8 Weeks 6 Days

One day away from nine weeks! Only three more weeks and I'm through my first trimester. Now that I've had my appointments (OB and ultrasound), things seem to be going a little quicker.

The weather here has turned rainy and chilly (at least it's chilly for August). I have enough shorts/short coveralls to get me through the summer, but jeans are another story. Right now I'm wearing my jeans with the top button undone and a t-shirt and/or sweatshirt pulled over the waist so it's not visible. It will be interesting when school starts next week to see what I can and can't quite fit into comfortably. Anything with an expandable waist is good at this point. :-) I'll probably start wearing my maternity clothes a couple of weeks after school starts. I need to get more by then. We've discovered that Penny's has great deals on maternity clothes, and they have a pretty decent selection. Other stores don't. I've gone to look at other departments stores and been very disappointed. They had maybe three racks of maternity clothes.

One of the biggest things I have to decide over the next few months is how close to my delivery date I'm going work. I called my district the other day and asked about how maternity leave works. I can't actually use my sick leave until I have medical orders not to work and/or I deliver. If I want a week or two off before I give birth, I'll have to take leave without pay. Jeff and I need to talk about this and figure it out. We may also get a better feel for things at our next appointment, which is still 3-1/2 weeks away.

Ugh. It's raining. Again. We need the rain pretty badly but come on! It's still summer! We need the nice weather. I guess the silver lining is that I need to be inside my classrooms working and that is easier for two reasons when it's icky and raining out. One, it's cooler in my classroom and two, I won't be as tempted to go out and enjoy the sunshine by taking a walk on the water front instead of getting things ready. The kids are back a week from today. I had meetings all morning, then the afternoon to work in my room. I'll probably go back in tomorrow morning and finish my room at Bryant. Then Monday I'll go to Manitou Park and get things taken care of there. Luckily I have a smaller space with less areas to decorate. I've got seating figured out there as well. Now all I need are class lists and to print up my seating chart.

Well, I'm exhausted. I was up at 6:00 this morning so I could get to work and get some things done before the meetings started. Time for bed. It's not even 8:00 yet. Pathetic. Only a few more weeks of being exhausted because of the pregnancy. I'm ready for that part to be done with.