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Today was a waste really because at around 11 AM I wasn’t feeling good at all. I did go grocery shopping before that happened and still made a huge dinner tonight, but I did not get to go to the post office or go for my blood test. I am doing both of those two things early in the morning. So tomorrow I’ll be updating on that and I’ll also be writing my 17 Week Pregnancy Update. I’m so, so close to my April 5th appointment. That appointment is just a check up and I’ll be able to listen to the heartbeat. I hope everything is still okay – I get so anxious since I still can’t feel the baby move just yet.

I’m guessing that the ultrasound appointment will be four weeks after April 5th, so we should know if we are having a boy or girl by the first week of May. Or hopefully the appointment will be sooner than that! The days are inching closer.

Last night I took one little pink Benadryl allergy tablet (we read it was safe for pregnant women of course). It only helped for about 30 minutes probably and then it just made me drowsy. I fell asleep from around 8 PM until 11 PM and woke up without any sneezing but still could not breathe through my nose. Sleeping was pretty rough… I kept waking up and noticing how dry my mouth was, then would fall asleep again. But so far today I have not sneezed at all. I am pretty weirded out but so happy about it. This is the first day I have not had one sneeze in over a month. I did have a headache earlier but now that is gone too. So I am currently writing this problem free and I’m about to get some work done! Also going to finish up laundry and some cleaning. I have one photo session this week which will be on Saturday. It’s an engagement ceremony at a local Hindu temple. I’m pretty excited about capturing all of the colors. I love color.

Tomorrow I’ll be going to get the second part of my last blood test done (for a while at least). So today I need to drink a lot of water to get my tiny veins plumper. (My veins always give them trouble.) And I’ll finally be going to Publix for groceries! We have been eating at restaurants way too much. But we had fun.

I have semi-good news about getting out of our rental early. Our landlord replied today and said that he is checking with the owner. So there is not a definite yes or no yet. I have a feeling that the owner of this house is very nice and won’t have a problem with us leaving early. We’ve almost been here 3 years and have never asked for anything, never caused any problem, and have paid on time. Plus I know they can find another renter for this house pretty quickly. I’m pretty sure this house was only vacant for about a month and then we scooped it up. So fingers crossed for a much earlier exit than September. If we could find another house and leave sometime in August it would be good enough. But I’m wishing for even earlier… I am so excited to move into a newer, bigger house. We have come to terms with the fact that we won’t find a better backyard and pool than what we have now, but as long as we have a fenced in backyard and the house is freshy fresh, I will be ecstatic. The vintage look is not out of my heart, but I want it out of my house. We plan to rent the next house for about two years, and then buy a house. We will both be thirty years old. Eeek!

That’s all for now. On Wednesday I’ll be 17 weeks. I can’t believe how close I am to 20 weeks which means I’m half-way through my pregnancy. Eeek!

Update: We have been approved to vacate with 30 days notice. Let the house hunting begin.

It is now 5:30 PM. I have sneezed every five minutes and felt miserable since 1:30 PM. No joke. Constant sneezing and blowing my nose. Everything that I tried to do was interrupted continuously. I can’t remember the last time I felt like this. For the past few years I never get sick – this has been the closest thing to being sick with nose issues in such a long time. The funny thing is, now that I’ve actually felt calm enough to sit down and write a blog post, Daniel is on the way home with some benadryl for me. But I just ate a soft peppermint candy and it seems to have provided me with relief. Are you kidding me? It has been over five minutes now without a sneeze. I’m now actually worried that the sneezing is over with and he will not think that my day has been as bad as I made it sound. I figured out why I am probably sneezing: at one point I went outside and saw pollen and dust falling from the sky. I guess it is being sucked into the house because this house is old and full of cracks. (Which okay, I used to love this house – of course I did! But now I want to be in a new house. We let the realtor know that we need to move via email on Saturday. He will reply tomorrow with the verdict when he checks his email. I truly hope we can leave much earlier – we would like to move in June or July.)

Anywho, I have been sneezing and coughing all of the time since around the end of February. But today was by far the worst of it. There are tissues all over the place, more than usual at least. My brain feels like it is out of place. My sinus area has so much pressure. And my eyeballs feel loose. That is a feeling that I especially do not like having… I just feel like a mess. I can’t concentrate on my work. All I can concentrate on is rambling, which I am doing now.

After writing that last bit, I still haven’t sneezed. I am very surprised. Daniel will think I made all of this up! But I think when he looks at me he will be able to tell. I look pale and my nose is pink. Today was just insane.

These are two photos from yesterday when we went to Cracker Barrel. Apparently I should not wear this dress – it makes me look like a big ball!

He is so handsome… *swoon*

As soon as I posted about my energy coming back (a few days ago) my crazy migraine (combined with a sinus headache I guess) continued on, and I have felt like a squashed bug for days. I am so tired. I just crawled out of bed from a late afternoon three-hour nap. I really, really hate not being productive. At least I did some errands this morning and had a really good lunch (that I did not have to cook). Chicken Francese (chicken in a lemon and white wine sauce) with mixed veggies and half a sweet potato. How I loved eating that sweet potato. People always have bad things to say about Florida, and especially the food in Florida, but I can always get a good Italian meal any day. Bippity boppity.

