Recovering

As if things couldn't get any worse for me this year - I came down with a horrible cold the day before my San Francisco trip. So - I had to cancel it. What a bummer! I spent the entire week on the couch instead. After 7 days - my OB finally decided to prescribe an antiobiotic to kick it out of my system. I finished the 5th day of that last night and seem to be on the mend. Still have a little bit of a cough and congestion. I suppose I should be thankful that it happened when my vacation was scheduled so I didn't have to call out of work (except for 1 day).

Everything is moving forward with the selling of our house. Inspection is done, appraisal went through and now we are set to close on Nov 20th. We put an offer in on a house in Freeland - but it's in the process of foreclosure and it could take months before everything is squared away. We haven't had our offer accepted yet anyway, so who knows what will happen there. We are meeting with a builder tomorrow night to see if that is even an option for us, although the timing is pretty horrible. It would mean that we would be in an apartment for quite a while before the house gets finished. I really hope that we find something soon and can close before the baby is due.

Sold!

Surprise, surprise....our house sold last night! Closing is set for Nov 20th. Inspection is scheduled for this saturday, so hopefully all will go well. We were shocked to receive the phone call after our listing had expired. Stephen and I were resigned to staying here another year or so and had been making plans to tackle the nursery project within the next few weeks. Glad we didn't get started on that early! Now to find a new house to move into within this short timeframe!

Work is going well. My legs are swollen by the time I get home at night from being on my feet all day long. We've had a girl call out sick the past few days too - which makes the caseload tougher.

I haven't done any exercise yet - just being on my feet after rehab-ing the foot injury is enough for now. I'm pretty tired at night anyway. I'd like to do water aerobics, but will probably wait a while to get this house situation taken care of first.

Back to work

I was finally released back to work on the 25th. What a relief! I worked a 6 day stretch - and boy does my body feel differently now. My foot held up for the most part, just a few aches - until yesterday when I woke up and my entire left leg was swollen. I'm hoping that it was just from being back on my feet all day long for 6 days straight. I have today off and will be attending an NDT conference on Fri/Sat, so hopefully the rest will do me some good.
It is much more difficult to move around in those hospital rooms with my belly now getting in my way. And the smells are making me gag a bit more than usual.

Tomorrow I turn 35....not quite sure how I feel about it yet. I'll be at the conference all day and then going out to dinner with the family. Should be a good time. My husband bought me more maternity clothes - not quite the birthday present I had in mind, but I really need them since the weather is getting colder and I have nothing to wear.