Friday, August 26, 2011

Pregnancy Post 34 (did I pick the right number??)

it's a boy! the little nub is officially Harrison Grey Fougner.

The reveal shindig was a blast (I cried of course, out of happiness and trepidation) but so far I've been ok. Not quite filled with scary clown terror like I was expecting, though I am more anxious. The dr wants us to come back for  a 2nd ultrasound in 2 more weeks. She said she couldn't see all that she wanted, and I hope that's the case. A serious concern at this point (this week is officially HALFWAY) might just do me in altogether. He was very active when we were there, so maybe she didn't really see all that she needed to.

The reality of hitting the halfway point has urged me to start looking for all the baby things we need that we don't have anymore. Trolling babiesrus and craigslist has given me a thrill. Also found a way to secure a tidy little nest egg for when I am off on leave, and it was startlingly easy. Money worries shouldn't be much of an issue while I am off work and that is WHACKING HUGE RELIEF.

Of course not everything could go smoothly in all aspect of my life, and I realized that I forgot to submit my FAFSA this year....when I got the email that I had been kicked out of class for non payment. I immediately signed back up for it, and my gracious sister loaned me the money out of her massive loans until I get my own financial aid. (Which I submitted this week. It got accepted. Then I had to be re-evaluated to see if I am meeting the acadmeic progress standard - which was the first appeal I did last year - and got the highest marks. Then I got a notice that I needed to submit an independant student verification worksheet along with my tax return, which I did today.) All in all, I feel back on track. My sis laughed when I told her I was stressing over my one class, and told me that her two  graduate classes at UNR total almost 10 times that. BANANAS. Education is so GD expensive.

But, tally ho....progress! My first class is on Tuesday and I am ready to roll. I was trying to figure out how much work I'll miss on weeks where I have both class and dr's appts. If I fall consistently below 40 hours a week I'll be considered a part time employee, and will have to pay alot more to keep  benefits for me and Punky B. Which I don't want to happen, because my bosses gave me the lowdown, and it would increase to almost half my checks to keep us insured. So basically my schedule will be this:

M: 7:30 to 5 (usually I'd be off at 4, but I can make up an hour)
T: 7:30 to 3:00 (class from 3:30 to 4:45)
W: 7:30 to 5 (make up another hour i'll be missing for class)
TH: 7:30 to 3:00 for school again
F: 7:30 to 4:00 (or five to make up third hour of time if I have appts that week.)

if my drs appts take up more time than that, hopefully I'll have sick or vacation time to cover. so I think it might work out really, because the extra hour on M/W will make up for being short an hour on T/Th. At this point I am more worried about forgetting to show up for something or do something important before it's due. This morning I asked our HR guru about my FMLA paperwork, and she laughed when I told her I wasn't due until January. I said, ummm, yeah, but if I don't ask now, I might forget altogether, like my blasted FAFSA.

(which i swear I did right after our taxes. even thought I went online and did all my acceptance clicks and shit. apparently not. I almost called TMCC raging out when I first got the email, until I went to my student center and there was not a trace of financial aid awards or anything for the 2011-2012  year.)

In Punky B news, she's going through an extended amount of naked time, and I like it. It started last weekend after we took the girls to the gay pride event at the river. She got home, stripped down totally nude, ate a quesadilla and passed out, still naked. That's been the routine almost every night since. She'll get home for the day, and after a spell just take it off. Which makes me soooooo happy. Her biscuits are ridiculously cute. I want to bite them. And she doesn't ACT naked when it happens. She'll still help clean, eat dinner at the table, play around, you name it. Tonight she got in her recliner, put the footrest up, and leisurely ate some cherries while we watched Pushing Daisies. Love it.

HARRISON GREY.

I can't wait. I am 99.9% sure he will make it here safe and sound because I can't believe a Connor level tragedy would strike twice. But I feel as though the  universe should be warned: if something does happen to him, I will go full force Darth Rosenberg and try to end the world. So, cosmos, treat my boy and my reproductive system with the respect and care they both deserve. Thank you.

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