4:00 and then come again half a day tomorrow! I already have all of my stuff packed away in the closet, in case someone uses my room for summer school. This whole week I have allowed the kids to watch to movies so I don't have to keep yelling at them to be quiet. 7th graders and the last weeks of school don't go well together. I am usually a teacher that NEVER shows movies, because most of the time you really can't justify showing them because they don't meet the TEKS. But because I am pregnant and don't want my blood pressure rising, I am showing movies and I don't care if I am being a bad teacher this week. lol This week has been eventful. We had no school Monday, an awards ceremony Wednesday, a kids v. teachers volleyball and basketball game yesterday, and we have 8th grade graduation in about an hour. I did play in the volleyball game yesterday but was extremely proud of myself for not sprawling across the floor to pick up balls. So, I let two fall about three feet in front of me and was content with that because I didnt squoosh the baby! All I really did was serve. We wound up beating the kids! The men played basketball against the boys and lost severely. We have a girls coach here that is about 6'4, so he really put it to them. I have to say it makes me sad to see this group of girls go on to high school. There are certain classes you just click with and this was one. If they all stick together they have a great future in high school athletics.
On to Memorial Day weekend. Let's backtrack. Friday we arrived in Marfa about 9:00. They have this awesome Pizza Place that is an old station and a Dairy Queen. So I am craving this New York pizza, but Tim is in such a hurry to get to where we were staying, that he gets mad when I suggest we go order a pizza because I am starving. He cant understand that I am hungry!!!!! We go by there and they are closed. I refused DQ because I am sick of DQ. Luckily, Joey's mom, whose house we stayed at, made chalupas, which did satisfy my hunger. We actually stayed out in their travel trailer for the weekend. On the way to Marfa, I had noticed I was getting congested. By Saturday night, I had a sore throat, runny nose, chapped nose and lips, and a fever. My heart was racing, as my resting heart rate was about 110. I told Tim we needed to leave so we got up and went to Pecos Sunday morning to pick up the dogs. We stopped and went to Wal-Mart and talked to momma for awhile. On the way back to Kermit, we hit a storm that had tons of hail. Needless to say, the truck has hail damage because Tim kept driving through it instead of stopping because he heard the horses kicking the back of the trailer. We knew there was an overpass approaching and that we could pull under it since we were on the service road, but once we got there we saw many cars and five highway patrolmen under it! Shouldn't they be out in it looking for accidents and pulling people over? We thought that was funny.
Let's backtrack again to Friday afternoon. My doctors appointment didn't go well in my opinion. My blood pressure was slightly high, I had protein in my urine, and I haven't gained any weight in four months. I guess this is the point that they start to worry about blood pressure. I honestly think mine gets high because the kids stress me out at school. I don't ever add salt to anything and I havent been eating lots of junk food, so I am confuses about how to reduce salt intake but try to gain weight! I did get to hear the heartbeat, which was 156 bpm. I was told the baby was probably up and moving around. If the old wives tale is true, I should be having a girl!
Which brings me to the exciting news......we will be finding out the gender of the baby on Monday! I have a 3d sonogram scheduled with a woman who specializes in ultrasounds and has a business. I just can't wait any longer to know what the baby is!!! My mom is going with me and Tim is going to try to make it. You can see the baby on a big screen TV, which will be awesome.
Tim will be starting a new job in a few weeks with DCP Midstream, formerly Duke Energy, and is excited about this new change. I was officially told I will no longer have coaching duties, which was a huge relief. His new job should make up for what I will be losing plus add a little more.
Until Monday....cross your fingers its a girl!!!!!!!! I really want a girl but as long as it has all its fingers, toes, arms, and legs I will be happy! At least 3 babies have been born in Wink with deformed hands and feet. The moms were told that the hands or feet were caught in bands in the uterus???? That has been an underlying fear of mine, since Wink is only six miles from here.
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Hey girl, I had high blood pressure throughout my whole pregnancy and at my 32 week check up I was put in the hospital for a kidney infection due to protein in my urine. I feel for you! Just take it easy and drink lots of water and cranberry juice. I was told that because of all my problems I was having a girl my whole pregnancy and they were RIGHT! Good luck, little princess' are so much fun!!!
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