Long Day

Nope - no baby yet - I'm averaging 6 phone calls a day....each one asking if the baby is born yet. It kind of makes me feel, I dunno, it's like pressure to pop out a baby lol, and weird because well if either I or my family hasn't called yet even if the baby is born, why do people feel the need to call? I dunno, I'm glad people are excited, but people ask the most ridiculous questions - like when I say no the baby isn't born yet - they say "why?" Um......how do you answer that? Some people have even been like upset-ish by the fact that I haven't given birth - one woman, who I don't know, said "well why haven't you had it?" and I said "I don't know, she's not ready?" and she said "well I just do NOT understand why you haven't had that baby yet, and I don't see why you just don't go to the hospital and have then induce you.." the woman went on for like 2 minutes, the entire time I'm thinking, you really only know my father, you've met me once, and you're just plain friggin nuts.

Beyond that people asking if I'm excited is a weird question, I say yes, because of course I'm excited, but not nearly as much as they are I guess. Part of it may be the depression I have been dealing with during the pregnancy, my iron levels are mostly to blame for that (no one told me I have enemia - which explains mood swings prior to pregnancy as well), problems with the baby have been stressing me out too. I've been pretty choosey about who will be coming to see her because the midwife is slightly worried about her immune system, but hopefully because she hasn't been born yet once my immune system is working again she can be born with a normal immune system, but has still been a rough couple weeks. In any case, in my opinion our family's and my close friends get to see the baby, and the random people that have met me once or twice well they can hate me I suppose, but I'm just not comfortable "showing off" a baby who may be born with a fragile immune system. One of the crazy's - the one who works with my dad and has met me like once asked if she should babysit while I packed to move. UMMM?? Yes, I don't know you but here is my 3 day old daughter....people are STRANGE.

So that's that about baby stuff.

My mom was injured yesterday, so that took up most of my day. She was hit in the back of the head by a 50 lb steel bar last night while at work. She didn't go to the hospital because she said she didn't pass out, didn't vomit, and it didn't break the skin, but at least let me take her to urgent care this morning. They freaked out and put her in a brace and on a back board and took her away in an ambulance - three of my mom's symptoms pointed to a very serious problem, she had ringing in her ears, and shooting pain through her jaws and neck, and finally she lost some sight in one eye. We spent most of the morning in the ER, mom got a MRI, and she is fine - no bleeding or fractures or anything - which is AMAZING. The doctor (who was kind of a dork) didn't read her chart so he didn't know what happened, and when we told him after she had already had the MRI the look on his face was pretty funny - he just couldn't believe it - he was so shocked that my mom was ok. She is in a lot of pain, and of course has SOME damage, but nothing that will not heal in the next few days.

Anyway - that was the rough part of my day - gulping pills to try and get my immune system up again and being in the ER with my mom for that type of injury made my morning kind of icky. School is also kind of causing some worries - I have a B and that worries me, but I will get through it...I think.

However my evening was awesome, as we finally got our duty station! We are going to ENGLAND!!! YAYE!!!! I'm so beyond excited it's not even funny - I'm off the walls, it's an answer to prayers, it a great oppurtunity, it's 4 years overseas and getting paid for it! WOW so excited....my parents are probably annoyed with me because I'm so excited I won't shut up lol. Brian and I will probably be using all of our leave to visit family and maybe take a small vacation - maybe our cruise - before we leave, as we won't be back for a long-ish while. We are hoping to go to Wisconsin in July for a few days, it's my family reunion and my grandparents 50th, with my grandmothers health it may be the last time we see her, so hopefully we will be able to go.

Anyway that's the update - please keep my mom in your prayers - the fact that she took 50-ish lbs to the skull and doing so well is amazing - and the baby, we are really hoping that she will be born with a normal immune system, but if she is not, pray that she not get sick and make it impossible to go be with Brian, and me the strength to take care of her with my immune system being a bit down - although I have been feeling better the past few days, so things in that area are looking up.