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Monday, Feb. 18, 2002 - 6:05 p.m. - All Dried Up
I’m afraid I’ve been in a bit of a slump lately as far as writing and the computer goes. I just haven’t had much interest in writing or even reading too much on the computer lately. It’s funny how that seems to go in waves – writing daily for a while and then not feeling much like writing at all. I must admit I feel a bit guilty both towards my readers and to those whose journals I usually read and respond to -- I guess I worry that I’m coming off as “stand-offish” while I don’t mean to. (Maybe I’m sensitive about coming off that way, since people told me that they thought I was stand-offish when I was younger just because I was really shy.) I so appreciate all the people who read my journal and send me these most amazing emails. I know I should show how much I appreciate their writing by writing back promptly (after all, that’s what I like), but I’ve just been so unmotivated lately. So if you have written to me recently (or even not so recently) and haven’t heard back from me, please don’t be too disappointed or upset with me. I’m very sorry. I really DO appreciate your letters and comments. Some of them overwhelm me they are so sweet and supportive. I hope I get out of this slump soon.
Between naps, watching the Olympics, and working on things around the house, time just seems to fly. I hope to have some good journal entries soon. I promise. A good friend of mine was reminding me today that I have yet to post my pictures from my Virginia trip which was back in October! So that will definitely be a journal entry to write soon! In the meantime, I don’t’ have much new to report. I had to go for two different blood tests today – my thyroid levels in Everett (15 min. north of our home) and then drive all the way to Bellevue for my coagulation blood test (45 min. south of our home). So now I have a bruise on each arm! (I bruise easily now with the heparin.) Tomorrow I will be at 11 weeks!!! I’m still almost afraid to tell people that I’m pregnant out of fear that it will “disappear”! Completely irrational, but hey, it’s how I’m feeling. Weird isn’t it? I stopped by a consignment store selling baby and children’s things. I’ve been driving by this store almost daily for the last year and a half and never allowed myself to stop and look, and then when I did today, I was almost afraid that doing would jinx me! Wonder when I’ll stop feeling like that. Thursday we go in for another ultrasound and next Tuesday is my 12 week OB appt! 12 weeks!! Some consider that the end of the first trimester (some say the 14 week marks the beginning of the 2nd Trimester). Either way, it’s getting close. Not that I’ll suddenly feel secure at that point, but it will be nice to put that 1st Trimester behind me. And now because I promised on Friday, here is our 10 week ultrasound! I’ve pointed out the head and hands, as for the rest, your guess is as good as mine!  And just for fun, here’s a picture from Michael’s birthday on February 12. 
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