Okay, I thought I was tired before. I seem to be reaching new levels, which is freaky because I can only assume it'll just get more and more so for the next, what, 5 years?
Ragbrai was a lot of fun. Okay, it still is a lot of fun for most of Team Petting Zoo who is still out there in eastern Iowa, with two days and just over 100 miles left to bike and a thunderstorm to sleep through tonight. But the ~120 miles that I did over the first three days of the trip were plenty for me. I was pleased with myself that I could tell when it was time to quit and actually have the discipline to do it. I tried to rest as much as I could in the hot afternoons, but my mom and I were watching my nieces while my sister biked, and they sure kept me busy! I don't know how my sister does it every day. Even though I had all the sitting down jobs, it's exhausting even trying to keep up with their very creative and unexpected trains of thought. It was all very fun though, and all in all it was a great vacation. Now that the biking is done, it's time for me to relax while I can, and "just" be pregnant.
Tonight, I'm recuperating - being lazy, eating cookies, etc. I went to work today, and at my slow-and-steady pace I put in a full day. I kept feeling like I wasn't accomplishing that much, but I've gotta be honest and say that just staying conscious for the whole day feels like an accomplishment in itself!! And besides, I've been told by a friend that it's nice that I'm pregnant because it's slowed me down to everyone else's pace. I think she was talking about biking, but I assume it applies to other things too? I hope so. Cuz otherwise I'm just lazy. :)
Tomorrow I have a doctor's appointment, and I would love to rub it in his face that I actually did bike on Ragbrai and the biking was no problem at all (it felt great, actually, even though it apparently looked like I was trying to smuggle something under my bike jersey). But I won't - fortunately the temptation won't even be there becuase I'm seeing the other doctor in the practice. Maybe this guy will actually listen to me instead of jumping to conclusions.
Saturday, I go to Ames to pick up Travis after the bus returns from Bellevue, and then Sunday my mom is going to help me put together something that looks like a baby registry. I've gotta say that I feel a little better about entering parenthood after spending time with my nieces. It helps that they're fun, well-behaved girls to begin with, but it makes it seem less intimidating to know that I'm okay being in a (semi)parental role. And I figure it can't be that hard to change a diaper or give a bath, and that I'll pick that up as I go along. I'm in no hurry to be up to my elbows in poop just yet.
Once Travis gets home with the camera, I'll post a few fun pictures and maybe include a fun story or two from the trip.
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