14-1-2009 - More randomness...

My mood while writing this blog: Ok

Well, let me just start out by saying how grateful I am to my manager. I am an analyst and part of my job is to audit the specialists who okay our orders to go out the door and also the specialists who collect the money for the orders from the insurance companies and patients. Well, they started this
thing a while back where we have to go and "shadow" one specialist from each dept one full day a week. Meaning we each have two days a month that we spend sitting at someone else's desk and watching them work. Well, the first few months of my pregnancy I did this and it was miserable. My ankles were swelling and I couldn't put them up, I had to run to the bathroom every few minutes and then I was always either tired or hungry or cranky. Well, I have noticed the past couple of months that I see the other people in my dept going to shadow but nothing is ever said to me. Thank goodness! I really don't think I could handle it right now. Although I am not going to jinx it and say anything to my manager about it.

Last night was very productive. I went home and sacked up all the trash and took it to the dumpster (this actually involves loading it into the truck and driving it to the other end of the property and putting it in the dumpster since we do not live in city limits and have to pay for a private dumpster), I washed clothes, I washed dishes, I cooked dinner and then washed more dishes and I also mated the endless pile of socks that have been sitting in my laundry basket for months. I really have come to the point where so many are unmated I think I need to throw out the remainders and go and buy more. I went to bed with a clean kitchen! I was so happy to get up this morning and see it sparkling. I am super exhausted today but really hope I can muster the energy to go home and do more.

DH, on the other hand, was not so productive. At one point he was actually standing up behind the couch (he does this often when watching tv saying his back feels better to stand) and I got up to wash dishes. Well, he sees me washing dishes for about 5 minutes and then proceeds to plant himself on the couch and stretch out and relax. WTH??? And to think the other day I was tired and resting and told him he could fix dinner and wash dishes for once but then I actually felt bad so I went in and told him I would wash and rinse if he would dry and put up and then I fixed dinner. He saw how I had to take breaks because my back hurt so bad. And afterwards he remarked about how quickly it went. He did at one point last night take a basket of clothes from me and fold and put them up. I just want to smack him into reality and let him know just because I am washing dishes or doing laundry, or whatever, doesn't mean I feel like an 18 yr old again, it just means I can't stand to see the mess and know that we still have so much more to do before our baby girl is here.

My manager informed me yesterday that they would be throwing me a baby shower at work the week after next. I am excited. I also feel bad tho because I don't want people to feel obligated to buy stuff for me. There's really not more we actually need. And then I also feel like an ass because I am hoping that if they do buy stuff that it's off my registry and not more clothes that she will never be able to wear since she already has so many.

Okay, told you this was randomness...so yesterday I am sitting at my desk and don't have my headphones in and hear one of the weirdo co-workers of mine tell another coworker that she and her husband threw a bunch of their dirty clothes into their spare bathroom when they had company coming over and here it is 2 yrs later and the clothes are still there and that's why no one uses that bathroom. Eww!!! Then she says she told her husband that they shouldn't even bother giving the clothes away (who woudl want them???) and they should just throw them all away. Then, I hear her telling the same woman that one month she lost 50 lbs. And that the funny thing about it was that she would diet during the week but on the weekends she would go to all you can eat buffets and pig out. Okay...so then another crazy coworker comes and joins in and they are all talking about how we have this company sponsored weight loss program going on and they are going to be a team. The one girl says she will just do low carb, and she has done it before...she will just eat a baked potato for lunch everyday. At this point I really thought I was in the twilight zone. Low carb = baked potato??? Isn't a potato a white starchy food that is a no no on a low carb diet?

I am seriously beginning to wonder about whether I am the crazy one at this place or not!

And that's all I got for now. Peace out ladies!!!