Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Dolce far niente?
Um, I don't feel like doing anything. Is that bad? I've accepted the fact that I'm getting too big and awkward to be much use to anybody and am slowly moving into human incubator mode. My fantasies of being an active pregnant woman on the Stairmaster at 8 months all went out the window back in July (well, and then with various follow-up visits to the emergency room that I never documented on this blog). I'm working from home up to Christmas, but I really don't feel like doing that. My back hurts and I have to take frequent breaks from the computer. Plus, my once pretty decent spelling (first runner up in the spelling bee several times throughout elementary school!) has gotten atrocious. I am on strict orders to not bend over or stay on my feet too long, so if something falls on the floor, it stays there. I'm looking at a renegade penne pasta noodle right now on the floorboard next to the oven, and it's all I can do to not crawl over there and get it. I fear for the baby's intellectual development what with all of the crap TV I've taken in on Sky lately. So much for listening to lots of Mozart. I read so much for work that reading, which has always been one of my great passions, has also lost some of its attraction. If I do reach for something to read off the bedside table, it's most likely pregnancy related and I'm also over that. Perhaps I could just hibernate for the next six-and-a-half weeks?
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7 comments:
ahahah, I totally have a vision of that penne pasta sitting there, taunting you!!
I totally feel for you! I found myself nodding in agreement with everything you just wrote. Except for the emergency room visits! Take it easy as much as you can... you're almost there!
You need one of those cane sticks which can grab things so that you don't have to bend down. My sister had one of those after an op. Actually I'd like one too - being naturally lazy :)
I feel the same way as you and I'm only 7 months so don't feel bad, and as for bending, well other people can help with that. Just relax, kick back and rent some good movies!
It's that last stretch of pregnancy that always seems to just drag. Try to rest as much as you can now because when that baby comes you won't have the freedom to rest like that again!
It's funny what you wrote about the spelling problems. I just read last night in one of the pregnancy books that I have that the pregnant womens brain actually shrinks 3 to 5 percent smaller. I wonder if thats why I keep losing things? :)
Happy Thanksgiving!
I'm feeling the same way, and I haven't even had the complications you've had. Everything is so tiring, even thinking, sometimes! Delina's stick suggestion is fabulous, esp. since it makes me think of the Simpsons episode in which Homer works at home (and sports a muu muu.) Hang in there, and hibernate if you have to, there's nothing wrong with that.
Sara,
"Taunting" is the perfect word. That's what that penne pasta noodle was doing.
Giulia,
Six more weeks feels like an eternity. But thanks for the encouragement!
Delina,
I've devised a system whereby I sweep everything into a pile and then Cristiano gets it up with the dustpan at the end of the day. Teamwork. :)
J.Doe,
Yes, it does come on in about month 7. I thought it was just the "last month" where you were supposed to feel like this. Not the "last trimester." Everyone keeps saying "Dai, it's just the last month" and I keep reminding them I have more than a month!
Autumn,
I didn't want to buy into that pregnancy = ditzy/absentminded thing but sometimes it holds true.
KC,
Happy hibernating to you too but, according to your blog, it seems like you are up and around doing things as well.
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