Sunday I told Josh that I never knew that the weather could be "sweaty". It's not hot here, it's not partly cloudy, it's sweaty.
Tuesday I walked the six blocks and back to Barnes & Noble for the second Fablehaven book for Josh. I also read the first Fablehaven book myself while Guy played--I rather enjoyed it, I must admit. Two blocks into my journey, all of my underwear was sticking to me and I had pit stains. On my over-sized Ron Jon t-shirt. Right now it's about 94 degrees at 40% humidity. Yuck is about all I can say. I can't keep this apartment cool to save my life.
Then on my way back I must have bruised something important in my foot, because walking after that was ridiculously painful. This resulted in me not accompanying Josh on "diversity day" yesterday (don't ask me what that means). Where he got to go tour the Constitution Center and Independence Hall. Something I really wanted to do while we're out here. I was majorly bummed. I'm fairly certain he's not interested in going back with me, so it's either go by myself or don't go.
So I watched 27 Dresses instead. Which I admit, I thoroughly enjoyed. I might even watch it again today, I liked it so much. It made me feel a bit better. And I had an appointment with a midwife. I drove about 30 blocks west and saw a total of 3 white people. One of whom was the midwife.
The appointment went well, everything looks great, and I am reassured that I'm doing just fine with this baby. I have not yet gained excessive amounts of weight, so we'll see if we can prevent that this time around. I really don't need any more stretchmarks. Oh! And she only charged me $30 for an hour of talking, reassuring, etc. Awesome.
There were many very cool thunderstorms last night. From about 4:00 onward I saw at least seven separate thunderstorms, a few of which passed by really closely with so much rain that the street next to our apartment flooded.
I'm trying really hard to be positive, but I feel more tired of it every day. Like I'm in some bizarre holding pattern. I should find more joy in what I'm doing now, instead of waiting for the next better thing.
Honestly? That's really hard to do. Yesterday I cried. A lot.
On the list for today is grocery shopping. Hopefully I can make it there and back without getting rained on--but the sky looks dubious. Which means I won't chance the park, either. So it's day four of being inside most of the day for Guy and me. Let's hope he doesn't go stir-crazy.
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Isn't humidity interesting (in a weird kind of way). It's so weird that it's really not "as hot as California" temperature wise, but it feels just as hot or hotter because of the humidity. Jeremy and I really liked the humidity when we were in China, but maybe that was because we liked China. Now that we're here--I'm not such a fan of the humidity--yucko!
I'm glad your appointment went well. That must be a huge relief to have had someone tell you everything's going well with the baby.
Oh...and I LOVED the movie 27 Dresses. I watched it on the plane like 3 times--it's great :) And we could do something in downtown Philly on that Friday we'll be there--like the Constitution Center and Independence Hall instead of going to a theme park or something if you guys want to. We still have to figure out how that will all work out with car and stuff, but I want Jeremy to see those sites sometime (but we might just need to take a trip back there in the next few years). I just thought that might work, but I don't know how it would all come together. We'd have to see.
And about being inside--haha. At least you have a city to go walk in :) I'm on the side of a freeway and I'm seeing four walls for the majority of my day. It's really not that bad--thanks to the internet and library books, but then again I don't have a toddler who is used to playing outside.
Good luck on grocery shopping today :) I've got to plan out what we're doing for dinner--hmmm...I don't know yet. We're trying to "use up" our food so we don't have to bring it back to UT with us. Well...we'll be seeing you guys soon (we'll be in PA 2 weeks from today--weird!).
Wow...that was a lot longer than I thought when I was writing it!
oh, best of luck Emily. I know how you feel about the humidity. Lucky you are almost done. Soon you can go back to the good life, just don't take it for granted.
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