{Day 6}

Thankful for a CLEAN HOUSE!! :)



Today Bryan left me unsupervised while he slept in .... which means he couldn't intervene soon enough to stop me from going on a huge clean-the-entire house kick (which of course he was able to participate in once he was up :) AND a pull-out-all-of-the-Christmas-decorations kick (for which we have surprisingly little of - ohhh chances to Christmas shop :)

{Day 5}

So thankful for my education.







And thankful for some of the most wonderful people I know that graduated with me!



If you've been following A&M football recently, it has probably hurts you to watch like it's hurt me, BUT our diploma's respect isn't reflected by the scoreboard, thank goodness :)

{Day 4}

Thankful for BOOKS!!

Last year my parents gave me a Kindle for Christmas, and that delightful piece of technology mixed with all my other delightful paper and hard back books make my world go 'round. Also, the community library knows me by name ... and by the monster bag I take with me every time :)



I don't know everything, so I borrow ideas from others.
Reading is good for the mind!! And it's HAPPY!

{Day 3}

Thankful for tears.

Happy tears.



Proud tears.



Hopeful tears.



Scared and excited tears at the same time.



Even hormone induced tears :)

So thankful for this way of expressing so many emotions, sometimes all at once.

{Day 1+2}

It's November, the 30 official days of thanksgiving!

I was going to create 30 thankful posts, but I sort of blew it with the rant about how miserable I feel yesterday (oops).

Too back up, and fix my error:

November 1st: I am thankful for pregnancy symptoms indicating that everything is perfect with our baby! I'm also thankful for hitting 10 weeks today. (1st trimester and I only have 3 more weeks before parting ways :)



November 2nd: I am thankful for moments of brilliance when I'm teaching. They are few and far between, but I love it when:

(1) I'm actually wise enough to take a normal, every day moment and turn it into a life learning moment for a student.

(2) I'm patient enough to LISTEN when it counts.

(3) I finally explain a concept the way it makes sense after explaining it 20 times before without success.

(4) I think of a new way of teaching that involves 100% student engagement, and it works!

(5) My students prove (for the thousandth time) how special, unique, gifted and wonderful each one truly is.

Aw, shoot

It's been about an hour and I'm already feeling guilty about my previous post. It helps that I'm feeling better :)

Please don't judge me for being grumpy about feeling crummy.

I am excited about this tiny person!!!

TMI & Rant - think twice before reading

The most common question now that we're completely out of the closet about our pregnancy is: "How are you feeling?"

I'll give the benefit of the doubt to about 20% of the people asking that they actually do want to know and are okay with honesty, but I'm assuming the rest are hoping for a quick and simple "Great - I love being pregnant!" or perhaps will even accept the more truthful, "It's going okay."

If you are a part of the 80% who really don't want to know, I encourage you to stop reading now, and I promise to not take offense. This will be a lot of personal information.

I realize that ALL symptoms are a blessing, because I know the baby is doing great. Plus, they say the more symptoms you have, the healthier your baby is. Well our baby must be in the absolute pink of health!!

Otherwise, here's honesty for you .... 1st trimester is miserable!

Ouch. OUCH. Ow. OuChIe. oUCH. OUCH. oW. Owchie.
Everything hurts. Except my feet. They'll probably be next?

I'm rocking a sinus infection that I can't treat, which means constant headaches. Neck pain & back pain. My breasts hurt like crazy. My stomach is upset about 75% of the time - either nausea, or what I ate to get rid of the nausea didn't agree with me, and the latest & greatest: ACID REFLUX. Oh my gosh, it's horrible. I actually had to go to the doctor for the heartburn, and (thank you Lord!) received some prescriptions which are giving at least a very small amount of relief. No more chili or spicy shrimp for me!!

I am not normally a baby or a wuss. I have a pretty high pain tolerance, and am rarely whiny, even when sick. I'm taking this moment to whine & enjoy it! Especially since the guilt of griping will probably catch up with me in the next few hours.... :)

Billions of women have been pregnant, and I'm sure most of them have been miserable too. But bunches of people get the flu every year, and they are still allowed to complain, so I'm reserving the right as well.

I'm not scared of labor a bit, but I'm terrified of the next 3 1/2 weeks - Second Trimester come quickly!! And bring some relief with you, please!!!