Bragging

I am totally throwing it in everyone's face that I was able to attend the best forum ever! Okay, I've never been to a forum before Monday night, but I can definitely say that I enjoyed attending my first one. We had a leadership forum at the George Bush library featuring David Carr, Dom Capers, Larry Dierker, Jim Nantz, and hosted by none other than former President George Bush Sr! Hell yeah! It was really good. I love working here! David Carr has got to be my new hero. I'm not big on football so I may be out of line, but it is such a nice change to hear a professional athlete talk about God and passion and good character and seem sincere as opposed to running his jaw then getting arrested for drugs or relations with a minor or something else disgraceful. I was truly inspired by everyone there (Okay mostly by the President, Carr and Nantz, but whatever). Yay for feeling inspired to be a good role model! Heroes to you all, J-

Another update as promised

Well it is spring break here and I am celebrating my two days off by working. Actually, it's kind of nice because it is so quiet. I can get a lot done (as is evident by my spending time updating my journal). Yesterday I saw the baby doctor. My blood pressure and weight are good. I've gained a total of 13 pounds. They are still a little concerned by how low my iron is. It hasn't come up at all even though I am taking a prenatal and an iron supplement. It can't be too bad though because they didn't increase my iron supplement at all. April 14th is the day we try to find out the sex of the baby. Aren't you all just breathless with excitement?! So without further segue I can jump into telling you about the rest of my life. Jesse is super excited because he is going to Minneapolis for training on a machine called a rimage. It can make thousands of copies of DVDs and CDs and print labels with National Geographic photo quality. Okay, so the machine and all it's capabilities don't exactly get me all hot bothered, but this training might mean a promotion and some sales commission for Jesse in the near future. Carrie and Clint's wedding is finally all over and they are safely on their honeymoon. Thank goodness. Hopefully it will be a long while before we have to see Kim Nate again. To make myself feel better I am pretending that this page is filled with all the catty comments I would like to make about Kim, Nate, Carrie, and Clint. In reality, I will just say that it has never been so painfully obvious that I was not liked and we left the reception relatively early. Carrie and Clint do have some awesome friends though. We are like in love with this one couple, Richard and Amanda. We're going to be calling them soon because they recommended some book about child rearing at a time when most everybody was drunk and we can't remember the title. But crack me up! These people rocked! My kitty is also gone. I can't believe how long it took for us to find her a home. I really miss her and I think Porter does too. Jesse is so very very happy she is gone. Oh well. It's nice that my husband can breathe. I guess that's about it. I really should get some work done. Hopefully I'll hear from Miss Hava soon. I am now pretending to slip in a guilt trip about her not calling me when she promised, but will refrain as it's been a while since I picked up a phone and dialed her number. Much love and midnight thunderstorms to everyone, J-

18 Weeks, well almost...

I decided that since I saw the Baby doc today it might be nice to give a little update. Maybe if I try to update after every appt. the stretch between entries will not be so long. But hey, it's not my fault it is so much more interesting to read about y'all's lives than it is to write about mine. Anyways... All is very well. I'm a little anemic, which was expected and easily fixed. Dr. Zivney says I should feel the baby in about 2 weeks. SO EXCITING! Jesse surprised me by showing up at the appt. He hates going and he hates how the doctor is always late and he hates how rude the nurses can be, so the effort he made today was a nice surprise. Yay for the tiny little person inside me. In April we will find out if we're having a boy or a girl. Weeee! Everything else seems to be going really well. My job is still fun even though I'm cross training on the world's most monotonous job. Vouchers Ugh! This weekend is Carrie and Clint's wedding shower. I'm excited because I've never been to a co-ed shower before, but I'm also pretty anxious. I know that most of the people who will be there allow me to tag along simply because they like Jesse so much. Carrie and Clint's opinion of me is pretty low. Kim and Nate will also be there. I still go through spells of hating them and being indifferent. Last week I hated them but this week I am indifferent. I faced them at their own apartment while Ben was here so I know it isn't going to be all kinds of drama on my part. Jesse, however, hates them all the time and hasn't had to put up with them in forever. All this rigmarole with C&C sort of brings up another problem. I have this friend who keeps kind of pushing me to the side. When we first started hanging out I thought we had a ton in common, but I guess she doesn't agree. It just kind of reminds me how different I am from other folks my age simply because I'm married. It'll be even more exaggerated once the kid gets here. I mean I don't even have friends call me up and just ask if I wanna go to the mall. It's just a little weird to me. All in all everything is going pretty well. And now I must get back to work. Later. Love, J-

So I'm at work which means I'll need to keep this short, but I promised and update so... It's weird: You'd think that with the pregnancy I'd want to update all the time so I could have a nice little chronicle of this all important once in a lifetime event to look back on. However, with some of my emotions running a little high I spend more time worrying about what might come out of my mouth than I do actually talking (or journaling as the case may be). I find I irritate rather easily, but I still spend a majority of my time in a good mood. (Strange don't you think?) Fun times have ensued though. My belly still seems small for having entered my fourth month, but I won't complain too much. I keep waiting to feel the baby. According to my book I should have felt it at 10 weeks, but no such luck. I rub my tummy all the time hoping to stimulate it into doing the same thing back (heehee). I am so excited! I want a girl...no a boy...no a girl...no a boy! I just want!

I will update soon....really..I will. I promise!

Its been awhile...

It has been quite awhile since my last post, but this will prolly be short. I usually only have a chance to check lj when I'm at work and if I'm at my computer I'm expected to be working whether I am clocked in or not. The holidays were so lovely. I enjoyed lots of family and good food. Christmas is really my favorite time of year. I found the most awesome new store! It's a resale shop but it's extremely trendy. Yay for Express and Abercrombe fashions for just $6. I love it! I am so glad to be back at work though! Two weeks off is nice, but I rarely had anything forcing me out of the house which tends to make me lazy and grumpy. I will miss the naps though. I don't have time to go home and nap on my lunch break so I guess I'll just have to make sure I get to bed sooner. I also have to exercise. I'm a small person normally but right now I feel gigantic. I just want to have my prepregnant body back post baby. I think I'll be happier if I stay in shape during the whole mess anyway. I miss Clare. She's home for the holidays and won't be back for another week. Of course by the time she gets back I won't be able to go out the way we used too. I say she's home loosely b/c she's been bounding all over the place for the holidays. She even went skiing with a bunch of pals for new years. Can you sense my jealousy. I want a bunch of friends to go on a road trip with. Okay, back to work!!! I guess my version of short is rather lengthy, but hey...I'm sure you all needed an update. Happy new year and health food for everybody! J-

mmmmm. pie.