Nobody knows the troubles I’ve seen. *

Ok, ok, so it’s not THAT bad. It could always be worse, right?

 

But this kind of shit always happens when you’re broke.

 

My rear window on the driver’s side is broke. I rolled the windows down last night to clear off the condensation from all of the rain we had had, and that window doesn’t want to go back up now. Lovely. So, we had to tape a trash bag over it, and I took everything out of my car that I could get my hands on. I tried to play with it a little today, but the motor’s shot. Ridiculous. My car is a 2003, and I RARELY touch that window. But, there’s nothing I can do but get it fixed.

 

The good news, however, is that my credit limit on one of my cards has nearly doubled, so regardless of how much it costs to get this fixed, I can put it on there and not have to worry about it.

This also means that I can finally get my rotor fixed, which will be a huge sigh of relief for me, because that noise is aobut to drive me insane.

 

More to say, but I have stuff to do, so I’ll have to do an edit later.

Kyle Busch is a little punk ass. That’s all I’m going to say about that.

 

Anyway. Poor Jake. I was in full out bitch mode yesterday, and he had to deal with me.

But, I was bitchy for a reason. For a large portion of the day, we thought our computer was fried. We had a small power outage yesterday, and when I went to go turn the computer back on….well, it turned on, but it wasn’t working. Hard to explain, so just go with me on this. But it turns out that we just needed to plug it into a different socket of the surge protector. And then, the Budweiser Shootout gets rain delayed, and then the crap with my car…..it just wasn’t a good day for me.

Thankfully, today has been much better. Jake was even nice enough to pick up the living room this morning, which was greatly appreciated, especially since most of it was his mess anyway! But hey, less work for me to deal with this week.

 

And…..that’s really about all that’s going on with me. Baby update at the bottom. Yeesh. Has it really only been a month since I found out?

 

 

How your baby’s growing: Your new resident is nearly an inch long — barely the size of a grape — and weighs just a fraction of an ounce, but he’s poised for rapid weight gain now that his basic physical structure is in place. He’s also starting to look more and more human. His embryonic "tail" is now completely gone and his body parts — including organs, muscles, and nerves — are kicking into gear.

His eyelids are fused shut and won’t open until 27 weeks. He has earlobes, and by week’s end, the inner workings of his ears will be complete. His upper lip is fully formed, too, and his mouth, nose, and nostrils are more distinct. The tips of his fingers are slightly enlarged where his touch pads are developing. All major joints — his shoulders, elbows, wrists, knees, and ankles — are working, enabling your baby to move his limbs. As for his heart, it has divided into four chambers now, and the valves have started to develop. External sex organs are there, but won’t be distinguishable as male or female for another few weeks.

* Note: Experts say every baby develops differently — even in the womb. This developmental information is designed to give you a general idea of how your baby is growing.

How your life’s changing: You still may not look pregnant (although your belly will probably pop earlier if you’ve been pregnant before), but emotionally you may feel like you’re on a roller coaster ride. Mood swings are common now; it’s perfectly normal to feel alternately elated and terrified about becoming a parent. This feeling can persist throughout your pregnancy and well after your baby’s born. Try to cut yourself some slack. Almost all expectant parents worry about how a new baby will change their lives, but the vast majority later say that becoming a parent was one of the best things they’ve ever done.

You may be feeling extra gassy or bloated now, too. That’s primarily because the major doses of progesterone your body produces early in pregnancy relax smooth muscle tissue throughout your body, and that includes your gastrointestinal tract. This relaxation slows your digestive processes, which can cause more gas, bloating, burping, flatulence, and generally miserable sensations in your gut, especially after a big meal. Find out how to get relief.

If you’re over 35 or have a family history of a genetic illness, such as cystic fibrosis, you may want to consider genetic counseling or a prenatal test called chorionic villus sampling (CVS), which is given between ten and 12 weeks and screens for certain birth defects and abnormalities.

Pregnancy Tip: When to break the news at work "I waited until after the first trimester to tell my boss. By then I wasn’t as worried about something happening to the baby and had time to think about a maternity leave plan." — Kristin