I finally got a box of goodies sent out to my mom the other day – I think she probably got it today. I was happy to get that out, as well as a ton of DVDs for photography clients. I am all caught up right now except for one engagement party. I am transferring those photos to my computer right now. And oh my gosh… it has been really saddening to turn down two weddings so far for July. I just have no idea how much pregnancy is going to effect me. So I just cannot do any weddings after May. Sad face.

Mini-rant. The only thing that bugs me about my D700 is the flimsy plastic door on the side of the camera (not the sturdy one with the memory card – the other door for using cables). For the life of me, I cannot figure out the technical name for this “door” or flap right now. But FLAP it does. It never, ever wants to snap back in anymore. I guess this is because I have opened it 100,000 times by now. Imagine me taking pictures somewhere and this flap keeps opening. It is the most annoying thing ever. It takes over 5 minutes, maybe even longer, to get the thing to stick back in. It even hurts my fingers by the end of it. I have actually tried to close this flap while talking to clients. They must think I am crazy as we are both standing there talking while I am fiddling with this door, pressing it incessantly and probably becoming flushed in my cheeks with frustration. I wonder if the D800 has that same silly thing. I guess I just need to get a card reader again and stop opening it.

Look at me, complaining about things that really are quite simple. I will stop. Time to take a shower, refresh myself, and probably stay up all night. This is what happens when the day just does not agree with you.

Update: It’s 10, we had dinner a little while ago. This is baby bump + food bump:

And yes.. this is a crazy, crazy dress. I am having a hard time finding dresses. That’s all I want to wear right now. I don’t want to buy a ton of maternity clothes so I have been on the search for stretchy material.

It was spaghetti day here. How I love whole peeled tomatoes…

Well first, these two are photos I took about two weeks ago. It was the day that Daniel and I went out and he took my first bump photos.

This is a lamp that I scored from Tuesday Morning. It was actually hidden behind a hideous looking lamp almost as if someone stuck it back there to get it later. Sorry if that was the case! I just love the style of it with the tiny holes which make patterns on the wall. It was a steal considering how much these kinds of things are on Etsy for example.

These are hyacinths that my mother-in-law brought me today. We hadn’t seen each other for a few weeks and she came over this evening. She was here just in time for dinner too.

This was taken after we devoured dinner.. which they loved. I made some Peruvian style stuff for the second time. It’s based on lomo saltado but without the potatoes.

These were the leftovers.. it’s basically really tender beef, onions and tomatoes in a vinegar sauce, served over fluffy white rice.

I make a sauce to go on top of it all which is made of mayo, sour cream, green onions and garlic. I didn’t finish this one myself though.. Daniel did. By the time he got home and his mom pulled up, I didn’t feel like adding more onions and garlic so he perfected the sauce while I sat down. Ahh.

The best part of today was how they all cleaned the kitchen and put everything away. Even Kaiser helped.. I guess. I love trading dinner for cleaning.

I’ve also been addicted to Kool-aid lately. This is a really pretty blue pitcher I got at Home Goods recently. I guess I should get blue Kool-aid to match it…

You were good to me for the past two years, but now you are gone and I have moved on to better things. Bye

(All of those thumbnails and other data really add up. Yuck.)

My computer is on the way to being squeaky clean. Still need to go through so many personal photos though – I am way overdue on documenting my own life. So it’s exciting that I’ll be taking that on soon.

P.S. I am insanely addicted to Pinterest. It just makes me happy, makes me smile and inspires me. Some things are posted over and over again, and that is kind of annoying, but there’s always new stuff. It still amazes me that this site caught on so well – I guess it must be the simple creation of boards.

P.P.S. I deleted my LinkedIn account. It’s attached to the old me and I just didn’t get any use of it. Plus I was still receiving emails related to web hosting even though my profile shows I am no longer in that industry. Just goes to show that many people just do not read anything carefully anymore.

I seem to be complaining about everything… I will stop now.

At first Pinterest just looked like Tumblr to me. Pages of things people think are cute.

Been there, done that.

But once you get your first email with a ton of repins, you feel pretty cool.

Follow my pins!

I forgot to mention something really cool that happened this month.

My car, which was a burden on saving money, is finally gone. It’s paid off officially, but we still have to finish paying for the extra mileage. That will take a couple of months to do, but the fact that we are almost to the point of a clean start is so nice. I am going to be carless for a few months because 1) it’s nice to save up some money and 2) we’re lucky enough to be able to do it and share Daniel’s vehicle.

Speaking of cars, I was driving today and noticed a convertible. Took this picture with my phone. The driver may have been my age or a little older. Her passengers were two older ladies which I imagined to be her mom, and her mother-in-law.

That’s my dream. Maybe not a convertible, but to be able to have them both here in Florida and drive them around, and do things. I can dream.

Thank you, people in convertible, for letting me know dreams are possible.

You can find nice candles, which look like golden sticks, for cheaps.