just so you know...
...yes, i did read the story in today's Metro about stress during pregnancy.
that is all.
...yes, i did read the story in today's Metro about stress during pregnancy.
that is all.
message to sister #4: good luck with your last exam, EVAH! (unless you get all full of yourself and think, hmm, postgrad sounds nice).
hmm, the midwife reckons my iron levels are low, i've had more blood taken to check iron and iron stores (thanks to office person D2 for explaining the difference) as well as blood group (again?). so i have to up the iron intake now. apricots, said the authority. spinach, said D2. dark chocolate, said sister #1. now you're talking.
hmm, the midwife reckons my iron levels are low, i've had more blood taken to check iron and iron stores (thanks to office person D2 for explaining the difference) as well as blood group (again?). so i have to up the iron intake now. apricots, said the authority. spinach, said D2. dark chocolate, said sister #1. now you're talking.
productivity IM.
office person: lol. guy on our desk has fallen aleep and this time it wasn't my fault. haven't said a word to him all day.
me: are you going to draw on his face? with permanent marker?
the authority: have you got a photo
me: yes! take a picture! after drawing on his face!
a three day weekend had nothing to do with it.
office person: lol. guy on our desk has fallen aleep and this time it wasn't my fault. haven't said a word to him all day.
me: are you going to draw on his face? with permanent marker?
the authority: have you got a photo
me: yes! take a picture! after drawing on his face!
a three day weekend had nothing to do with it.
for some odd reason, i'm getting a lot of hits from people searching for a clip of george bush and that blob of bird poo on his sleeve. it's over here if you want it. and from a former library assistant who knows how to search for stuff, like, properly, i'd advise you use something more polite than 'bird shits on bush' if you want a more accurate result. mmmkay? not that the clip is any good. you know, you don't actually see him get hit. he's just got a white blob on his sleeve. move along, nothing to see.
this morning, i went into starbucks and tried asking for an extra extra hot chai tea latte. i got a hot latte but not hot enough. office person D reckons they might have a safety measure in place or something. but there's two starbucks in leeds station, this main cafe obviously doesn't know the meaning of extra hot. but the one on the station footbridge does. i suppose it's only an escalator ride away so i'll hit that one next time.
whine. i got really down yesterday because i have yet another cold, and all it does is remind me of the killer cold i got in february, where i did nothing but throw up for three weeks. i'm so sick of being sick. i didn't expect a rosy happy pregnancy but i didn't expect all this crap either. i still get my headaches, so anyone who tells you getting pregnant might ease them is lying and worthy of a blow to their head. i'm sick every single morning, and get extreme dizziness with it. and there's the stuffy and occasionally a bloody nose but apparently all of this stuff is just all 'part of it' so i just have to deal with it. i just don't know how i will be able to keep going after the baby is born. i know i won't be working but if i've been feeling oh so crap all the way through what chance have i got?
whine. i got really down yesterday because i have yet another cold, and all it does is remind me of the killer cold i got in february, where i did nothing but throw up for three weeks. i'm so sick of being sick. i didn't expect a rosy happy pregnancy but i didn't expect all this crap either. i still get my headaches, so anyone who tells you getting pregnant might ease them is lying and worthy of a blow to their head. i'm sick every single morning, and get extreme dizziness with it. and there's the stuffy and occasionally a bloody nose but apparently all of this stuff is just all 'part of it' so i just have to deal with it. i just don't know how i will be able to keep going after the baby is born. i know i won't be working but if i've been feeling oh so crap all the way through what chance have i got?
so hey, the lack of air conditioning at a conference venue in leeds yesterday left me with an itchy and scratchy throat and blocked nose. this morning i felt so crap, but i knew i might be able to make it better with starbucks. see, back when i lived in birmingham, the dad used to make me drink this joshanda tea, which was great. don't know what it had in it but it helped.
but i daren't venture into the dad's favourite alternative medicine shop on lumb lane (my first bus ride on said lane passed a murder scene, white forensic tents and all that. my cousin was on the bus too and he was like 'great, they must have found another body'). anyway. the chai tea latte at starbucks (isn't chai another word for tea? in which case are they selling a drink called tea tea latte?) tasted the same as that joshanda stuff so i had to pick some up this morning.
um. i can't remember what this post was going to be about. hang on. you know when you go into starbucks and order a drink 'extra hot' (hoping you've said it loud enough) and they repeat 'extra hot' back at you, you just know that the request really hasn't been registered, and even when you get handed your drink with a 'tall chai tea latte, extra HOT!' you just know it isn't going to be extra hot? that. the tea tea latte is no good for a sore throat if it ain't extra hot, innit.
