Bruh...my GUMS!

I went to the dentist today...8 months pregnant....

Aren't dentists aware of sensitive gums during pregnancy?  They all kept saying, "You know when you're pregnant your hormones are all out of whack and your gums become sensitive."

HELLO--if you know that, why are you stabbing them with metal hooks??  Do you hate pregnant women?

I also heard, "and pregnant women cry all the time."....hello....you are talking to a PREGNANT WOMAN.  Did you think that would make me laugh?  Plus, I will have you know, I haven't been emotional in quite some time.  Happy, yes.  Sometimes very irritable--but not sappy lately (although, of course I went through this stage a while back and may go through it again soon).

Not only were the hooks going after my gums, but then while polishing my teeth she was resting the metal handle portion of the polisher (is there a technical name?) on my teeth!  She rested a rapidly vibrating piece of metal on the tips of my teeth.....can that really be good for teeth?  Isn't she supposed to be concerned about my teeth more than me?

That's my dentist vent.  I'm home recovering now.

I made some brownies for my Mother-in-law and the crew at her house because seriously...dinner last night couldn't have been more appreciated!  Now I just have to manage to drive myself over there....and it's not lookin' good.  Maybe tomorrow?  Hm...maybe later tonight I'll have a burst of energy.  HAHA.  I am more than happy to bake in exchange for dinner.  I know that seems silly--why not just cook instead of bake?  But I can bake super fast; I'm not so good with cooking and it messes up tons of dishes.  As you may have noticed by the comment from a great person on my last post--I am lucky enough to be surrounded by awesome people, so I will be baking a lot in the future.

Work's going well.  Met some more kids today, talked to some teachers...meeting with the rest of the kids tomorrow and some teams...hopefully being productive.

Here's my thing this year:  Get some serious publicity!  I emailed a ton of people at the local university to get some contacts going and maybe get some cool presentations or projects for my kids.  We want to get the word out and make the program worth something so that we can get our numbers up and make the program better each year.  I am way excited about that.  Having a baby right at the beginning of my year will make it tough, but I'm going to try super hard to get things in motion before I leave and at least maintain them while I'm out.

Now on to dinner with Dr. B, the great.  He cooked.  I guess he can have a brownie.  I get one too, since I have no cavities.

8 Months Pregnant....WHAT?

Time is running out!!!

I feel like she'll be here any second...even though technically I have two months left.  They don't tell you about this whole "10 months" of pregnancy thing until you actually get pregnant.  And why do we count that first month as part of our week count...you're not really doing much in those four weeks, and then down the road when you say, "I'm 32 weeks" people freak out and run away from you.

Is being grumpy part of pregnancy hormones???

I came home happy from work today--great time with my coworkers and got some work done.  I also found out who my students were and how many I have.  I didn't find out much about them, but next week!

I even came home so happy that I wanted to bake!  I made some peanut butter filled chocolate cookies--yum (as if I need to eat these right now, right?).  I cooked dinner--turkey fillets with brussels sprouts---too!  However...in the midst of all of the cooking it suddenly hit me how hot I was and how much I was sweating and BAM....the bad mood hit.  It hit fast too.  I was mad at the cookies, mad at the air conditioner, mad that I hadn't bought a fan, mad that our oven was putting off so much heat, mad that I was cooking...I mean...it was out of control.

I made B finish up the meat while I put my feet up (everything else was done and I even washed all of the dishes that weren't being used for the meat/sprouts).  Poor man.

Now I am very strongly considering going to bed to read and going to sleep early.  Perhaps I'm just tired.   Of course...I will have to have a couple of cookies before I crash for the night.


Here's a link to the recipe for the cookies:

They are delicious and not hard to make.  Plus, they're sort of rich so you won't eat too many at one time.  Make sure you have some milk to enjoy these with...I have a feeling I'll be mad again soon because I know we're low on milk.  Ugh!  Goodnight!