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August 14, 2007
Feeling a bit fatigued
Sometimes I wonder if reading the little weekly updates on babycenter "bring on" my symptoms or if they are just so dead on that I find myself experiencing exactly what it says. This weeks it began with "Are you feeling more tired lately?" Why yes I AM!! It's started to dawn on me today that I might be leaving those energy filled mid to late twenty weeks and heading on into the more tiring phase again. Yippee. I feel like there is so much to do and being extremely tired does not fit in with my plans.
Although we are so excited about how much got done in our basement renovation, I find myself wanting to be down there to mud holes or start taping and mudding dry wall seams. It leaves me feeling a bit anxious still, I so badly want it done as soon as poosible. I also still have a few big freelance projects going on right now which I would like to dump quite frankly. I really don't need this stress, although the more we look at night at the online ikea catalog the more I am feeling I should continue to work when I can. And then there's my house. . .Ugh. I still haven't mopped since the work weekend and my uncle's dog was hanging out upstairs a lot so the floors are bad. I thought about calling in all the child care favors I could think of this week (which isn't many) but I feel like I should hold out until I will really need it in October. But I feel like I also really need it now.
The girls and I spent the morning out running errands and they are supposed to be sleeping and I've already spanked several times and now when I hear them goofing off or yelling tears come into my eyes cause its so darn frustrating. Is it bad I am leaving them in their beds for a bit because I need some peace and quiet and I can't deal with them?
I'm just getting so worn out. So here's the only solution I can think of, I'm only spending 15 minutes on the things that are stressing me out. 15 minutes in the kitchen- where a load of clean dishes awaits me and some dirty dishes are in the sink, 15 minutes putting clothes away and general clean up, 15 minutes on the living room floor. Then I'll work on freelance, and beyond that its all I can do for now. While I would like to sit on my couch and let it swallow me up and be grumpy at the kids, I'm trying my best to be proactive in the situation and I'm going to go set my timer . . .starting now!
| By JennR | 3:40 PM
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i was noticing the fatigue today, too. i just got up from resting for the third time today and really want to go and lay back down. you would think that with all this tiredness i would be able to sleep a bit better at night...pregnancy can be so fun! hope all is well with you besides the frustrations mentioned. we are nearing the end...
Posted by: amber at August 14, 2007 5:10 PM
Hang in there (just what I told Lisa last night, too). I'm 27 weeks now, and just back to work after nearly a week off for preterm contractions. The fatigue is nasty, and my two year old with boundless energy sometimes doesn't help. I understand completely being grumpy with the kids...and everyone else around! And your house can't possibly look any worse than mine. It drives me crazy, but I just don't have the energy to deal with it when I get home from work. Like Amber said...not too much longer!
Posted by: Tracy at August 15, 2007 6:59 AM