32 week check up + more

The past two weeks have been relatively uneventful here in Boston. I'm still shuffling along (barely, see training blog for details). I'm still able to exercise daily, my job is winding down for the semester, and I'm spending the month of May finishing up final administrative reports for the year and preparing for the summer Ethics and Law class I teach to incoming Master's students. I really enjoy the computer nature of May - almost everything I have to do requires me sitting in front of my computer, which gives me the alone time I need to feel rejuvenated  (yes, shockingly, in Myers-Brigg's terms, I'm an introvert!). It also gives me the flexibility of working from home even more than usual, which is great because while I'm a huge fan of being able to get to work train-style, I'm one of the most travel-sick people I know - so a preggo 1 hour commute to and from work each day = 2 hours of moderate nausea a day. I'm glad to cut that down to about twice a week for the month.

Each year, I love Mother's Day - its a great time to tell the moms how much we love them. This Mother's Day, I got a couple of surprises of my own... a gorgeous Lily of the Valley plant from mama Sue that will go in our front garden very soon and two dozen chocolate covered strawberries, a Daisy Bear, and  Happy Mother's Day balloon from brother Luke!!! Luke and I celebrated the day by going out for some yummy veggie sushi and watching Johnny Depp rock the movie Blow... while eating 16 of the chocolate covered strawberries!

Starting early on the Mother's Day annual celebration!

This morning began with a trip the doctor. All is well there. Baby is still measuring at pretty big for 32 weeks, but nothing to be worried about. She has positioned herself head down, which is pretty cool, even though there is still time for her to wiggle around.  I'm doing fine - BP 110/66, weight gain normal, etc. My only complain is that running is no longer fun by any stretch of the imagination. I joined a gym - blah - time to start walking more and doing those terrible cardio machines! Oh well... I can train for indoor season soon enough - in the meantime, I'll enjoy my last few weeks of being pregnant!