Odd Things 5

This week has been full of changes, but at the same time it's starting to feel repetitive! Some odd things regarding pregnancy with twins? I'm about 23 weeks now, 17 to go if I was waiting until 40 weeks, but I'm thinking it will be more like 38ish, so that's only 15 weeks to go. That does not seem like enough time at this point. Actually, I'm feeling a bit light-headed now reading that. I'm having trouble comparing this pregnancy to the one with X. First, that was 6 years ago, and second, he was alone in there!

I know some of what I'm going through now I went through before with him, but I don't remember if it's happening faster this time or not really. I know I started feeling movement earlier, but that's typical for a second pregnancy. Now I'm definitely feeling two moving at the same time! I can see them move! The other day Twin B rolled over and it felt like I'd swallowed a tidal wave, but only in half of my belly! I have swollen feet and ankles full time now. Last week I could make the swelling go away by sitting with my feet up for a while, yesterday and today that's just not helping! So I will get "my feet" back sometime in November maybe. Also, I can no longer reach things on the floor when I'm sitting down. If something falls at my feet in the car? Forget it. It's gone.

Food. Food is odd. In my first trimester food was terrible. I couldn't eat very much. I had food aversions, "morning" sickness, and I'd eat a few bites and feel incredibly full. Now? I'm HUNGRY. All the time. Starving. Watermelon, pickles and ice cream? I see nothing wrong with that. That sounds like a perfectly reasonable dessert. Mmm. Pickles. I think I'll have some now. Pickles and tea. Yes. BRB

Lovely. Where was I? Ah, odd things. Unrelated to pregnancy? People are odd. That's a big one. Couldn't you just people-watch all day? I watched a crew of 6 men take 3 days to mow my lawn this week. There's actually not that much grass here. It's mostly sidewalk and parking. I see people getting frustrated with my speed-limit driving so they change lanes so they can beat me to the next red light. I see babies point at each other and wave in the grocery store while parents pretend the other baby is completely alone. Why do we ignore each other as adults? When did that become polite? Like when we turned 12? So we're all still acting pre-adolescent? Good choices.

My family is odd. In a great way of course. My son is an energetic ball of ridiculous public behaviour. But he is my son. We both have a tendency to not watch where we're going. Yesterday in the grocery store he ran full speed into a freezer and ended up flat on his back. He thought it was a great game. Last week at a yard sale he tried to jump over a baby toy, but wasn't actually looking at the toy and totally wiped out. He did get a lot of attention and I think that's what he was looking for as I was once again rifling through a pile of baby girl clothes. :) My husband is oddly fantastic. Sometimes I feel a bit guilty that I have such a great husband and that's odd. He does have weird quirks though. For example, every time we walk outside he sneezes. I think he's allergic to the sun. Maybe I could write the next sensation! Vampires don't sparkle, they sneeze...and they have a desire for clean kitchens, bathrooms and shiny cars.

I'm odd. But we all know that. ;)