Glucose test today

The empty bottle of orange yuck!

I originally had my 28 week glucose blood test for gestational diabetes scheduled for Wednesday, Chad's birthday. Then I got my schedule for the week and have 4 days off so I changed it for today so we wouldn't have to change or cancel any birthday festivities. I will give you some background of my pregnancy to start with.

I am one of those lucky women who didn't have morning sickness. I tend to be really phlegmmy in the mornings and sometimes I gag and throw up while brushing my teeth but that's it. So when you drink the glucose drink you have very specific instructions. You can eat before it but not after it. You must drink it all within 5 minutes and you must be at the clinic and ready for the blood draw within an hour of drinking the drink. You may only have sips of water totaling less than 8 oz. after drinking the drink. I thought to myself, "I can handle that." After I got off the phone with the lab, it was time to get in the shower and drink the drink. Everyone kept telling me how nasty it would be so I was expecting the worst. I chugged it, then my tummy started feeling funny and (TMI) I threw up in my mouth a little bit. I didn't want to have to retake the test so I had to swallow what was in my mouth, GROSS!!!! I got to the clinic and the lab tech had a hard time finding a vein so she had to draw 3 VIALS from a very small vein using a pediatric needle, she said it was the smallest she had. Needless to say, I have a nice bruise from that! I am hoping and praying that it goes well, I should know something by Thursday!

The bruise from the blood draw, ouch!

After that, I called and made an appointment for a haircut. Got done at the clinic @ 10:35, had until 2:30 to wait for the haircut. So I made an exchange at Target and browsed the baby isles like I always do. Hmmm, my bottles and such are on sale, but I passed. I am giving second thought to passing on the picture frame book ends though, I might stop and see if they're still there when we go to town tomorrow. After that I got a wave of ambition and decided to look at diaper stacker sewing patterns at Jo Anne Fabrics. Questions that I asked myself before seriously considering buying any fabric:

• Can I sew? Don't know, my guess is not really.

• Do I know how to use my sewing machine? Again, not really, and I don't have a manual for it. It can't be THAT hard, can it?!
  

• Do I really want to pay $16 for a pattern that has several items in it when I just need the one, and it's not really what I want anyway? Not really.

• Do I really think I can make a pattern out of newspaper that makes sense, serves the purpose I need, and is actually functional without tearing my hair out and throwing the fabric and sewing machine into the trash? Lets hope so!

I walked out of there with 2 and a quarter yards of brown flannel to go with the flannel DwellStudio receiving blankets I bought just for the purpose of making a diaper stacker, along with some ribbon to tie the stacker to the hanger it's going to hang on, and possibly to wrap the hanger. Also got a really cool wall decal to hang with the multi-frame that holds some of our wedding photos, it says "Just one lifetime won't be enough for us" and I can't wait to decide where I'm going to hang it!

Spent some time with an old friend after that, and then it was time for my hair cut. I didn't really have any kind of style in mind. My description to my hairdresser was something like this: "I think I want it to be not bulky or sticking out behind my ears. Kind of layerish on the sides and short in the back." Susan made sense out of what I told her, and I really like the cut.

I went swimming this afternoon! It has been so hot and humid that I decided to visit my sister's swimming pool after my haircut. Took my nephew and he was adorable! He's going to be 2 on Sunday and he already thinks he can swim! The problem is that once he reaches a certain level in the pool, the buoyancy of his foam full body suit makes him float too much and he starts have difficulty regaining balance. I took him out to deeper water a few times, and his dad too. He had the best time on the pool's edge playing catch by throwing whatever toys he could find to me or his dad in the water and having us throw them back out to him. I definitely am starting to get a tan! We spent about an hour and a half at the pool, then we changed and my sister came home from work. Had spaghetti and garlic bread for dinner, and got to spend some nice time talking to my sister.

Then I headed to the grocery store before heading home. Now I'm home and it's just about bedtime!