Soooo Tired....

I am feeling so tired these days, I could take a nap every afternoon. Sadly, that is not what's happening. I don't have time to take naps but as soon as Maia is in bed and dinner is done and eaten, I go straight to bed. I could go to bed as early as 8pm. Of course, not to sleep right away but to watch my tv shows. I don't have much energy for anything else. The days are so busy that at night I just want to relax. I love being in my PJ's more than ever now haha. I remember feeling so tired around 6-7 weeks when I was pregnant with Maia so I am guessing I am around that time now in this pregnancy. I can't wait to go to the Doctor's. I just want to know that everything is OK and to hear that precious heart beat. I am also a little more emotional these days, also something I remember so clearly feeling at this time. The sweet tooth craving has lessened a little but maybe only because I've had sweets available in the house and I'm not noticing my craving as much because it's being fed haha. Funny enough, Brad has been feeling my energy of pregnancy...some things have started to rub off on him. He's been coming to bed earlier at night, sometimes even at 9:30pm which is exceptionally early for  him. He'll come read in bed or watch the TV show Suits with me. He's already seen the first two seasons, and now I started because he's been saying how great it is. I've been taking it easy lately. I go for the occasional run but I stopped doing Bikram yoga for now. My back was hurting me at night in bed. So, I started relaxing more and not working out so much. It suddenly went went away so maybe that's a sign I need to not push myself so much with workouts. I would love to continue with yoga but I'm afraid of the heat since it's already so hot here in Florida right now and because I already have to do lots of alterations in the poses and I'm just not liking it so much now that I can't fully push myself. I like a good workout and I don't want to spend 90 minutes doing as half ass workout. I'd rather go for a run. Gardening has also helped keep me in shape. It's exhausting working in the heat, bending constantly and carrying stuff all over place. I will continue with the gardening just make sure I don't lift  heavy items. I'm actually waiting on my second order of Caladiums that I can't wait to plant in between the existing caladiums I have planted already. It's so cool to see them sprout and see the different sizes and varieties they come in. Ah, I just love gardening. 

I hope my tired phase will be over soon because I have so much work ahead of me in the next few months. I have set a major goal to get my chapter 5 done by beginning of September so I can hopefully defend around October or November. My goal is to get it done before Thanksgiving. That will be such a relief. I can then celebrate my Ph.D and enjoy the holidays, start getting the nursery ready and planning my next move in terms of finding the right job. I want to be working part or full time by the summer of 2014. I plan on spending 3 months with the new baby and then going to work. I'm not sure I can start before that because who is going to want to hire a big fat pregnant lady a few months before she is due...LOL. I might do temp work at my friend's company and start seeing clients again. I can also see clients at the equine center...so there are possibilities I am so looking forward to. I am so close I can see the finish line..yay! So there is no time for tiredness....and I'm sure it will go away...I remember feeling so much better after the first trimester in terms of gaining back my energy.

I've definitely been feeling a little queasy here and there. I don't remember feeling that this early on with Maia. It happened a little later and so few times I can barely remember. I'm lucky I don't feel terrible nausea as so many pregnant women do in the trimester. I can eat anything and everything, not food aversions what so ever. Sometimes I wish I did feel more sick so I wouldn't eat so much. I definitely think I've already put on weight and my stomach is bulging out so much. Ugh. Oh well, it is what it is. 

I need to finish packing because I am flying to Greenwich tomorrow for the week. I just pray I survive the plane ride with Maia alone. I don't know how I'm going to manage with all the luggage and her on my lap the entire time. What if I have to pee? Which I know I will because I have to pee like every 5 seconds these days haha. I'll report later how it all went down...