Rough Week

Sometimes life is just plain rough. Its hard. And its unpredictable. And its full of letdowns. But sometimes life hands you lemons and you have no other option but to figure out how to make the best damn lemonade you can make. And so help me God but my lemonade will be the best around. One day. So what are we making lemonade out of?... I'll give you a synopsis and move on.

Two weeks ago, Hubs passed his PAST test, remember... so its been two weeks of waiting on his job to come down with the 2011 Air Force jobs. Tuesday we got word that 12 jobs had finally come down, but we didn't know what they were yet. It was already a rough day for him when he had to say goodbye to his family dog. After that, we were in serious need of some good news in the Wood house. No word Tuesday night. Wesdnesday we were told there were 17 jobs, awesome! More possibility that one of them was for the Giant, but still no word on what the jobs were. Thursday we heard that it wasn't our time. Out of the 17 jobs, one position was special forces, but it was given to another candidate, "the other candidate." This guy just got moved to the same recruiter from another area recruiter and scored seconds faster in his PAST time a month ago. Slap in the face. the next round of jobs will be coming down the first weeks of August so we are holding out until then. I also started to have severe lower back and rib pain that day. I spent a lot of hours that night with tears in my eyes. My right ribs kept me from breathing deep, laying anywhere near my right side, or even being able to touch it from its sensitivity. My back kept me from sitting or standing or moving without cringing or freezing. By Friday I had Hubs wrap me like a mummy- ace bandages around my ribs and around my lower belly/back. I couldn't sit at all for longer than two minutes without pain shooting down my back and butt. I had started to have a few mild cramps that seemed to come with the back pain. My ribs, well by this point I could barely touch them, feeling like they might burn right through my skin. Called my OB. She told me to get to labor and delivery to be evaluated. So, I left work and Hubs and I headed to the hospital L&D. After a few hours of being evaluated, I was discharged with little more knowledge than I came in with and instructions to take it easy. Although, we did rule out gall bladder and liver issues, thank goodness. Don't get me wrong, I am very relieved that my pain is nothing vital, but I was so expecting it to be something fixable. Six more days of the pain until my OB appt for her to evaluate me herself and ultrasound baby girl. Six-long-days-of-pain.

Today, we had planned on enjoying our day outside doing something/anything that would be easy on me (like maybe a little lake action). Well its like 110 degrees outside and I changed my mind. AC feels much better. We did go on a hospital maternity tour this morning at a hospital nearby. We're still working on the whole which hospital thing... So, here we are. I'm doing some research (otherwise known as blogging...) and the Giant is putting together our baby bassinet! I asked to help. He said "NO! This is a daddy's job." Alright... go ahead Daddy-o. Its all you.











I'm still trying to get a handle on things since our plans have changed and am feeling horribly unprepared. I decided last night that we need to make some serious decisions since this baby is coming in less than two months. That might have hit me more last night when Hubs told me (as I lay in a hospital bed strapped to a machine playing my baby's heartbeat out loud and monitoring contractions) our friends the Johnny and Christi were in their hospital too delivering their baby Max three weeks early! So, with that, Max is here! I'd be completely lying through my teeth if I said I wasn't a little jealous right now, but I'm WAaaay more excited for them! Thus his unexpected early arrival has got Hubs and I both getting a little more active in the whole future plan thing. A future plan thing that is coming towards us faster now than before and we are now committed to making lemonade out of its lemons.... next week will be a better week. It just has to be. So, what are you up to on this haiti's hot Saturday?