Week 10....Cold and a car wreck

Still hanging in there and enjoying the preliminary stages of pregnancy as much as possible. I battled a nasty cold at the beginning of the week which actually kept me home from work for two days. Pre-pregnancy I would have probably managed okay. However the snot dripping into the back of my throat was enough to make me gag, hence igniting the puking. Sorry for the details but all of my friends that are mothers assure me that all modesty flies out the window when pregnant so I figured I'd just practice early. =)

I think overall dealing with my emotions has been the most difficult part of being pregnant. My patience is far below normal. I am super sensitive (as if I wasn't sensitive enough already!). I cry much easier. I get mad and not just sorta mad, but raging mad. The worst part of the mood swings is feeling really sad sometimes. Especially when I am being a major bitch and feel like I don't deserve to be around any other humans. Sometimes it takes a rude awakening to snap me out of it.

I was very excited to find out that my Thursday night class was cancelled (our anniversary). I gleefully called Larry when I was heading out for a meeting, telling him how I could come home early and we could actually spend some time together...maybe even go to dinner. After all, this was going to be the last anniversary with just the two of us. This is when he informed me that he had been rear-ended on the freeway on the way to work that morning. Once I knew he was okay, he told me the car wasn't in such good shape. Oh well, I thought. At least HE was okay. I could be a mom without two vehicles but I certainly couldn't be a mom without Larry. This event really put my whole life back into perspective. A friend of mine told me how it is so amazing how when you are dealing with hormonal pregnancy and post partum hormones which you genuinely have no control over, they can suddenly shift when you have to be there for your spouse. This is one of those times when the black cloud above me that had me moping around like Eeyore finally moved away. Screw school. Screw work. My family was my priority. Everything else would manage.

After the longest hug ever, Larry and I enjoyed some udon noodles and frozen yogurt after I picked him up from work. Probably not high up there on the romance scale but certainly great for spending time together. Time can never be regained like material objects can. At least we had each other and our health. Sorry for the cheesy tidbit here, but it's true. So the conclusion of the car story, Larry is just fine and we will have our car back in about two weeks after the nearly $8000 of work is completed. Thank goodness we won't be replacing the Element with a minivan!