confessions

Eating is a burden, but I have to eat or else I feel nauseous constantly (lately after I eat, I STILL feel nauseous). Showers make me even more exhausted than I already am all the time. I've been taking naps constantly. Lately I've been feeling light-headed and kind of dizzy when I first wake up (especially after the shower), but the last couple of days I just feel horrible any time I try to function in any normal kind of way. I've only thrown up (in the horrible way) twice, but at least afterwards I felt some relief for a little while. Instead I just feel ill all day long. Luke's trying really hard to be patient with me when we try to decide what we'll eat for meals or what we want to do in the evenings (I never really want to do either of those things right now). As you have probably figured out by now, I am pregnant. Thursday will mark 9 full weeks, which means only a few more until my first trimester is over. Then maybe I can start to feel a little more normalcy each day. My due date is November 21, 2008, but of course that is subject to change as the baby develops. At about 20 weeks we can find out the gender, which is exciting. Right now I'm just trying to be healthy and not sleep ALL day. Before I started feeling too horrible, we were able to take a lot of things to Goodwill and declutter a little, which always makes us feel a little better.

We're looking for a new place to live when our lease is up at the end of July. We've had a car broken into twice now (the first time was when my CDs were stolen, but the 2nd time, just an empty purse that was in the floor of the car got taken... which made me want to say HAHAHA it was empty, YOU FOOL!!!). Also, we'd like something with a washer and dryer. That's about as picky as we're getting, since we'll need to be extremely frugal for the next..... oh, 5 or 6 years at least.

We're definitely excited and not quite overwhelmed yet, but I'm sure we'll get there.

Anyway, that's my little secret.

I forgot to say something about KU winning the National Championship, but not because I wasn't excited! That game was the most painful, exciting game I think I've ever watched. Luke, his brother Matt, and their friend Nick, definitely had a jumping group hug after Mario Chalmers hit that 3. That's all I'm saying. :) Congrats, Jayhawks!

On another note, Happy Birthday, Dad!!! My grandma Patty just had a birthday on the 10th as well, and my cousin Laura on the 11th, so Happy Birthday to the both of you too! Hope it was a great one! There are more birthdays very soon to come in the family (tomorrow and next week), but I'll save those for next time.

I still stand by what I've said: that life is good. even when you're poor.