Thursday, September 18, 2008

"Cause I'm sick and tired of always being sick and tired.."

Okay, Blogworld--here's the scoop and I'm hoping that this emotional diarrhea won't somehow trigger the Universe into taking it all away in one fell swoop (which is highly possible) but kids, this sucks and after all, what is a blog for if not to expose ourselves to our friends/family and the world in general? So here you go:
I'm pregnant. It's still REALLY early--only 6 weeks--and anything is possible so I'm trying really hard to think positive thoughts and be grateful because we've tried for so long to get to this point. But can I just tell you--holy crap this sucks! While childbirth is in NO way a faint memory, all of this stuff had been shoved to the back of my subconscious, I think so that I would be tricked into wanting another baby so bad it hurt. But this is the current state of things: I am BEYOND hormonal. We've just moved into a stinky house. Moving involves boxes, usually heavier than the 10-15 lbs I'm allowed to lift. So I watched while our friends and family moved all my crap out of one house and into the next. Random Piece o' Peggy Trivia: I hate boxes. I hate packing them and I hate living out of them. However, I pretty consistently feel like I've been hit by a bus so I have ZERO energy to unpack the boxes that pepper this new stinky house (which, obviously, in its stinkiness poses problems of its own!). I spend the days equal parts exhausted to the bone and so nauseated that the thought of eating anything makes me want to die. Of course, not eating when nauseated=dry heaves which, after a previous pregnancy resulting in a weak bladder=me laying on the bathroom floor--simultaneously sobbing, heaving, sometimes barfing, and wetting myself. Are you seriously kidding me???? Now, lest you think I'm nothing but a cranky complainer, let me tell you that I'm so grateful to be pregnant. It wasn't easy and I'm really quite excited to meet this little bean that is now causing so much grief. Jack is so excited and Scott is, of course, over the moon. (Although he says it's going to be our last child because he can't handle it!) Jack and I were talking about it one night and I asked if he was excited to be a brother. He said "You have my little brother in your tummy and I have my little sister in my tummy!" I kind of laughed and said, "Well, you know, Buddy...only mommies can have babies in their tummies." He paused and whispered, "But I ate some magic green beans and now I have my baby sister in MY tummy!" What a weird kid. What weird green beans!
So the moral of the story is that while I am good and thankful and would be beyond distraught if anything horrible were to happen, most days finds me rolling on the bathroom floor thinking that death is near but wishing it would come sooner!
Pray for me, people. And keep your fingers crossed that my cute husband doesn't have a total and complete nervous breakdown before the Pinesol fumes he's been inhaling while scrubbing down our walls cause him to pass out, whacking his head on the corner of the buffet rendering him blissfully unconscious for the next 2 1/2 months of my own personal hell (also referred to as "The First Trimester.")
That is all. More positive stuff tomorrow--I hate to be such a downer!

6 smart remarks:

Naomi Carmen Witcher said...

NO WAY!!!! I am sooooo excited for you guys! That is probably why the smell of the house has been botehring you soooo much. I feel bad for you, because you really won't want to ever have to smell that again, yet you will be living there. Hopefully the smell will leave after a while. I remember when we moved into our first home the previous owner was a smoker, and though he hadn't lived in the house for a while it reaked! I was so disgusted by it, I shampooed the carpets and kept the windows open for days, lighting ever candle I could find, wiping down the walls, and cooking up dinners to fill the house with our smells, plus I did spray odor neutralizer all the time. i am not sure how long it took to disappear/get used to, but i don't even remember the smell anymore, so it couldn't have lingered for long.

anyway, let me know if there is anything i can do for you, k?

love ya, naomi

Oreste said...

Ciao Peggy, un grande saluto da Roma.

Laurie said...

Wa-FREAKIN-hoo!!!!!

On the other hand, I'm so sorry to hear that you've been having a rough 6 weeks. Dude, you're halfway through the first trimester. (If that counts for anything.) Today I will call my mom and see if she can give me the vinegar boiling secret to getting rid of putrid smells. (Though, to be honest, the thought of having vinegar in an open container on the stove is enough to send my own stomach into convulsions. I can't cook with the stuff, I think it reeks so badly. How it's supposed to clear a house of bad smells is beyond me, but Judy knows all kinds of good stuff.) I'll check in with her and then let you know. :)

Again, CONGRATULATIONS! I'm so happy for you! If I were there, I'd make you a buttercream cake. (And then hold your hair while you puked it up. And then I'd give you another piece. Again and again.) Oh, I'm so happy for you! YAY!

Rachael said...

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! As I am sitting here at the opposite end of pregnancy (5 days from my due date), reliving most of the lovely 1st trimester symptoms (barfing, no energy, bladder issues) along with carrying a GIGANTIC baby, let me just say I feel for you. All of that on top of moving??? Thank heavens you have a helpful husband!

Hang in there and CONGRATS!!!!

Michelle said...

Congrats girl!!! Though I confess I sort of heard a rumor of this earlier this week. (Don't beat your husband if it was supposed to be secret.) I am excited for you and would kill to be there too. That said, I am so sorry you feel so awful. If you need help unpacking PLEASE don't hesitate to give me a call. I truly don't mind unpacking stuff, I mean it only took me two weeks to be completely unpacked (and I mean every box)when we moved.

Hang in there.

Jenni said...

Congratulations!!! I have missed your sick little blogging self (double meaning totally intended). I can completely commiserate - every puke fest resulted in it being necessary to clean the bathroom floor....AGAIN! Hang in there, kiddo. Hopefully, it will end soon.

But in the mean time, CONGRATULATIONS! And keep blogging about it!