Hobbit-ish Potpurri: Playing Catch Up

Howdy Humble Readers!  I hope all of you are well... (I have yet to delve into my reader, so I really don't know what's up in your world, but I'm really hoping that you are having a nice June!)

There have been so many little things in the last week and a half that I wanted to tell you all about, and now I'm trying to remember them all.

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If you read my last, rather pitiful little post, you know that I have been a zombie for the last week or so.  Seriously, I can sleep all night, and then sleep half the day.  Both yesterday and today I ended up taking naps that were longer than 3 hours.  Crazy!  My doc (the gp, Dr B) is a bit concerned about my blood pressure and has asked me to stop taking the b vitamin (may be affecting my heart rate a bit), which may also be a small contributing factor to my extreme sleepiness, but personally I think the Halfling is just in the midst of a giant growth spurt. 

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Have I told you about my chiropractor?  I lurrrrve him!  I have had three adjustments and my back and neck are sooooo much happier!  My hips still end up being very sore at the end of a shift at work, but I haven't noticed the shooting pain down my leg as much.  Seriously, it only takes him a few minutes to crunch my back, but it has made a world of difference in my life. 

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I have two new toys.  I love them both, and both are sucking a lot of my not so expendable energy.  First up is a Perpl.exus... this time-waster.  I can't get past 30, and I feel like I'm a rat in a maze.  I just can't find the cheese.  There are actually people out there who can complete the puzzle in under a minute.  Insane!  The second, which I honestly thought I would never ever buy, let alone fall in love with, is my Ko.bo ereader.  I am a book lover, and I never thought I'd like something that replaced that tactile sensation of holding a book in my hand.  But this thing is great.  What sold me on it was the number of books that I give away every year because I will never read them again.  The paperback romances, the new-to-me authors that I'm just checking out, the ones I buy on impulse.  The ebooks are cheaper and I'm not bringing all that unnecessary paper into our home.  Who-da-thunk the hobbit would enjoy ereading?

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So guess what I just realized?  The next Harry Potter movie... the one that I am already looking forward to immensely... releases November 19th.  When is my due date?  November 29th.  *sigh*  Hopefully this little Halfling will hold off until after I see the movie to make his/her appearance.  (How's that for unreasonable expectations?)

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Speaking of Harry Potter... I caught a bit of a show about the new HP section of Universal Orlando.  It looks soooooo fun!  I am such a geek.

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The weather here on the flatland has been screwy, as usual.  Just over a week ago we woke up to wet sloppy snow.  Yup, snow.  It lasted a day and a half, and then turned to rain.  Two weeks before that we had been in the mid to upper 20s (in Celsius... the 80s in Fahrenheit).  We've had a few nice days since, but it's pouring down rain again and is supposed to stay the same all week.

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In spite of the weather, I am going for a pedicure tomorrow.  I haven't had a pedicure since the week before I married my Beloved.  I'm a little embarrassed at the state of my hobbit-toes, but hopefully the tech won't be too shocked. 

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So, I had an appointment with my GP last week.  It was my officially first normal prenatal appointment for this pregnancy.  I piac, I got weighed (down 2.5 pounds from my last visit a month ago), had my bp checked (too high), did a medical history, and had a pap smear taken.  Dr. B tried to find the Halfling's heartbeat, but he wasn't able to.  I'm not stressed, knowing that he/she likes to hide.  I had an appointment with my OB, Dr. U last week, but while I was sitting in his waiting room he made a mad dash out of the office on the way to an emergency c-section.  My appointment has been rescheduled for Wednesday, and hopefully he should have all the results of my NT scan and triple screen.  I think I want to ask him to order blood work to check my iron levels, just to make sure that this tiredness is just normal preggo tiredness.  I'll probably get quick u/s at his office too. 

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I know there was more I wanted to tell all of you, but I have forgotten most of it.  Coming later this week... a rant and a recipe.