You May Be In Trouble When...

My anniversary is in October. We will celebrate seven years of marriage. Knowing that waiting until the last minute will do me no good, I brought up the topic recently...

Me: "Are we going to do anything for our anniversary?"

Him: "Like what?"

Me: "I don't know, I'm just wondering."

Him: "It's just a few weeks before the baby comes."

Me: "Exactly."

Him: "Like a vacation? We just went to Asheville?"

Me: "Asheville? What are you talking about?"

Him: "For our anniversary!"

Me: "That was two years ago!"

Him: "Oh! Really?"

Me: "Yes!"

So, I'm thinking I'm the one in trouble here. Poor man doesn't realize its been two years since we took an overnight out-of-town that wasn't related to work or school.

Now, I'm not looking for anything fancy here. When we went to Asheville, that was my surprise to him. We were gone Thursday through Sunday, including travel, and paid around $400 including travel and our cute little cabin.

I just think it would be nice to have a night or two out-of-town, even if we take along Mogi-boy. And actually that wasn't even my intention in bring up the topic, but... now that he's mentioned it : ) Well, I'm "working" on him. We'll see how it turns out!

Happy Anniversary

Hubby and I went to the NC mountains this past weekend to celebrate our 5th anniversary. The drive was a bit long, but we had a great time. I had a lot of outdoor activities planned, but the weather, my Belly Blues, and an overactive bladder slowed us down. We enjoyed some beautiful drives through the gorgeous October-colored leaves and got to see the Linville Falls.

We stayed in a cute cabin at an old fashioned Motor Lodge. I liked having a front porch and trees outside, something different than a regular hotel. Hubby was just glad we weren't off in the woods so he didn't have to worry about "getting eaten by bears." Haha!

We enjoyed eating at the local restaurants. We had Thai one night and pizza another. The third day we wandered around downtown and ate snacks and more pizza. Overall, we were able to relax together and just hang out and be together.

Hubby really was wonderful and gave me the best present ever by telling me that he'd chose to marry me again and then got down on one knee and proposed his love again to me! What can I say? There's nothing I'd rather hear!

Being a mom-in-making did leave its mark on the trip. : ) Swinging violently between hungry, full, and nauseous, to racing for a bathroom to relieve my bladder was comical at times. Plus, I was pretty tired. Our first night I fell asleep while Hubby was watching TV, laying on the bed in the clothes I had been wearing all day. Hubby tried to "help" me sleep "properly", but I'd have none of it and stayed that way until morning! What sheer exhaustion can do!

Since we've been back the Belly Blues have gotten the best of me at times, although each day I'm figuring out how to manage a little better. Mornings are hard as I feel queasy and dizzy, so I try and take it easy. From the time I get out of bed until I get back in at night, I eat perpetually. From this alone I figure someone's going to figure out soon that I'm pregnant. And this advice about eating 6 small meals a day instead of 3 in order to feel better is baloney. The thought of eating a meal at all is more than I can handle. I just snack all day long. Saltines when I wake, yogurt and a granola bar gradually with more saltines, around lunch chicken salad on saltines, then an apple or pear and cup of noodles during the afternoon, probably another granola bar on the way home from campus, dinner eaten in stages over an hour or two, and something to snack on right before bed. I also have a drink with me all the time usually very watered down juice. Hopefully I'll get better at handling it as the days pass.