Why humidity is great and other musings

I haven't exactly been on top of the laundry lately - instead, the laundry has been on top of the floor, so when Dan went to put on a pair of pants he had balled up the night before and added a balled up shirt, I shouldn't have been surprised, but I was. "You aren't going to wear that!!! It's all wrinkled!" I said.

"No problem, with the humidity, it'll look nice by the time I leave."

It did. His co-workers probably think I iron his t-shirts.

We got back from camping/hiking on Saturday and I was totally bushed, but didn't sleep in the car. Dan napped when we got home but John would have nothing to do with napping (he'd slept in the car) so I stayed awake. I had a fun time camping but definitely need a better pad before going again. I woke up every 30-45 minutes all night. John did a great job falling to sleep and only woke up once during the night. He loved climbing on the rocks - if this trend continues, he'll be in gymnastics and rockclimbing by age 3.

Because of that bad night of sleep followed by a couple more, I've been pretty exhausted this week and have been having bad mood swings. I checked out a book about cooking ahead and think I'll cook two pizzas, a frittata, and a squash custard tonight as long as I've got the oven on. I cooked the zucchini and potatoes to go in the frittata on Wednesday afternoon while making that supper, so the prep time for what will easily be three-four meals plus leftovers today should be about 30 minutes tops.

As frustrating as this week was, though, I shouldn't complain. Many women are this exhausted all first trimester but, besides this week, I've felt extremely energetic. I still was able to get dinner on the table every night - though we tried to go out last night, the wait was going to be 40 minutes so we came home, cut up an apple and two leftover chicken breasts, added yoghurt-mayo-mustard sauce with walnuts and dried dates on it, and put all that over tons of lettuce. Add some of the morning's fresh bread, and we had finished eating before we would have been seated.

Last night John woke up at 5 am and I tried to nurse him, but my milk has dropped a lot and he tends to chew more than nurse now (can you say ouch???). He was frustrated and screaming every few minutes, so Dan got him up and gave him a cup of cow's milk. That calmed him down and he went back to sleep and slept in til 9:30 am!!! I even woke up on my own this morning instead of to baby hollering. Maybe now I'll be able to get out of my exhausted funk.