Woke up at 1030. Mom was gone to the doctor and dad was gone golfing. I was to be alone until 1230! It's only funny because I know how much they worry about leaving me alone. I'm pregnant, not dying... though the way I felt last night may lead me to believe otherwise.
My back pain has been incredibly severe sine my doctor's appointment yesterday. The "contractions" are more often and excruciating. I woke up so many times last night in agony. I couldn't move to make the pain stop and moving to make it stop made it worse, first! If there's a massage special tomorrow, I may have to take it... or I may just have to ask for one here at our Massage Harmony just as a birthday wish. The searing pain in my lower back is making the rest of my back all hard and tense.
I have asked that we NOT buy a cookie cake... as much as I want one. I feel so disgusting and fat that I can't justify having a cake around. I'll eat it and just be ugly. I suggested a double doozie and they can buy 2 slices of cookie cake, so that way it won't be around to help make me even larger. I miss being thin and it's going to be so hard to get back to that :(
Speaking of thin... Tyler has become a skinny mini. If I were thin, too, I'd totally want to see him and touch his slim bod. However, being at my all-time most large ever, I think I'd feel totally self-conscious and disgusting and not be able to enjoy seeing him. However, I do hope he is able to maintain a healthy weight, as I don't want his bags or body armor to crush his body.
I did get to video chat on iChat for a bit today (his 0200) and he was sooooo handsome. I hate how surreal our marriage feels when he's deployed. I hate how I can forget how incredibly good looking he is... it's like I "know" he is, but then when I see him... it's just like, "Wow!" Makes me realize I don't have near enough pics of him.
I can't believe he was here for almost a year and we took practically NO pictures! After the wedding and honeymoon it was like a camera-free zone. Worst idea ever when you only get to see someone every other year. I suppose I was too busy trying to be in the moment and trying not to think about him being gone for another year.
Anyway... finished up the FRG rosters and sent them out. Guess what?! I got an email from the FRSA that asked if families had changed their request to be contacted. Ummm what? Yeah, apparently when I emailed last month asking why we had 12 families that were not being contacted at all and NO ONE answered me or even acknowledged that I asked a question, it meant we had 12 families request to not be contacted. Hey, that would have been nice to know so I wouldn't keep wasting my time. I told the FRSA that we were just making sure their info was up-to-date.
Dad came home and as we were about to head out to Best Buy, I got a text from Ty. I told my dad we had to wait til I was done chatting, so he did what he could to bide his time and make himself irritable. He canceled the camera. He called the place that has our lawn mower -- they've had it a week and still don't have an ESTIMATE for costs. And after not playing so well in golf, he wasn't not in the most patient of moods.
I chatted with Ty for a bit, but I knew he was getting sleepy and I needed to get my ass to Best Buy, so I got off the computer and kept chatting on my phone for a bit. We tried the BB by the Galleria. We took the hands-free device Daniel had bought my dad (spontaneously) to get store credit -- Jamie said it would work -- but they wouldn't even issue store credit without a receipt! Oh, that made him mad! He was quite snarky with the guy and we went to go check out the Sony NEX 5 camera. I held it and messed around with it and it was pretty sweet. Very user-friendly and logical. We checked out other cameras, but I wasn't interested in anything else, so we headed over to Lowe's for some paint thing for the deck.
It was about 1530 when we got home and I sat around for a while and had dad order the Sony camera. He didn't want to pay the $5 for the cam to ship in 4-6 days because 7-9 days for free was good enough. I said, "Ok, if you're willing to risk it, then fine." I even said I'd pay the $5! I don't understand... Maybe I'll be lucky enough to just be in agony for another solid week or so and get the cam before I get the baby.
I had to get on iChat to ask Paul a couple questions about SD cards and noticed Ty online, but "away." I texted him, but didn't get a response. Then I "called" him and let it ring and ring, but no response. But I guess he woke up because he called me! We were able to video chat for a bit. He got to see Puck and after being tired of hearing the tv, I came into my room to chat with him. He was so handsome and we shared a few laughs. It was nice to see him smile -- I miss his smile and laughing with him. We have a lot of fun together and laugh often... it's one of my favorite things about being married to him. My dad came to see what I was doing, then left, but he told my mom who came in to be mildly nosey. It's sweet that she misses him so much and wants to see him and know how he's doing, but it's almost like she forgets he's my husband and there's no way in the world she can feel like I do.
I was a bit sad when he asked me to have his parents email him. It's a confusing relationship we all seem to have. They're totally sweet, but I always feel a bit outside the loop because we got legally married without them here..? I'm not sure. I know Ty would talk to his dad, if not both his folks almost daily while here, but then to leave and have no communication at all in 46 days? That's odd. I know they moved. I know he's gone. I know I exist a little less because he's gone. But no communication after almost daily chats? That's like slamming on your breaks on the highway to me. If they didn't chat so much while he was stateside, then I could see not talking as much.
Regardless, I told them that he just doesn't have time to stand in line to use the phone (he doesn't even call me, which is understandable and fine... I don't want him wasting time waiting in line), but that he would very much like to hear from them via email or at least to respond to the email he sends. His dad emailed him back today and CC'd me -- it was a sweet email. I know how much it means for Ty to hear from them :)
A bit ago I'd asked Josh, Kevin, Billy, and Jason to all email Ty and lift his spirits because he had whiney warrants. They all said they'd love to... I know that Kevin did and I think Josh did. Billy and Jason said they'd love to, but I'll have to see if they did. I bet Ty wishes he had command of the "old" A Co when all his buddies were there. That's got to be hard, but it's the job he wanted most, so I hope he loves it, too.
Anyway, I finally made Ty go to sleep, as much as I didn't want to, I did want him rested. I was starving because I'd not eaten anything for lunch, so I suggested someone start cooking dinner, as it was 1730. I cut up my bell peppers and cooked them, while dad made eggs and bacon. We ate and it was yuuuummmmmmmmy!
Unfortunately, I fed Puck, let him out, then came to my room to lay down... and I passed out until 2130! Almost three hours! I decided to get up and go watch tv with the folks for a bit. Now I'm back in my room and obviously not too sleepy. It's crazy to think of how little I have to do before I become exhausted. My mom mentioned my sleep getting out of whack and I said it didn't really matter because soon enough I'd be sleeping whenever I got the chance, regardless of what time it was. She agreed that that was a good point.
Tomorrow, I'm going to look at Teacher Heaven to help my mom pick out crap for her classroom, then we're going to get my double doozie, then hopefully I can squeeze in a massage at some point (after the "errands," of course!). I'm very glad Ty isn't flying for the next few days. He needs some time to catch up on other stuff and to relax his back.
Well... I've officially been 28 for 18 minutes now. This is the fourth birthday I've had since I met Ty and the second of which he's been deployed. I can't wait for next year's bday when he's home.
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