I have it all figured out now!

Yesterday was a very interesting day, and in the midst of all the interesting happenings I realized why I hate this place so very much.

EVERYTHING here is complicated.

The day started out simple enough: Worked, got home, took Mycah to school... Sage had her feast, which was cute. They all dressed up as pilgrims or indians and ate food the moms brought in.

Then came my doctors appointment. I left an hour early because I knew the street but not the distance I was going. Shaun somehow talked me into driving the car which I did against my better judgement because that thing is on the brink.

Let me say that in FL, if you want to go somewhere during the school year, during school times, you are usually the only one on the road. Not so here. And of course, to add to my barely working car and 5 million people on the road, there was an accident so traffic was crazy.

I still got there 20 minutes early because it was so easy to find but in truth, I hate new things, new places, and I was very nervous.

So, they got me all checked in, and they were very nice people, but still, new place, new doctor, the one who will be cutting me open in about two months, so yeah I had some anxiety.

All of this lead to my having high blood pressure when they checked. I know thats all it was because until I got really comfortable at SD I had high blood pressure there, too. (and until the first time I got there without something tragic happening to my car)

I tried to tell the doctor this but he insisted that I go to the hospital.

Now for another comparison: my hospital in FL was crazy. You walk into the emergency room and you're stuck there. You go to where the doctors offices were and you're stuck there. Many different entrances that were in no way attached or connected.

Holy cross is not like that at all. I found admissions with no trouble at all and got all checked in. The only problem was that I had no phone and was in a different area code, but they gave me a phone to call my husband since it was 2 1/2 hours after my scheduled appointment and i knew he would be worried.

I was a little peeved that I had to be there because I knew nothing was wrong with me. My blood pressure was fine the whole time and my labs came back completely normal. I was so glad to not be in FL at that time because I knew my mom would have come and my bp would not have been so wonderful. I said a little thank you prayer that my hubby knew to keep the kids at home and just let me make my doctor happy lol.

So, I got the night off work with a note, not that they need it since I never call out, but I didn't sleep at all yesterday until i got home at 8pm so I was glad my boss was so accomodating.

I did have an ultrasound at the hospital to check fluid levels and the girl showed me Karli's face. I never want to lose that image in my mind! She was moving through the whole thing, kicking the wand and changing her whole position. At the end I got to see her finally and she had a chubby face and her mouth was in a big open smile. It made my night.

She weighs 3 lb 13 oz now, so she has tripled her size in just a month or so. Makes me nervous because she still has two solid months to do nothing but gain.

So, that was my day yesterday. I have to go tonight to take all my at home labs to the hospital then tomorrow I have to take the results to my doctor, then Thursday I'm sitting at home and letting Shaun cook and Friday, well, more of the same. Also, insert work and sleep into those days.

My next official appointment is next monday and I'm hoping that everything goes okay and its quick and easy.