Back to Work

Well I have to say I really did treat last week as a vacation. I did very little school work. Tonight is the first session of an assessment class I am teaching for 6 weeks. Class will be held from 5-8pm on M/W, and we get Memorial Day off so really it's only 11 class periods altogether. The only other time I taught this class was last summer. My dept chair usually teaches this class in the fall/spring semesters. As of this morning there are 26 students enrolled in the class - 17 undergraduates and 9 graduate students. Looking at the class roster, I have had at least 11 of the students before in at least one other class (which is good as it means fewer new names to learn as that's not my forte). In addition to my class resuming, I also need to get back to work on other projects on my to do list. I think the one I will start tackling today will be 2 accreditation reports (I am a reviewer of other universities) that are due by 6-1.

Last night I finished the thank you notes. I am used to typing and not used to handwriting that my hand kept cramping up so I was only doing a few at a time, LOL. Speaking of aches and pains, sleeping has been rather difficult since the beginning of the 3rd trimester. In the beginning of the 2nd tri I started getting hip pains when I laid on either side. Then I got the total body pregnancy pillow and was able to sleep comfortably for the rest of the 2nd tri. Well sadly the "nest" doesn't do the trick any more. It still helps a little, but my hips really, really hurt part way through the night. Thankfully I can usually sleep at least 6 hours before the pain keeps me awake. I learned the hard way that if I take a nap during the day then that means fewer hours I can sleep before the hip pain keeps me awake. So I am avoiding naps. Yesterday when I felt like I was going to nod off, Paul and I went for a walk instead (that woke me up!). We walked much farther I am happy to say! Of course I am thrilled to pieces to be pregnant, but I am ready to give birth and be done being pg (but in reality I want her to stay inside til July). Although I know she's going to keep me up a lot at night (especially at first), I think at least when I lie down after having her I won't be greeted by intense hip pain. The Pepcid is doing a pretty good job with the heartburn lately as long as I take it every 12 hours w/o fail. I will definitely be popping fewer pills once she's born as right now every day I'm taking 1 prenatal vitamin (that will continue), 2 softeners, 3 iron pills, and 2 Pepcids. Of course popping pills is far easier than having 3 shots a day in the butt like I did at the beginning of the pgcy! :-)