so clumsy! so heavy! so ready!

i was never this clumsy.  have always been lucky with balance and grace if i may say so myself.  ;)  but as soon as i reached 3rd trimester, i'm the clumsiest person all of a sudden.  i always drop food on myself (most end up in my bra).  i bump my belly into things.  drop whatever is in my hand (i do this several times a day) and it's extremely hard to get down and pick something up off the floor.  today my pen just jumped out of my hand and a nice stranger picked it up.  the other night i was drinking milk and spilled half of it on myself.  i was opening a box with mik's army knife and poked my belly slightly with it.  EEK.  def not graceful...

what else is going on?  i'm always in the bathroom... always!  for all purposes (#1, #2 or release a lot of gas).  there's absolutely no room in my belly now and i have to make room all the time.  i pee 3-4 times in the middle of the night.  lately i haven't been sleeping well.  i'm anxious about the baby and also been a little stressed about work.  it's hard to try to wrap everything up...  how do you prepare to leave work for 3 1/2 months?  this week has been crazy busy.  there's always something to do.  lots of meetings and people are trying to get as much out of me as possible.  i start working from home this friday so i have to clean my desk tomorrow... but i may come in next wed for self-evaluation meetings so tomorrow may not be my last day in the office.

i feel sooooooooooo heavy.  it's like carrying a bowling ball with me all the time.  most of the time i have to put my hands under the belly for support.  going anywhere is a definite chore - even if it's just to go to the bathroom.  just getting up is tough.  showering and getting ready take so much longer these days.  sometimes i feel a tingling sensation on my feet.  should ask the doctor about that tomorrow.  probably just associated with blood flow and being swollen.  my hands and feet are definitely swollen now... but i can still see my ankle bone -  YAY!

nesting is about 98% complete.  i gave mik a to-do list last week and he got them all done.  good job, hon!  :)  we rewarded ourselves with a movie (descendants) on sunday night.  there are only a few things left to do.  we have to listen to an audio cd, do one more load of laundry and finish packing the hospital bag.  but we can do all that too during the early phase of labor, which i hear may take 10 hours for first-time pregnancies.  the baby dresser is ready.  he has so much stuff that he even took over 2 of my drawers too!  hope i can keep his stuff this organized all the time (btw, it's hard to fold clothes this small - like folding underwear).

i got a brazilian wax last monday.  it wasn't as painful as the other times i went.  i asked her not to use the strips but the sensitive thick wax instead.  the most painful part was getting on the bed, trying to find a comfy position and getting off the bed.  glad i got it done.  now i'm really ready for D-day!  :)

while we were in bed the other night after mik read to the baby, i asked him if he was ready for dragon's arrival.  he said yes.  i told him i'm ready too.  dragon junior, ready to come out of mama's belly?!!