Try to Keep Up...Part 2

I am at work right now, sad for a thousand reasons...one in particularly...I just ate a tuna sandwich and Greek salad and one of the two is lodged into my back tooth. Not a major stressor in life, but annoying and I have no toothbrush or floss on hand...I really need to figure something out or I just might cry. Trust me people...I am on edge. I am on edge because I have a test and 4 hours of class tonight, followed by a desperate trip to the grocery store which sounds awful. But very necessary, because another reason I am sad is because I have been eating like 500 calories a day and that is far from the necessary 2000 or so that I need. Normally that would be sort of "anorexic-ish" and "fine" but its a little different when you are carrying a baby. I mean they NEED to eat! They are trying to start a life of their own and a cup of pineapples, 3 carrots and half eaten spaghetti wont do the trick for them. Okay, I know that I flew right by that so I will stop and address the fact that YES, we are going to have a baby...Lord willing:) Fun right?? We are 10 weeks and 5 days. (Thank you Texas (and SOME Memphis) people that can actually keep a secret. I am really proud to call you my friends:) ) We weren't just trying to be secretive, I have never been very good at that. We just wanted to use this time to pray and thank and hope in the Lord. We suffered a miscarriage in September and truly found that "hope deferred makes the heart sick" so we just wanted to be more personal about it this time for awhile while we wrapped our hearts around either outcome and find that now, though anything is possible, we would like for everyone we know to share in our joy. So, though I am adverse to food and struggling eating the baby makes me extremely happy, maybe the hormones are also why I find myself wanting to cry because I have a test...I don't normally like tests, but to date I have never cried about it. So that's another update for us.

I was going to do this grand California (where we went for our anniversary trip) update but I forgot my camera OF COURSE and so that really ruined things. We had so many great Kodak moments and the camera was sitting at home in Memphis. Overall it REALLY was a great time. We needed to get away from everyday life. California was........COLD!!! but we still had fun even though I wore the same thing everyday or a version of it because I packed shorts and tank tops. I am running out of time so I can't tell you about standing in line for 5 hours to fulfill my childhood dream of being on the Price is Right only to be cut 5 people away from getting in and I can't tell you about passing up the opportunity to be an extra in a new comedy because of the stupid Price is Right. I can't tell you about anything, because sitting at a desk for 6 hours makes your butt numb and I get off in 6 minutes so I can't linger. But if the news isn't too old I will tell it eventually but probably not. It was a great time...but its one of those things like a mission trip that rehashing just doesn't do justice to. Okay, now the numbness is crawling into my thigh and I still have this damn tuna/lettuce in my tooth. I better run...I should probably stop saying "damn" before our baby is born... Love you guys!! (And I am continually praying for all my sweet moms who have recently had "Glory Babies" themselves. Love you girls, I rejoice when you rejoice and mourn when you mourn and I can't wait to rejoice with you again!)

Til later,