Tuesday, May 20, 2014

welcome to productivity land

The adventures of Amy and the Bed Rest Chronicles continues.

Today has been a super-productive day in Amy World...

  • I folded 2 loads of laundry - Clean clothes is a huge plus. It was getting a little embarrassing around here. I wont go into details but the underwear situation was dire. 
  • I wrote 3 thank you notes for baby gifts - Josh stamps and mails them. That part of thanking people is always my downfall. Did I ever tell you about the time when I hand wrote Christmas cards to everyone we know and neglected to stamp and mail them? Yup. The stamping and mailing is what kills me not the actually writing the card. You do that too? Really? I'm glad we had this chat. 
  • I updated the baby registry for the 347th time...approximately - I haven't kept an exact count but I'm sure I'm in the ballpark. 
  • I made a To-Do list for Josh - Does it count as productivity if I put things on his list? I'm saying yes. 
  • I drank 7 glasses of cucumber water and 1 glass of apple juice - There is something about water with cucumbers in it. Regular water - meh...Cucumber water - I suck it down like I am a camel about to embark on the longest desert journey of my life. 
  • I peed 43 times - It is possible that there is a direct correlation between this item and the last one. It is necessary to mention that my bladder is the size of a walnut and this child thinks it is he play toy. Seriously, the amount of trips I make to the bathroom uses up all of my daily allotted standing time. 
  • I finished some editing work that I started last week
  • I made the bed - Then promptly laid down on top of it. 
  • I put on clothes - It totally counts if the getting dressed happened after lunch...right? I'm asking for a friend. 
  • I ate several meals - They were nutritious and delicious
  • I contemplated showering....The bathroom rugs are in the wash and I decided big old pregnant lady + poor coordination + slippery floor were not a winning combination. 
  • I watched Sunday's episode of The Good Wife - I love Alicia. I want all of her clothes and her wine and the lasagna her family ate for dinner. 
  • I remembered to do the kick counter on the fancy iPhone app - This child got in his 10 kicks/punches/jabs/etc in 7min 12 seconds. Is this normal? Is this some kind of record? Should I be afraid? Tell me, I can handle it...maybe
I know some of you are looking at this list and calling a foul for the apparent list padding. I might have thought so 6 weeks 3 days ago but this bed rest thing has COMPLETELY changed the perspective. In other words, I'm moving the goal and calling the match. (My hubby would be so proud of my use of sports analogies. He is ABSOLUTELY having a good influence on my life. Like I now know they score points and not goals at basketball games. I have much knowledge. I'm going to be a fantastic mom of a boy child.)

What did you do today? Share...please...I'm dying to know. I promise it isn't too mundane for me. I will hang on your ever word. I promise. 

Hugs, 
Amy

PS - Sorry I was not around much last week...or at all last week. Last week I was a bit depressed about the bed rest situation. Its real life. I might write about it tomorrow or the next day...I might not. 


2 comments:

  1. I honestly think you got more done on bedrest than I did all day today...feeling a little burned out at the moment, trying to keep all the balls in the air as I move to a new church and new home, and everything that goes with it. I would have declared a "mental health day" today, but I need to go to a meeting tonight from 6-8pm with John Thomas as a guest speaker, and as a host, it would be pretty bad if I didn't show up...

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  2. Ooh, I love The Good Wife too!

    Also. This is probably the WORST thing to say to a woman on bedrest (forgive me), but now with a 7-month-old around, I could go for a little of a day like that. So enjoy a little for me, okay? :) And hang in there - this is how you're being a great mom now!

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