but i daren't venture into the dad's favourite alternative medicine shop on lumb lane (my first bus ride on said lane passed a murder scene, white forensic tents and all that. my cousin was on the bus too and he was like 'great, they must have found another body'). anyway. the chai tea latte at starbucks (isn't chai another word for tea? in which case are they selling a drink called tea tea latte?) tasted the same as that joshanda stuff so i had to pick some up this morning.
um. i can't remember what this post was going to be about. hang on. you know when you go into starbucks and order a drink 'extra hot' (hoping you've said it loud enough) and they repeat 'extra hot' back at you, you just know that the request really hasn't been registered, and even when you get handed your drink with a 'tall chai tea latte, extra HOT!' you just know it isn't going to be extra hot? that. the tea tea latte is no good for a sore throat if it ain't extra hot, innit.
10:41 am and i've had phone calls from sister #4, brother #4 and sister #5 all within an hour.
brother #4: so, you know, how are you?
me: oh i'm ok. actually, have you seen the film alien? what am i saying, of course you've seen alien!
him: of course i have!
me: yeah, well you know that scene where john hurt starts coughing and then he's on the table and his stomach is moving all funny -
him: nuff said nuff said nuff said!
brother #4: so, you know, how are you?
me: oh i'm ok. actually, have you seen the film alien? what am i saying, of course you've seen alien!
him: of course i have!
me: yeah, well you know that scene where john hurt starts coughing and then he's on the table and his stomach is moving all funny -
him: nuff said nuff said nuff said!
oh bother, masterfoods have changed their minds:
Mars bars get veggie status back: 'Mars has abandoned plans to use animal products in its chocolate, and has apologised to "upset" vegetarians'.
so much for my masterplan to bring up baby and convince him or her that all chocolate is haram. yes, there's all the upset vegetarians, but there's been a lot of upset bradfordian muslims on the killing ground too. of course their parents were happy, seeing as they didn't have to buy so much chocolate anymore and now they're unhappy.
sister #4 reckons masterfoods have been using animal rennet in their chocolate bars for a long time now, and were forced to change their labelling to confirm this, is all. so they could be deciding against the whole re-labelling thing yet still using animal rennet or they might not. great. another conspiracy theory for those muslims who simply can't stand seeing another muslim enjoy a chocolate bar or "halal" Nandos, dammit.
Mars bars get veggie status back: 'Mars has abandoned plans to use animal products in its chocolate, and has apologised to "upset" vegetarians'.
so much for my masterplan to bring up baby and convince him or her that all chocolate is haram. yes, there's all the upset vegetarians, but there's been a lot of upset bradfordian muslims on the killing ground too. of course their parents were happy, seeing as they didn't have to buy so much chocolate anymore and now they're unhappy.
sister #4 reckons masterfoods have been using animal rennet in their chocolate bars for a long time now, and were forced to change their labelling to confirm this, is all. so they could be deciding against the whole re-labelling thing yet still using animal rennet or they might not. great. another conspiracy theory for those muslims who simply can't stand seeing another muslim enjoy a chocolate bar or "halal" Nandos, dammit.
noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
Mars starts using animal products: "Some of the UK's best-selling chocolate bars, such as Mars and Twix, will no longer be suitable for vegetarians."
what?! nooooo. oh my god, they're taking Maltesers away. and Milky Way! not Milky Way!
"...Rennet, a chemical sourced from calves' stomachs, is used in the production of whey.
It will now also be found in Bounty, Minstrels and Milky Way products, and the ice cream versions of all Masterfoods' bars..."
and what do Mars/Nestle/Masterfoods (wait, shouldn't i be boycotting Nestle products or something anyway?) have to say for themselves?
"If the customer is an extremely strict vegetarian, then we are sorry the products are no longer suitable, but a less strict vegetarian should enjoy our chocolate," said Paul Goalby, corporate affairs manager for Masterfoods.
oh. well that's all right then. not!
Mars starts using animal products: "Some of the UK's best-selling chocolate bars, such as Mars and Twix, will no longer be suitable for vegetarians."
what?! nooooo. oh my god, they're taking Maltesers away. and Milky Way! not Milky Way!
"...Rennet, a chemical sourced from calves' stomachs, is used in the production of whey.
