Today I am 35 years old. I am now officially geriatric – at least in terms of my pregnancy. (You would not believe how much pressure the perinatology department put on me to have all the extra genetic testing done because I’d be geriatric when I gave birth…I mean, if I had been due yesterday, I would’ve been fine; but 5.5 weeks from now? Clearly my genetic material is going down a long, steep hill between now & then. Also, I hate everything about every interaction I’ve had with the perinatology department at my hospital, but that’s a post for another time never.)
So – since I am now 35 years old, ~35 weeks pregnant, and have ~35 days left until my due date – I declare this the weekend of 35 things. If I were not extremely pregnant, I would do something athletic, like run a bunch of miles (maybe even 35!) or bike 35 miles (great suggestion, John, but, uh…no).
So, I am going to do 35 thing in the next 3 days.
Eat pancakes for breakfast- Delicious dinner
- Cake!
- Yoga
- Take a nap
- Walk (possibly 35 minutes!)
- Put on pants (this will be a harder one)
- Watch a few episodes of Vampire Diaries
- Play a little Dragon Age
- Take a nap
- Read some trashy vampire novels
- Cuddle with the cats
- Hang out with the architect
- Do some laundry
- Take a nap
- Make cupcakes
- Install the carseat
- Make a pillow fort
- Watch the Academy Awards (this may or may not happen)
- Take a nap
- Recline on the couch
- Drive out to the gorge for nature looking & lunch
- Another yoga session
- Sniff some gin longingly
- Take a nap
- Sip a Double Mountain IRA
- Listen to 35 of the 69 love songs
- Soak up some vitamin D
- Grilled Cheese Food Cart!
- Take a nap
- Purchase the bathroom accessories so the bathroom can finally be finished!
- Hydrate!
- Have some ice cream (perhaps in Blizzard form!)
- Have fun, stay relaxed, and be happy
- Take a nap
Homemade birthday pancakes with caramelized butterscotch
Happy my birthday, everyone!
Happy happy birthday!! You realize you have a whole week of naps in there, right?
Wishing you an incredible year of happiness!
Happy happy birthday to my friend–the gazelle!
Haha, run 35 miles, that sounds HORRRRRRRIBLE!
Meditate for 35 minutes sounds much more pleasant.
Ooh vampire diaries, I saw that on Netflix on demand, is it good???? Please say yes, I need a new show that is on Netflix streaming.
gazelle reply on February 24th, 2012:
I wouldn’t say “good,” but I totally watched the entirety of seasons 1 & 2 on Netflix, and then bought most of season 3 to watch on Amazon so that I could catch up with this season. So – not good, but definitely addictive.
Happy birthday!!!!
Sounds so lovely and relaxing–Happy birthday
And the hell with them calling you geriatric! It’s not 1940.
You should totally have a glass of wine or a tiny martini:
http://news.discovery.com/human/alcohol-drinking-pregnant-women.html
gazelle reply on February 24th, 2012:
I would if I could – but wine & gin make me barfy. still. Beer, however, does NOT have that affect.
HAPPPPYYYYYYY BIRTHDAY!!!!!!!!!!!
Happy Birthday!! I can’t believe they are pressuring you. My midwives are totally chill about it all. I was the one who brought it up, they were like – eh, this is par for the course now days.
gazelle reply on February 25th, 2012:
My midwives are cool; it’s just the stupid peri-natology dept – they suck ever so much. I have never had a good experience with them!
Happy birthday again! Kelley was past her 35th birthday when our Evil Genius was born so she got all of the same crap. It’s just as bad when it’s your second kid. We totally hated those doctors too. They treated us like cattle.
You could try swimming 35 laps? More feasible?