Morning Insomnia

Well from 2am-5am seems to be a time that I am wide awake these days. I decided to actually get up an do something instead of tossing and turning. I've woke up at this time all week long. One day I counted 167 sheep before singing the alphabet backwards, reciting the Pledge of Allegence backwards, and then planning a party. The planning a party thing always seems to help me fall asleep. It doesn't seem to make sense to force myself back to sleep when I could be a little bit productive and take a nap later. (It is inevitable that I'm going to take a nap anyway!)

I think I've been feeling pretty good. I have spurts during the day that are definitely uncomfortable but my overall days are getting much better. Don't tell anyone but hmm, how do I put this without jinxing myself? The thing above my shoulders has been feeling pretty okay lately! I think maybe I had some withdrawls from the Topamax in the first couple of weeks (thus getting really mean migraines) but things seem to be smooth sailing right now. If I do start feeling pain I know I have to eat or sleep and the pain goes away.

I've been waking up 2 and 3 times a night to go to the bathroom. I'm not talking, oh I'll just get up and try, I'm talking "You've been dreaming about peeing for an hour now, check the bed to make sure you knew you were dreaming." Seriously, urgent trips to the bathroom.

Nutrition continues to worry me. I've decided, if I like something I need to just eat it. Otherwise, I'm not getting anything in my tummy. So, yesterday I had two big bowls of macaroni salad, a bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch, and a chicken nugget happy meal with two bottles of milk. Do you see why I'm worried about nutrition?! The Cinnamon Toast Crunch is whole grain and has vitamins in it. I think, if I can hold it down that it is okay to eat it. Plus, it comes with a race car inside the box! I've stuck my hand in the box looking for the car but so far I haven't found it....

Yesterday I wrote part of a paper for class, made macaroni salad, cleaned out the fridge and freezer, did all the dishes, and emptied all the trashes. I was impressed with my ambition! Today I HAVE to work on my paper for Research Design. Hopefully I'll be able to go to Border's to work on it all day. It is hard to focus on work when I'm sitting in bed... It seems to be one of those things that I am dreading, I feel like I don't know where to start but I will make a to-do list and just plug away. I am very lucky to be on vacation this week so I can get it done.

I tried to keep my week free so that I could concentrate on just my homework but I've seemed to make myself busy anyway. Tonight I have a meeting at church that I'm very excited about. Tomorrow we might get together with our friends, Jay and Betsy and then we all have a Lenten Study dinner at church. I'm excited about that too but not as excited as Monday night's meeting. I am worried (when am I not?) about Tuesday's Lenten dinner because it is soup and soup often has MSG in it. Oh well, I do know that there will be bread and dessert. I also know that the actual eating of the soup is NOT the point of the study so I will work around it! Wednesday night I have tried to leave free because we have a 7:30am doctor's appointment on Thursday and I will need my sleep! After our appointment I'm going to visit my parents. I am soooo excited I can hardly contain myself!! Hopefully my homework will be done so that I can truly enjoy myself. If not though, I can still visit while working on homework. I'll be gone from Thursday morning to Sunday morning. Hopefully my family will be able to get together to celebrate my mother's 35th birthday. Yes, I said 35. You can thank me later, Mom.

That's it for now! That was a LONG update! I'm 9 weeks pregnant today. I am so looking forward to being out of my first trimester! I especially can't wait to finally tell people! Kourtney Kardashian had her baby on TV tonight. They showed parts of the actual birth. Of course, after her water broke she got in the shower, shaved, and put on makeup. That cracked me up. When the time comes, somebody should remind me to put on makeup so the pictures turn out nice. (I'm thinking that will be the last thing on my mind!)