Changing Lives

As I am growing bigger and bigger, my daily life has changed quite a bit. In the last week, three times, I woke up at 3:30am to pee and lay in bed for about an hour before I gave up on sleeping, got up, read some stuff on the computer, watched a bit of TV and went back to bed. As someone who used to be a night person, I really really don’t enjoy being awake at 3:30am unless I haven’t gone to sleep yet because I am coding something fun. Now, I wake up in the middle of the night a lot and I am in deep sleep by 10pm most nights.

I spend most of the day in my nightgown unless I am going out. Loose clothing that breathes a lot is the only option lately. I am hot almost all the time and there’s nothing I can wear that’s comfortable in every position (meaning lying down vs sitting vs standing).

I am tired all the time but not able to sleep. I used to be able to sleep anywhere, anytime. I slept so hard that earthquakes wouldn’t wake me. Now, I spend many afternoons attempting to sleep and I am constantly unsuccessful. When I am actually sleeping, it’s very light and a hiccup can wake me up. The only good side of this is that I seem to do a lot of lucid dreaming lately.

I used to do all my work on the couch, in front of the TV. Thanks to my tummy, sitting on and getting up from the couch has become a challenge. Unless I sit up right, my stomach is going into my ribs and hurting me quite a bit. So, now I sit at the table, up right like a stick was shoved up my ass.

Oh and have I mentioned I can’t seem to read anymore? I am so slow at it and my concentration is way below normal. I can’t go to the movies anymore since I have to pee several times in the middle of the film. Each time I bend down to take a macro shot, it takes several minutes for me to get back up. And, of course, every piece of food is viewed with: “Will this still taste good if I am burping it up all day long?”

The fun part is that I know things are going to get more interesting as I move from month seven to eight to nine. I just hope that my back doesn’t give out. That would really suck. Ahem, and I am aware that my life will change considerably once the baby comes but one day at a time for now.