Observations

I really want this blog to be a solid documentation of my pregnancy, so I need to put these super random observations here in one place because I just don't want to forget this!

• When I drop something and people are around, I stare at the item until someone comes over to pick it up for me. When I'm by myself, I just leave it there. A colleague came into my office today and asked why there were sunglasses on my floor. She then figured out I just couldn't reach them. 
• Speaking of dropping, I am somehow dropping food all over me. I swear I used to be a tidy eater. Today I found pretzel crumbs all over the front of me. The other night I slopped tomato soup on my boob. My husband will probably not take me out in public again until after the baby's born.
• I love observing people looking at my belly. My favorite is women who just start spontaneously beaming at me like a Pavlovian dog. I'll miss that.
• I've become a toilet farter.
• I've been waddling since about 20 weeks. 
• When I walk past my full-length mirror, I just laugh. It's like looking in a funhouse mirror now. I can't believe that's me with the waistline that's doubled in size. I still can't believe this is real -- I don't think I ever will! 
• I grunt so loudly when I try to move. I never realized sitting/sitting up/laying down/rolling over could be the most insane physical obstacle. 
• I can't reach my feet anymore. I was hoping I could still manage to paint my toenails to the end, but that isn't happening. And there's no way my husband can do it for me -- though it would be really funny to see him try.
• I have bottles of Tums placed strategically everywhere -- my nightstand, my coffee table, my office. 
• I sleep in one/two hour chunks. And have for really the past few months. Part of it is hip pain, but part is my bladder. I haul myself off the couch, go to the bathroom, drink some water and change sides. Lather, rinse, repeat. I hate nighttime anymore.
• I had my first definite Braxton Hicks contractions Saturday night. When I announced it to W, his eyes bugged out and asked if we had to go to the hospital. When I emphasized Braxton Hicks contractions, he said "Well I don't know what those are -- all I heard is contractions!"

In other news, I think the baby has started to drop a bit!