26 weeks down 14 to go!

I have been uncomfortable the past few days with a pain in my lower right side by my hip. It's been pretty constant and annoying. Literally I got home from work yesterday and lying on the couch was too much work. I drew myself a hot (nope, warm) bath, put some bubbles in it, and slowly lowered myself down. And there I stayed for about half an hour. I needed help to get out of the tub and my body no longer is as limber as it used to be. As I hobbled around the house I remembered that I had a pregnancy belt downstairs from Jess that I could try. So I made my way down the stairs and fitted the belt just under my bump. I was finally able to stand up straight! It was not a cure-all but it was definitely a huge improvement. I wore it while I prepared dinner and then took it off to crash on the couch for the evening.

After getting dressed today I immediately put the belt back on and wore it all day. It did two great things: 1) kept me comfy throughout the day so I could function at work and arrive home without pain and very minimal discomfort and 2) allowed me to wear a pair of maternity jeans that I thought I wouldn't be able to wear because they not only dragged down themselves causing me to have the oh-so-sexy draggy butt look but took my underwear with them requiring me to reach down into the back of my pants and hike up not only the pants but my undies with it! I had to hike them up approximately zero times today! So, I have a third pair of maternity jeans in my rotation now :)

Jesse approached me about two transgressions this evening. The first I left the TV on this morning. I had watched a DVR-ed episode of Gossip Girl this morning since I'm not going in at the crack of dawn every day anymore. I had hit the power button which typically will turn off the cable box and TV, but sometimes only turns off the cable box. I didn't stick around long enough to see that I left the TV on. The second was that I didn't flush the toilet. Here's my dirty little secret: in an attempt to not fully wake up during my many bathroom trips at night I have trained myself not to flush. And, for the record, I am a great flusher! I even put the seat down every time (because I have a fear of the spray of toilet water from the pressure of flushing). I am typically the first one in the bathroom after we wake up so I have been able to cover this awful behavior. This morning I wasn't the first in the bathroom. However, this was not the instance Jesse approached me about. Nope. It was when I used the bathroom while he was in the shower (I also don't flush when someone is in the shower because I'm convinced that the shower and toilet share the same water line and when you flush you get dirty water on you in the shower). I guess I never realized the issues I have regarding a toilet until now...

Anywho - the point of sharing this is because I was laughing to the point of pain and tears. He has definitely learned how to communicate with me things that he would like for me to do in a way that does not come across as judgmental or angry. His opening line was something like "I found something yellow that had been left to mellow with a half a wad of toilet paper" (did I mention I try to reduce my usage of toilet paper to be kind to the earth?). Usually we begin with "I've got a bone to pick with you" so this approach was amazing. I could barely stop laughing to acknowledge his two points and apologize for my laziness - which is what it was...or forgetfulness. I keep forgetting to pull the pregnesia card.