Two Odd Days

This whole week has been a little weird for me. Now that I don't have homework to do, I really don't know what to do with my time. I do some cleaning and I've been reading lots of library books, but besides that I just don't know how to spend the day. The last couple days have been especially strange. Wednesday I woke up and just lazed about for a little bit. Rick and I got some business done when he got home from work. We reserved a storage unit for the time we'll be staying with my parents, I made reservations for Julie's birthday lunch, Rick made an appointment to get the car all checked out, and we reserved a truck for the big move. I was bummed when we tried to rent the truck, cause they didn't have any available for the weekend we wanted to move. So now we are moving almost a week later. It really made me sad cause that means Julie's trip to CA is going to basically be cut in half, I won't get to hang out with my sisters at all before they start school, and I was just ready to be done with this whole waiting game. I got really sleepy and took a nap at about 5, and I told Rick to not let me sleep too long. After an almost three hour nap I woke up. We had a delicious dinner of breakfast burritos and Rick went to bed not too much later. Unfortunately, I haven't been sleeping well at night anyways, and the late nap took a heavy toll. I didn't get to bed unitl about 8:30 Thursday morning. I slept till about 3 in the afternoon and didn't have a super productive day.

Tomorrow is going to be action packed. It is Julie's 2oth birthday and we're going out to lunch to a Brazilian restaurant called Tucanos. I have heard great things about it and I'm excited to try it. Later I must sacrifice my blood to the vampires at the Health Center to make sure the baby is doing alright. Then (if I'm not feeling completely sick from whole needle-in-my-body thing) Rick and I are having dinner with Steve.

Happy Birthday to me!

Turning 22 on the 22nd was pretty awesome, and I had a great day. It all starts the night of the 21st. Rick took me out to dinner at the Italian restaurant Carrabba's. We got some zucchini fries to share and I got a delicious chicken alfredo and Rick got some grilled chicken. For dessert, which we could barely squeeze in after our yummy food, was a double chocolate brownie topped with chocolate mouse. Tuesday morning I woke up and did some accounting. Rick came home from work early and made me waffles with strawberries and whipped cream. He stayed home with me for the rest of the day and we hung out and did some chores around the house. I opened my presents in the afternoon. I got 4 new CDs, a Willowtree statue of a pregnant woman which is beautiful, a computer reformat, a cute Alice in Wonderland purse filled with a baby name book and tons of cute and colorful socks and a date for a manicure/pedicure.

Then Rick and I made a fun picnic lunch and headed up into Provo Canyon so we could hike up around Bridal Veil Falls and eat our picnic dinner. We saw a really cute raccoon during dinner. Then we hiked around for awhile in the cooler beautiful weather and just relaxed. After that we headed home to bake my birthday cake and my sisters and caleb came over to play games. We played Whoonu which was pretty funny, especially when we played the "What you would want most on a desert island" version. Holy and Caleb left then and Julie stayed and we played Disney Sorry. I suffered a crushing defeat. I had three people in home and Julie had all her players in start. She came from behind and took it all. It was a great and relaxing day. One of the best things about it was that I was able to get to sleep before 1 AM.

Today was also a good day. I woke up early in the morning (for me) and got to spend some time with Rick before he went to work. I picked the hymns for Sunday and answered some emails before getting started on my accounting. I did accounting pretty much all day with some breaks. I read some Animal Farm, played online and talked to Holly and found out that she's having a baby boy and I get a new nephew! For dinner Rick and I made french toast and we used up some fruit that was just about to go bad and made some smoothies. Mine was sooooo good, I used strawberries, pineapple and passion fruit juice , it was cold and fresh, perfect for a summer night. Rick's didn't turn out as well, so I think we will definitely have to try again. I only have two more days of accounting left before I am DONE WITH SCHOOL.

Doctor's appointment

Well, I wasn't able to get to sleep until a little after 6:30 today, so I only got a couple of hours of sleep before my appointment, so I think I'm going to take a nap today, just earlier than yesterday's nap. My doctors appointment wasn't too action packed today. Turns out I've only gained 2 pounds which the doctor says is great. He listened to the baby's heartbeat again. This time it was way easier to find, he barely had to move the little doppler thing around before we heard that heart pumping away. It was a little slower this time too, and it sounded different because the baby is bigger. He measured my belly and laughed when he saw that I was wearing my shorts unbuttoned. Then he gave me a paper so I can go get the triple blood test done for the down syndrome etc. Another highlight of the appointment was a very friendly toddler who was in the waiting room with us. As soon as we walked in he walked right up to us, he loved my Alice in Wonderland purse. Then he brought us a book and came up to us again to say hi, all to the embarrassment of his parents, but he was super cute.

The rest of my day holds a nap, accounting, laundry and going to get ice cream with my friend before he leaves for the rest of the summer. And maybe hanging out with my sisters to watch So You Think You Can Dance. Tomorrow I'm really looking forward to going up to Ogden to my friend Megan's Open House. I was sad that I missed her wedding, but I'm glad I get to see her and her cute hubby all dressed up.

Rick and I made a list of things we want to do in Utah before we move, and this Saturday we are accomplishing our first item off the list. We are going to Thanksgiving Point to visit the Dino Museum and the gardens they have there. Other fun Utah activities include playing with friends who live here, sessions in the SLC Temple, possibly going to Arches, a picnic at Bridal Veil Falls and hiking the Y.

Late Night Nap

After dinner today I felt sooooo sleepy I couldn't keep my eyes open, so at 7:30 I fell asleep on the couch. We were supposed to go have ice cream with a friend at 8:30, but Rick rescheduled hoping I would just sleep through the night. Well, at 10:30 I woke up hungry, hot and thirsty, so no sleeping through the night for me. And now I'm afraid it will be another late night since I got a nice long and late nap in. I'm gonna do some accounting hoping that it will make me so bored I get sleepy.

Today was a good day all around though. I went over to Holly's house to hang out with her, Julie and baby James who Holly baby sits a couple times a week. He was so cute and chubby and he (eventually) fell asleep on me, it was fun. Then I came home and just hung out with Rick for a little bit, ate dinner, and the rest is history. The last couple days have been weird since I am not working anymore or actually going to classes. I've been doing that for a long time and the change is going to take awhile. It was nice not to think about how many missionaries went into the MTC today though.

The fourth of July was a blast. We got together at my Grandma Chatfield's house with Holly, Caleb, Shyla, Russell and Julie and had a fun lunch. Then we played a couple games that Russell brought, which were pretty fun. Then Holly, Julie and I played some killer Uno while everyone else played this Robo Rally game which looked confusing. Afterwards we went swimming in Grandma's pool. We swam around, played with the frisbee and cooled off. Afterwards we played more games and had a barbecue, which was delicious. We all went home for a bit after that then got together again to watch the fireworks, which was really fun. I love to watch fireworks a ton. I wanted to use my chemistry degree to make fireworks, I always thought it would be so cool.

Well, tomorrow is my 4 month doctors appointment. Rick has been really great and come to all my appointments, and wants to come to as many as he can even when he starts his new job. Obviously he'll miss a few because we'll be in different states, but thats fine. I was filling out my pregnancy journal (the Belly Book) that my mom gave me and it will be fun to do for each pregnancy, see how each one is unique. I just can't wait to find out weather or not it is a boy or a girl, then we can really do some planning. It will also be nice when we find a place to live in CA, that will help the whole planning thing too. But, at least Rick has a job and I'm excited to stay with my family for awhile. It will be weird getting used to living with my teenage little sisters, cause sometimes I still think of them as little. But living close by will give my fun opportunities like seeing their performances, hanging out with them and having my baby have two aunts nearby.