(required internet disclaimer: I’m thrilled to be pregnant. I’m just at a very uncomfortable point in this pregnancy and I’m venting)

So, way back in the beginning of my pregnancy I was noticing that the area underneath my bra, near my sternum was extremely sore. I chalked it up to sitting in bad chairs as it did usually pop up after meetings or long car rides. But, then one of my brilliant imaginary friends mentioned that she had a similar problem during pregnancy and she solved it with a bra extender. This helped for a while, but now if any fabric dare restrict this delicate area of my body, I’m met with pain and itching. This is troublesome as most maternity clothes have elastic, or some sort of band there. I can pretty much no longer carpool with my coworkers as I have to remove my bra the second I get in the car to go home.

My days of turning over in the middle of the night with ease are over. I seriously need a crane now. I’ve woken up on several occasions half-way turned over (so, on my back) with my head hanging off the pillow and a giant knot in my neck. (I love that pillow so much. Bill says if our house caught on fire, that he’d save the pillow first as he knows how much it means to me)

I’ve been doing a pretty good job at exercising 3-4 days a week. I feel better when I do, and I genuinely enjoy my workouts (Bar Method and Pilates). Also, my pilates instructor says my hips are in much better shape than the hips of most pregnant ladies and I would like to thank the Bar Method Pretzel for this. But, some days, when I’ve been sitting in my desk chair for an hour or so, I get up and my hips are quite tight, which slows me down a little bit. And, of course when that happens, everyone is watching and I’m met with “Wow, you’re moving slow today!” comments. Not. Nice. People.

But, I think the things people say are the most annoying of all…

• While picking up a package at UPS, “You’re about to pop, aren’t you?” (I was 27 weeks at the time)
• While pouring a glass of my faux champagne at my brother-in-law’s bbq, “YOU CAN HAVE WINE? MY DOCTOR SAID I COULDN’T HAVE WINE.” I said, “It’s not wine, it’s basically cider.” I wanted to say, “I can really have whatever the damn hell I want.”
• At a gathering of Bill’s family a couple weeks ago, “Oh, I don’t think you’re going to make it until November.”

• Well, I failed miserably at posting twice this week. BABY STEPS, PEOPLE.
• I assure you that I’ve had a very busy week, though I can’t really remember what I was so busy doing.
• This week, I had lunch with Bethany, Troy, Annalie and Elliora as they are in Oregon. It was delightful and would you believe that Elliora is the first baby I’ve held since I’ve been pregnant? Anyway, I’ve met Bethany and Annalie once before (I do not remember riding the MAX with them, however) and it was so nice to see them again and also meet Troy and Elliora.
• Yesterday, at my 28-week checkup, I did the dreaded glucose test. You guys. It is not that bad. I was so freaked out about the taste of the drink and while it was not the most delicious thing I’ve ever tasted, it just wasn’t that bad. So, stop freaking pregnant women out by telling them it’s awful. Fingers crossed that I passed.
• Our house is being painted this week which is a wonderful thing. We knew when we bought this house that we couldn’t live with the purple for long and now it’s mostly gone! It’s been a rather long process, however. I’m not kidding when I say we bought this house from the laziest homeowners in the world. The purple paint was put on over layers and layers of lead paint which we had to have removed last month. Lead paint is not safe for pregnant ladies, so we temporarily moved in with Bill’s twin brother. Anyway, by next Wednesday, we’ll have a beautiful home that is painted in a color that is not purple and instead an appropriate color for the era in which our house was built. Pretty sure purple wasn’t a paint option in 1924.
• Wonder Woman apparently has a album out. I’m no music expert, but I think it’s a bad idea. (I really have no idea where that came from)
• Oh! This week, a car seat AND a stroller showed up at our house (well, my office). It is crazy. The car seat is sitting in our sunroom and each time I walk past it, I think “who left their carseat here?” There are still SO many things to buy which is a whole other post for a whole other day.
• BUT, one thing about that…there is apparently no such thing as gender neutral baby socks. Obviously, I need to start a gender neutral baby sock line for people who aren’t peekers.
• Our one-year anniversary is in about a week and I’m in a quandary over cake. We didn’t actually get to eat any cake at our wedding, so I thought it would be nice to order some cupcakes or a small cake from our baker. We can either get a dozen cupcakes or a 6-inch cake (that serves 10). Both seem like too much. I’m traveling the week after our anniversary and I hate wasting valuable foods such as cake. Which route would you go?
• And, that is it. What are you doing this weekend, internets?

• BlogHer update to come next week, but basically, I had a really great time and realized that I miss writing on my blog regularly. I’m going to commit myself to posting at least twice a week –  including Friday Bullets, because that seems like a good way to get back in the habit of posting regularly. So there.
• Baby Brain is in full effect. This morning, I opened the dishwasher to grab my water bottle before Bar Method and guess what I found in there? A soaking wet dishtowel. What was I thinking? (obviously am not responsible enough to clean the kitchen anymore, someone is just going to have to do that for me.)
• I drank the lululemon Kool Aid. A while back, I bought some maternity workout wear from Gilt, which is super cute, just not comfortable. I looked at stuff at Pea in the Pod last weekend and like most maternity wear, it’s just not cute. So, I went into lululemon last night and learned that I can fit into non maternity workout wear. And, it’s true. Their pants make your butt look amazing. Bill was not super thrilled to hear what I spent and this morning when I left for Bar in my new clothes he referred to them as “The Brooks Brothers of Women’s Workout Wear.” Anyway, the ladies in that store are super nice and one referred to me as “well endowed,” which is something that makes me giggle considering that I wore a 32A until I was about 29.
• Speaking of bra sizes, for those of you who have been pregnant, how many bra sizes did you all go up during your pregnancy? I have bought 5 new bras so far and I have 2.5 months to go. I’m scared of the next bigger size. SCARED.
• My husband was in New York this week, which means I ate things like pizza, potato salad and Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches for dinner most nights. BUT, last night, I went out and picked cherry tomatoes from my hanging basket and made this garden tomato sauce and it was absolutely delightful. I didn’t have fresh oregano, so I did 1/2 a tablespoon of dried and then used some basil from our garden. I also added a few green beans and pine nuts (SORRY, CRIST) before tossing the sauce with cappellini. Super easy, super fresh tasting. Try it.
• You’ll never guess who was ALLEGEDLY eating dinner at the same restaurant as Bill was in New York. He was ALLEGEDLY at the same restaurant as Kyle from the Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. I say allegedly because he refused to take a photo for me. We obviously need to review the rules on seeing famous people. If he sees someone famous and feels the need to tell me about it, then he needs to take a photo so that I may share it with the internet. If I saw his hero Dan Marino, I would certainly take his photo and also perhaps approach him to ask him for his autograph and to tell him what a huge fan my husband is. (you really have no idea how much I’ve learned about Dan Marino in the past 3 and a half years). Anyway, he should have taken a picture. Especially since he told me last night how pretty she was in person. I was all, “I WOULDN’T KNOW, WOULD I?”
• So, what’s new with you?