Well...

TheWest Cabarrus YMCA has a serious communication problem.

The published prenatal water aerobics class does not exist.

I sure felt like an idiot at the pool... waiting for no one.

Disappointing isn't even close to describing it.

It just threw me off the rest of the day.

I was so excited for that stupid class.

Oh well.

Shake it off.

Went to Carinos for our Drewlianna birthday dinner... Grant was not very good at the restaurant. He was tired and antsy... and honestly... so was I. I'm so exhausted but cannot force myself to go to bed early. It's like I'm physically incapable of sleeping before 11pm. All of those years of producing the 11pm news will do that to you. But I need sleep... desperately.

A fairly productive day here in hot and steamy North Carolina.

Went to Sams for some freezer staples and while walking around experienced the most excruciating hip pain ever. It honestly hurt so bad that I was sweating. The pain felt like when you get a cramp in your side when you run... but it was in my left hip. I drove straight from Sams to our produce co-op pick up... fearing that the pain would be worse when I got of the car. But, strangely (and thankfully) the pain was gone. I loaded up my produce and headed home to feed Grant (and myself) lunch. Let me tell you... I was CRAVING chicken salad. Willow Tree Chicken salad to be more specific. Willow Tree is only sold in Rhode Island and it's truly delectable. Mmmmmm. Seriously. Delicious. The lunch I actually had (Lean Cuisine Salisbury Steak and a peach) left MUCH to be desired (and the peach really made a mess of my blood sugar).

I did house cleaning during nap time...

We played all afternoon... then went to the Y with Drew. I walked on the treadmill for 25 mieutes before my hip started killing me again. But... GREAT NEWS! They have a prenatal Water Aerobics class that I am so excited to try. If I can do that 2 time a week and maybe do a yoga class... that's huge.

Tomorrow is the “Drewlianna” birthday celebration. We always do dinner and cake for both of us on the 11^th (since his birthday is the 9^th and mine is the 13^th). I'm excited about it. One of my most favorite days of the year.

A rare afternoon blog for me... but I feel like it.

Drew got home last night. He missed his original flight which just about sent me over the edge. I'd had a very very rough night with Grant the night before. He's got a cold now... so that isn't helping the sleep problem. Anyway, yesterday might have been my worst mom day ever. I was just frustrated and over it all.... exhausted... braxton hicks contractions... the whole nine yards. So when Drew called to tell me he'd missed his flight... all I could do was cry. I managed to pull myself together enough yesterday afternoon to make a pan of lasagna for dinner. Grant ate a good bit... and I ate enough that despite taking 2 units of fast insulin my sugar was STILL 122. (The garlic bread didn't help... but come on... I self-medicate with food... and yesterday was definitely a day for a real coke... which I couldn't have). Anyway, after dinner, my mood turned the corner (see, self medicating works) and I was pretty excited when it came time to get Drew from the airport. Grant was so excited to see Drew that he stayed awake all the way to the airport AND all the way home. He crashed very hard when we got home. It was wonderful to see Drew again and it was wonderful to just get to talk to him about everything that had gone on while he was gone.

Today is Drew's birthday! We'll have a little celebration... but we usually have a Drewlianna birthday party on the 11^th – since his is the 9^th and mine is the 13^th. We'll do one cake... and go out for dinner that day. By the way – new discover is that Carinos will make whatever dish you want and put it over spinach instead of pasta. YUM. It's like real food... but gestational diabetes friendly. I suspect we'll go there on Wednesday.

Poor Grant is struggling with being so tired, not feeling well, and hating to sleep without his pacifier. He doesn't ever ask for it... but he's not sleeping the same without it. Tonight is night seven of being “boppie-free” so there's no going back. This too shall pass.

I'm one of the people who really dislikes summer. Maybe I'm the only one. I don't like all the kids being out of school... I prefer the fall/winter/spring structure... when it's safe to shop and go to the mall without snotty 10 year olds everywhere. I detest the heat of summer... especially in Charlotte where there's NO WIND... so it's just air soup. It's a season I just put my head down and power through... knowing that at some point it will be cool again. I am really itching to go to the beach though. Maybe one of these weekends...

It's seven o'clock and I've just put Grant to bed. I've been counting the minutes to bedtime since about 3 o'clock. Grant is exhausted. He hasn't had a proper nap in days. He's waking up two hours earlier than usual. He's truly exhausted and played out. Jill and Grace left this morning. We came home from the airport and had lunch. Then off to shop for Drew's birthday gifts (and Father's Day gifts). Once home, the afternoon just dragged. I was exhausted and had a lot of Braxton-Hicks contractions. Grant was exhausted, missed his playmate Grace so he chased Buddy around instead. Wow. It was just a tough afternoon. Finally, at 6:30 I started clean up time... PJ's.... story.... bed. He's still up there calling out “mommy” over and over and I sort of want to just sit down and cry. Think I might be ready for Drew to come home?

Tomorrow I need to get to the grocery store... and do laundry. One of the least satisfying things about being a stay-at-home-mom is – you do the same things over and over and over... and no one says “wow, you buy an interesting variety of vegetables!” Also tomorrow, I have to deal with the fact that CVS seems to have lost my insulin prescription. I've got to switch pharmacies... this CVS is constantly having problems with stuff. I just dread all of it. Probably because I'm edgy tonight... hopefully tomorrow I'll feel energized and ready to deal with people in general.