Allyson's Wish is Granted ....

This is now the Lazy Pregnant Woman Blog. What does this mean? I won't be making too many posts (lazy), and I will post updates on the pregnancy. You are welcome Missy! I had a doctors visit last Thursday. I got to hear the heartbeat again (159 bpm). I haven't gained any weight, but the waistline has expanded about 2 inches. Next month we will find out the sex!!!

Our new project

I went to the doctor today. I am 12 weeks pregnant!! I got to hear the heartbeat for the first time since our 7 week sonogram. I am very excited, and spent most of tonight telling friends who didn't know. Anyway, I am tired and I have to pee, so I am cutting it short.

You can't have that one

I must tell you about a call to my husband today to tell him how much I love him. I know, that is extremely disgusting :), but his response was "okay ... why?" It was all because he takes care of getting us new cell phones.

I went to the cell phone hell today with Mom and Sis, to let little sister upgrade her phone. So we sign in, pick out the phone she wants and we wait, and wait, and wait and wait. I am annoyed.

Finally we have a little helper, who I shall now refer to as Dude. So Mom and Sis talk to dude and tell him which phone she wants. Dude's response "You can't have that one." In my head: What???? . So, he goes on to say that he has had a complaint about something with the contacts, plus it costs too much money so she might as well get an iPhone. Again: What????

Mom tell him she doesn't want Sis to have an iPhone (due to her friend's issues with them). So Dude went on to tell her about how much memory it has, and so all these other phones are a waste because you have to buy memory cards. This is when I couldn't stop myself. I said, nice and slowly so he could understand, "She's going to use it as a PHONE." So he asked her, what are you going to do with your phone. She said, "call and text." So he directed her to a phone like mine, to aviod hitting him in the face I had to leave and call the hubby. Thankfully, Sis likes the phone ...

The first week off ...

Four weekdays without having to go to swim lessons, and I have accomplished so much. I spray painted a medicine cabinet, got my hair cut, went to school for about an hour, went out with the girls, painted the brackets of the bookshelf, pulled most of the weeds in the garden that were taller than me, watched a lot of tv that we had recorded (most of it today), and went to the movies. I can't even keep up with what day of the week it is. So, what I am saying is ... I am bored!

I love lazy days in my pajamas, and it is all I crave most days. But, I also need it balanced with structure. So I guess I am ready to go back to school, but I am not looking forward to dress clothes again.

I was speechless ...

This week I was teaching a 3 or 4 year old boy this summer, and I told him he was goofy. He asked what it meant and I said "Silly." He said "I'm not goofy." Then I thought of the character Goofy, so I asked if he was Mickey Mouse? He said "No. Mickey Mouse has big ears and tail." I said, "You don't have a tail?" He said, "No, I have a penis."

The end of the summer ...

Soon it all starts up again. I am looking forward to long school days, because I feel like I get more breaks within them. I have enjoyed my busy social calendar, but it has taken its toll in some ways as well. I have enjoyed seeing my husband throughout the day which ends when the school year begins. I not looking forward dressing up everyday, but I am definitely looking forward to being dry and not being splashed in the face (have you noticed a theme for the summer?).

We have 2 more days of swim lessons, then I have 2 weeks off (which I will spend about 15 hours a day preparing for the upcoming school year ... I think I need medication). This was the first summer since we have moved back that we have not taken a vacation. I miss vacation...

The agonies of swim lesson instructors

The idea of teaching 6 hours a day as a summer job may seem appealing, but lets talk about the reality of being in the water that long and the wear and tear on your body.

At this point of the summer I have no hair on my arms, the chlorine has gotten rid of it for me. Unfortunately this does not work on your legs. Though the areas around my knees are hair free from the extensive time I spend crawling after kids in a foot-and-a-half of water. This part of the job also wears down my toenails, from the center out. After a couple of weeks, it hurts to wear shoes because they are so worn down. This year my toenail got caught in the non-slide mat on the ramp, and the the toenail fail off.

Don't get me wrong, I love teaching swim lessons, but I get splashed, scratched, hit, jumped on & pinched. And this summer, I have gotten my boobs grabbed and pinched more than any other summer I can remember (the other instructors have had this same problem as well).

Kids jump off of us and on us. I had one kid this summer that I couldn't let jump off the diving board anymore because I was afraid she would have bruises from my hands catching her right in the ribs to keep her from colliding with my face. But even worse is when they pinch your thighs with their toes when they are trying to jump off of you towards the wall. About the time that happened to me yesterday, I heard the female instructor next to me say "she got me right in the nuts," as her kid jumped off of her. I laughed so hard I almost peed in the pool.

Chlorine is not nice to your skin, hair, or your suit. My skin, especially on my face is raw, the rest always feels really tight. My hair is ridiculous. In the past I have tried every shampoo and conditioner known to man. I have tried putting watered-down conditioner in my hair before I get in the pool. I have tried keeping my hair dry (yeah right). My solution for the last few summers has worked, I cut my hair at the end of the summer.

I have to wear a polyester practice suit which is not attractive or comfortable. Why would I wear such a suit? Let's divide the answer to address the 2 main problems with the suit.

First let's address style: Because the kids can't pull it off of me, they are constantly pulling on the straps and the neckline of the suit, and I have had to fish a couple of kids hands and/or arms out of the front of my suit this summer.

The other problem is polyester. When you are in highly chlorinated water for 6 hours a day 5 days a week, it takes it's toll on spandex, they stretch out, and the elastic within the spandex breaks from wear and from being pulled on constantly.
Polyester does not stretch, add to that the possiblity that I may be allergic to it - as I am currently breaking out in a rash around the outline of the suit ... Let just say I am happy that we have one more week left. Hopefully my cheap-o, ugly, polyester suit I settled for half-way thru this summer will make it through the week!

At least now i teach indoors, and do not have the issues with the sun that I used to ... Be nice to swim lesson teachers