It will now also be found in Bounty, Minstrels and Milky Way products, and the ice cream versions of all Masterfoods' bars..."
and what do Mars/Nestle/Masterfoods (wait, shouldn't i be boycotting Nestle products or something anyway?) have to say for themselves?
"If the customer is an extremely strict vegetarian, then we are sorry the products are no longer suitable, but a less strict vegetarian should enjoy our chocolate," said Paul Goalby, corporate affairs manager for Masterfoods.
oh. well that's all right then. not!
talk today turns to the emergency services, as we have received a query from a police body asking about our work practices. don't ask.
C: the police?
me: the police.
C: not firefighters?
the authority: C likes firefighters.
C: i do.
the authority: so do i. we have this hotel across the street, and everytime they do a fire drill a team of female firefighters is sent down as they know it's a drill. but sorted!
me: ...
C: ...
G: ...
me: i suppose this fascination with firefighters can work both ways...
C: the police?
me: the police.
C: not firefighters?
the authority: C likes firefighters.
C: i do.
the authority: so do i. we have this hotel across the street, and everytime they do a fire drill a team of female firefighters is sent down as they know it's a drill. but sorted!
me: ...
C: ...
G: ...
me: i suppose this fascination with firefighters can work both ways...
ow ow ow.
i agreed to give a blood sample for research as well as for my glucose tolerance test. what a fool. at about 9am the midwife stuck a needle in my arm and filled up four vials like she was drawing blood from a tap, gave a me a glucose drink (an alarming yellow colour) and said 'right love, same again at 10:50'. yikes.
you can't leave the hospital so i sat there with my iPod on, it was either that or jeremy kyle on the TV. oof. when it came to 11am the midwives had changed, and the new one was a bit annoyed at someone changing channels and switching off her favourite morning show. she couldn't help it. before she stuck the needle in my arm she had to go and switch the channels back. here's a thing: you'll only realise how sore your arm is when they stick a needle in it for a second time. she was apologetic but i'm not keen on giving more blood samples at my next appointment in a couple of weeks.
i agreed to give a blood sample for research as well as for my glucose tolerance test. what a fool. at about 9am the midwife stuck a needle in my arm and filled up four vials like she was drawing blood from a tap, gave a me a glucose drink (an alarming yellow colour) and said 'right love, same again at 10:50'. yikes.
you can't leave the hospital so i sat there with my iPod on, it was either that or jeremy kyle on the TV. oof. when it came to 11am the midwives had changed, and the new one was a bit annoyed at someone changing channels and switching off her favourite morning show. she couldn't help it. before she stuck the needle in my arm she had to go and switch the channels back. here's a thing: you'll only realise how sore your arm is when they stick a needle in it for a second time. she was apologetic but i'm not keen on giving more blood samples at my next appointment in a couple of weeks.
twitter makes your blog all quiet. if i hadn't used twitter for updating a typical blog entry would read something like 'i've got cravings for strawberry trifle and annoyed at my second cold sore in as many weeks'. bo-ring, innit. still, does that mean twitter takes as much boring out of your blog as possible?
but there's not a lot to report. today i considered the irony of having to catch up with incandescens in the tea and coffee area (apparently it's not a kitchen) with an actual face to face conversation because the office IM service was down. no, really.
anyway. as you can see i have nothing useful to offer, other than this cartoon which sums up my view on water right now. the morning sickness is back but i won't give up the tea, dammit:
but there's not a lot to report. today i considered the irony of having to catch up with incandescens in the tea and coffee area (apparently it's not a kitchen) with an actual face to face conversation because the office IM service was down. no, really.
anyway. as you can see i have nothing useful to offer, other than this cartoon which sums up my view on water right now. the morning sickness is back but i won't give up the tea, dammit:
god, a noisy evening yesterday that i blame for today's morning sickness. the brother in laws have a widescreen telly in their room, which is above mine. it had drawn in quite a few strays from the killing ground for that liverpool match yesterday and i can't begin to tell you how crazy this bunch get everytime liverpool score. it's not fun, i tell you, to jump awake like that. but anyway, what goes around comes around, the mister nearly overslept this morning as a result.
i finally met my midwife today as well, at oh, 25+ weeks. it all went well. you get to hear the baby's heartbeat oh and the pulse/heartbeat/swoosh sound of blood travelling through the placenta. spooked much?
i finally met my midwife today as well, at oh, 25+ weeks. it all went well. you get to hear the baby's heartbeat oh and the pulse/heartbeat/swoosh sound of blood travelling through the placenta. spooked much?